ISPF Table Processing

2019-06-27 Thread John Baker
When processing an ISPF table that was created with the "NOWRITE " attribute, is anything written to DD name "ISPTLIB", or is everything managed in memory? John P. Baker -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access in

ISPF DISPLAY Service

2019-08-23 Thread John Baker
When using the ISPF "DISPLAY" service, I want my program to process the PF key without having a command associated with the PFKEY. How do I tell ISPF to simply return to my program and let me do the processing? John P. Baker

Re: New Jersey Pleas for COBOL Coders for Mainframes Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

2020-04-10 Thread John Baker
I recall a tool from the early 1970s that could take a program and change all of the variables to combinations of "I", "O", "0", and "1". The "real source code" was kept on punched cards in a vault, and the "encrypted source code" was kept online. It was believed that a thief would find the "en

Re: JES3 to JES2 Migration (was JES2 to JES3 Migration)

2016-02-04 Thread John Baker
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Data Space Owner

2018-07-20 Thread John Baker
If I create a private dataspace via DSPSERV (i.e., in a server address space) and write output into that dataspace on behalf of a client address space, can I then re-assign ownership of that dataspace to that client address space, who would then assume responsibility for deleting the dataspace once

Re: Data Space Owner

2018-07-20 Thread John Baker
Typo "...terminates and delete the dataspace". John P. Baker -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of John Baker Sent: Friday, July 20, 2018 2:07 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Data Space Owner If I create a private dataspace via DS

Catalog Locking and Unlocking

2018-07-30 Thread John Baker
Resource ID "IGG.CATLOCK" in resource class ID "FACILITY" (RACF Security Server) or "IBMFAC" (CA Top Secret Security) is used to control the ability to lock and unlock user catalogs. This is normally accomplished via the Access Method Services "ALTER {usercatalog-dataset-id-44} [UN]LOCK" comman

Re: zDynaCap

2013-11-15 Thread John Baker
Hey Scott, we should talk. I'm working with MVS Solutions now and the latest version of ThruPut Manager can lower caps by reducing actual demand. We control all of the batch so it was just a matter of tracking the 4HRA and some other utilization numbers and making adjustments on the fly. Chee