Can anyone point me to documentation showing the internal differences between
basic format and extended format datasets?
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EXCP rather than a standard access method.
I would also like to know what is the difference between the type 1 and type 2
extended data sets.
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Another reason for separating CICS workloads is security. CICS transaction
separation can only really be achieved through separate address spaces.
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. Then read and process the member.
So processing each member will require an OPENJ and a CLOSE.
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Fair point. Answer is, I learnt this stuff before they invented DESERV.
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I am curious here. This isn't my field really.
If the traffic is only encrypted to the end application (TN3270) then what
happens when a user signs on to CL/SS itself. It appears to me that the
password would be sent in the clear.
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I have TLS 1.2 working in my TN3270 server without AT-TLS.
This is on z/OS 2.3
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It only very recently that CPACF does any processing for asymmetric keys.
Remember that if you initialise a CKDS using CPACF, you cannot subsequently
convert the CKDS to a protected key CKDS.
You could always look at the old Redbook for Crypto n the z9 SG24-7123-00.
😉.
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SDSF has supported JES3 since z/OS 1.10.
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Catalog search interface, IGGCSI00. Look at field ATTR2.
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grity issue.
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macro) from within a program.
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TCB running the program or command is wiped out.
I think there are parameters that are needed on the CLIST to protect against
this I think.
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instead of
getting control passed to the STAX routine in the program.
Maybe the behaviour has since changed.
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access to DB2 on z/OS, am I
hacking? Have I hacked the mainframe?
8. If I discover a z/OS integrity exposure, which should be covered by the z/OS
Statement of Integrity, and then make use of it, instead of reporting it to IBM
to be resolved, am I hacking? Have I hacked the mainframe?
Lennie Dymok
How do you demonstrate that you have never been hacked?
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How do you demonstrate something that hasn’t happened? LOL I see your company
sells security services too.
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advice from those who have no
experience. Your choice.
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Just maybe, they are the ones who understand the problems, as they spend time
focussed on them.
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to the pointers from one DSCB to another.
CVAFSEQ reads records sequentially.
CVAFDIR reads records directly.
CVAFDSM maps the VTOC and gives you various statistics.
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sure if this
is true for all K commands, but works for K A for areas, and K S which controls
the mode of operation.
I agree with the suggestion of getting access to an SMCS console to improve
your understanding.
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Using RACF multi-level security will enable you to do this.
See Chapter 5 of the RACF Security Administrators manual, SA23-2289-30.
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money spent on that compliance will actually improve security.
You may be interested in my paper on the backup of encrypted data.
https://rsmpartners.com/News.Data-Backups-&-PE-Technical-Paper.html
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understood what you mean by "platform-specific".
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The simplest way to achieve all this is to have another z/OS system which can
be IPLed into that LPAR which has a rather more open set of RACF controls.
So I think physical access to the z processor would be required.
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age 692 in
MVS Programming: Authorized Assembler Services Guide - SA23-1371-30 for the
z/OS 2.3 version.
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Which simply means that if UNIT and VOLUME are not supplied then it looks in
the catalog, where it detects a MIGRAT value if the data set is migrated.
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I am trying to imagine what a variable length punched card looks like😉.
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eople who have the highest level of permission."
I am not even sure what the above means.
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own and do not represent RSM).
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Exporting the private key is only possible if the keys is NOT stored in the
PKDS. So the certificate would have been defined without using the PKDS, ICSF
and PCICC options in RACDCERT.
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ICS transaction runs under the security context of the region userid.
Are the CICS users explicitly authorised to do job submission?
Are security checks made against the requester of the CICS transaction?
Is the CICS user involved at all?
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granularity.
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PROPCNTL is a hard rule. It stops ALL security propagation, but not all
job submission.
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Have you looked at exit IFG0EX0B ?
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give an indication of how much there
is. Without that one could be reduced to getting ones own work area 😉.
Can you dump out the parameter list to see what is passed? Can we have any
indication from IBM of a minimum size?
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n IBM. Give us the answer!
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Bill,
Is there a support forum for zPDT and/or zD&T?
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Paul Gilmartin
Sent: 16 November 2019 19:30
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Ed,
> We have NO discrete profiles, but we do have generic profiles with no
> wildcard characters in them.
You can do that with profiles in the DATASET class but I don't think you can do
it with general classes.
There is no GENERIC parameter on the RDEFINE command.
Or do you use some local co
I think the SMFID is older than SYSNAME. I think SYSNAME dates from the late
80s or 90s, whereas SMFID was in the early versions of MVS.
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Interesting.
I remember the SMFid being around on MVS 3.7 and 3.8. The Sysname (CVTSNAME)
became more important with the advent of Sysplex so I probably remember
using it from then. Wikipedia has MVS/SP dated as 1980. It was preceded by
MVS/SE and before that by MVS 3.8. I don't think I used MVS/S
it allows the
passing of addresses of exit points in its parameter list.)
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I recommend you speak to Martin Packer at IBM.
Lennie
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Colin Paice
Sent: 01 March 2023 18:00
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Subject: Hardware instrumentation presentation
I've been asked to give a talk on performance to a
I think you have switched forums Phil.
This stream started on RACF-L
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Phil Smith III
Sent: 01 March 2023 21:48
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Subject: Re: DATASET encryption POC
Eric D Rossman wrote, in part:
>Not re
I think you may be at the point where you need to ditch the LMCOPY interface
and directly invoke IEBCOPY.
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Sent: 03 March 2023 20:27
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Subject: Re: One more REXX Questio
security would like a "more controllable" or at least
a "more auditable" replacement for IND$FILE. Does your code produce any SMF
records? Does it have any security controls? Does it run APF authorised?
Lennie
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?
Question 2 is for IBM.
In many cases we can simply not start DLF and inactivate the DLFCLASS class
and thereby save processing cycles. What is the downside to this?
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In Australia "rooter" means something rather different, so I suggest you
don't look it up.
I was always surprised that most of my USA friends say rowt , but they all
agree they get their kicks (CICS?) on root 66.
Lennie
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J
The man who will know all about IGGCSI00 is Stephen Branch at IBM, who
maintains this code I think.
He is a very knowledgeable and approachable man, who has helped me in the
past.
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We used to have the Milliard as well.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/milliard
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Sent: 02 April 2023 04:05
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Subject: Re: Subject: Re: Currency format suggestions, plea
I don't think it addresses a security vulnerability per se. It addresses data
leakage. The folks I am working for do not allow any data to escape their
systems without prior authorisation. But maybe that is a vulnerability issue.
Lennie
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others bring data. -W Edwards Deming */
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Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw
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I don't think it addresses a security vulnerability per se. It addresses data
leakage. The folks I am working for d
This is a good solution but I have a feeling this only works with certain DCBs.
I think it is limited to a maximum LRECL of 80 bytes.
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Wendell Lovewell
Sent: 20 April 2023 15:18
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subjec
CICS does not run your transactions under your signon userid. They run under
the CICS address space ID, with its authority. So IRRSEQ00 simply looks for an
ACEE in TCBSENV and if it does not find one, it used ACSBSENV.
Hence your result.
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Can you get this to work if you enter it as a quoted string?
e.g. '12345688 ASID(14)'
IKJIDENT should accept quoted strings according to the doc.
Do I assume your comments on using the ADDRESS keyword are for IKJPOSIT?
Lennie
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The reference to record as a segment of a physical block is really a "logical
record". Hence LRECL stands for "logical record length". The "WRNG.LEN.RECORD"
reference is speaking of physical records or block.
Lennie
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M
d, or, for spanned records,
a record constructed from a sequence of such segments, and the meaning of
"record" depends upon context.
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I think a WTO that is issued and then written to the TSO screen (as a result
of PROFILE WTPMSG) must ultimately use a TPUT.
(It may even use PUTLINE, which itself then uses a TPUT.)
Can these messages be captured by TSO Sess Man or by OUTTRAP?
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Is it possible to only place the submitlib statements in the commands executed
at the end of JES2 initialization?
This would allow JES2 to initialize I think.
(Still a bit of a bodge though, even if it works.)
Lennie
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Ma
Radoslaw,
If you specify the LRECL and/or BLKSIZE in your program, then you can set a
value that appears to flout the JCL rules. For example it used to be that
IFASMFDP wrote data sets with a BLKSIZE of 32767. I am unsure if it still does.
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+1
Voted for Peter Farley's RFE as well.
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Sent: 22 May 2023 23:06
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Are you serious about wanting a better IBM doc RCF-type process?
For those who have not been f
Charles,
Try this Share presentation. (Rather long URL. If problem just try searching
for "PDSE member generations").
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjQ7oG7rJ3_AhXSTEEAHcKyBAsQFnoECBUQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fshare.confex.com%2Fshare%2F125%2Fwebprogram%2FHan
Can someone please explain what IBM have done on the LinuxOne machines to
stop them running z/OS?
I ask out of curiosity only.
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Subject: Re: Why can't a LinuxONE run z/OS
Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw asks:
>Can someone please explain what IBM have done on the LinuxOne machines
>to stop them running z/OS?
Your predicate is incorrect. IBM LinuxONE servers CAN run z/OS. Please re
simplest I can find. Certainly far
easier that the UNPK method of old.
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Ituriel do Neto
Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2023 8:06
I recommend posting to the RACF-L list.
You'll get a lot of help there.
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rpinion865
Sent: 14 June 2023 14:25
To
Frank,
I can understand completely why the environments of Development and
Production should have different RACF databases. What I fail to understand
is why they are then sharing the DASD.
Lennie
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Frank Swarbrick
Sent: 1
making it read-only at the hardware level?
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Paul Gilmartin
Sent: 14 June 2023 19:59
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: Unix file system ownership
On Wed, 14 Jun 2023 19:42:32 +0100, Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw
I generally dislike those schemes that make use of departments or projects,
as this means a new id must be assigned when the employee moves department.
However, some may argue this has its own benefit, as it prevents inheritance
of authorities in those situations.
Lennie
Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw
Robert,
I think you will more likely get an answer on the RACF-L list rather than
IBMMAIN. I use both lists, but I do not know the answer to your question. I
think some on RACF-L will know.
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Robert Garrett
Sent: 0
I think the easiest way is to pass them as parameters to the REXX routine.
Alternatively specify them in an in-stream data set and use a DD statement
that specifies SYMBOLS=JCLONLY.
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Ed,
Please add your support to this idea,
https://ibm-sys-storage.ideas.ibm.com/ideas/DS80-I-198
You may wish to look at Frank Kyne's recent article in the Watson & Walker
newsletter.
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I think JES implements that using SAF calls.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Jay
Maynard
Sent: 09 August 2023 16:21
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: DD SYSOUT=(,),DSN=&SYSUID?
Thank you for the explanation. I was wondering why anyone w
I bought a second hand license at Gamers Outlet for very little UKpounds.
But it has not broken down😊.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of
Steve Beaver
Sent: 15 August 2023 16:19
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Has anyone
Has anyone broken do
For a HEX viewr, try the V fileviewer at www.fileviewer.com
It also recognises XMIT format and will even work with XMIT within XMIT.
I bought a license about 8 years back for very little.
Lennie
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Bob Bridges
Sent: 15 Aug
words, they cannot be trusted. So I take it, that XCFAS can be trusted.
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Andrew Rowley
Sent: 21 August 2023 00:20
To
Subject: Re: XCFAS and TRUSTED
On 21/08/2023 9:28 am, Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw wrote:
> Secondly, when IBM states that a task should be given the attribute of
> Trusted, then I take it to mean that IBM is saying that the task can be
> trusted that this attribute cannot be the source of an
I am trying to determine which users are using the TSO CONSOLE command.
This is controlled one of those TSOAUTH checks that are done at LOGON time
and the results of the RACF check are stored in the PSCB in bit PSCBCNAU. So
many normal RACF checking monitors (such as zSecure Access Monitor) are of
Clem Clarke wrote
>> How would I put output text at a particular row/column, for example?
There is a TSO/E macro called STLINENO which may do what you want.
I wrote a TSO command processor to use it about 40 years ago, and I still
have it if you are interested. Looking at the code now, there is
the userid only once and
eliminate potential alloc problem.
I would think the exit could be dynamically activated and deactivated.
On Tuesday, August 22, 2023 at 05:07:20 AM PDT, Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw
<032fff1be9b4-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote:
I am trying to determine
Excellent. Now why didn't I think of that?
Thank you Walt.
Lennie
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of
Walt Farrell
Sent: 23 August 2023 16:30
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: Updating IEEMB846
On Tue, 22 Aug 2023 13:07:01 +0100, Lennie D
I placed a modified copy in a later library in the linklist. Then I renamed
the version in SYS1.LINKLIB. LLA REFRESH was done. So I expected it to be
found. But it behaved as if it did not find it. No SMF 32s were being logged
at all.
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My experience is that in times past this was definitely true. But nowadays it
no longer is.
I am unsure what changed but I think there was a change somewhere, possibly in
the cross-memory instructions.
Lennie
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dailom..
I think you could do this using the SDSF REXX facilities.
Lennie
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of
Roberto Halais
Sent: 29 September 2023 15:10
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Utility to Read from JES2 spool
Listers:
Is there an z/os utility that
/zos/3.1.0
However, there seems to be no way of selecting individual manuals by title,
as there was at previous z/OS levels.
Have I downloaded the wrong package? Or is this no longer to be available?
Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw
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To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: z/OS 3.1 documentation
Having seen the announcement of z/OS 3.1 today I have tried to obtain the
usual PDF collection of documentation.
I found it can be
den
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>To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
>Subject: z/OS 3.1 documentation
>
>Having seen the announcement of z/OS 3.1 today I have tri
That's a lot of work Tom, just to find one manual.
I'm thinking about taking the 2.5 .html file produced by IBM to see if I modify
it for 3.1; after all many of the files will have similar names. But I'll wait
a while longer to see if anything is forthcoming from IBM.
Lennie
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XX if
necessary. Then you need the mapping that Mike Shaw posted to interpret the
data that is returned.
Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw
https://rsclweb.com
'Dance like no one is watching. Encrypt like everyone is.'
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of
Seymour
+1
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Tom
Brennan
Sent: 10 October 2023 23:12
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: z/OS 3.1 documentation
Yes! Lionel mentioned that this morning in another group. And I'm pretty sure
it was his pressure that got I
Great analysis.
Just tried F,INIT,XYZ and I got 10 messages. Guess how many INITs I am running?
Lennie
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Rob
Scott
Sent: 18 October 2023 11:41
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: IEE342I MODIFY REJECTED-TASK BUSY -
On the other hand they can be passed to another job via the internal reader
specified with the SYMBOLS parameter.
For example,
//INTRDR DD *,SYMLIST=*
It could make sense in this instance.
Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw
https://rsclweb.com
‘Dance like no one is watching. Encrypt like everyone is
d, 18 Oct 2023 22:53:05 +0100, Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw wrote:
>On the other hand they can be passed to another job via the internal reader
>specified with the SYMBOLS parameter.
>For example,
>//INTRDR DD *,SYMLIST=*
>It could make sense in this instance.
>
ITYM:
//
.
Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw
https://rsclweb.com
‘Dance like no one is watching. Encrypt like everyone is.’
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Jon
Perryman
Sent: 04 November 2023 18:31
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: IBM APAR Names
On Sat, 4 Nov 2023 07
I have just raised an RFE regarding support for better sharing of VSAM
system datasets (such as RACF, ICSF key stores and ZFS file systems) when
used in a sysplex with multiple master catalogs.
Please would you examine it and support of relevant for you.
Thanks
Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw
-systems.ideas.ibm.com/ideas/ZOS-I-3890
Thanks
Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw
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'Dance like no one is watching. Encrypt like everyone is.'
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For IBM-MAIN sub
execution. I would expect it to be DELETEd
and then re-LOADed. I don't think normal processing of the module using
language environment will allow reuse.
If that is the case, then the question might be able to be answered for a
specific module that is neither reentrant nor reusable.
Lennie D
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