Re: XCF Path Structure size

2023-05-23 Thread Mark A. Brooks
the structures for a classlen of 12220 (12K-68) as that should make the structure big enough to satisfy the above principals on average. Of course, that will make you even less happy with the structure size. Mark A Brooks z/OS

Re: XCFAS and TRUSTED

2023-08-20 Thread Mark A. Brooks
"Setting Up A Sysplex" mentions the previously cited suggestion that XCFAS be TRUSTED so ARM will work. It also mentions using TRUSTED so XCF can access ICSF services (for CF structure encryption) and BCPii services (so XCF can automatically detect and isolate failed systems). A search of the bo

Re: zombie XCF group

2023-10-09 Thread Mark A. Brooks
Hi, See the XCF delete utility, IXCDELUT which should be in SAMPLIB. --Mark Brooks -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: z/OS performance question

2020-05-02 Thread Mark A. Brooks
ntil it becomes more than one. BUSY tends to suggest that the batches are backing up. Adding another signal path helps address both AVG Q LEN and high BUSY conditions. HOWEVER, one should always look to address factors that can contribute to these conditions: "no buffer" condi

Re: Yet another question about Pervasive Encryption - CF

2022-06-30 Thread Mark A. Brooks
If you run the policy utility IXCMIAPU to create/replace an administrative policy in the CFRM CDS, then for any structure definition that specifies ENCRYPT(YES), the system will create an encryption key for that structure provided the CFRM CDS does not already have a key for the structure. That

Re: SYSPLEX / SYSNAME / SMFID stability

2022-09-29 Thread Mark A. Brooks
Right, I'm not aware of a UUID for a z/OS system. Every system in a given sysplex must have a unique name. In that sense SysplexName.SystemName might do the trick. But ... Sysplex names are not necessarily unique -- test sysplex or DR site could be using the same name.

Re: SYSPLEX / SYSNAME / SMFID stability

2022-09-30 Thread Mark A. Brooks
FYI, XCF does provide a "sysplex ID" that can be used to uniquely identify a sysplex for the life of the sysplex. That could be used to distinguish between two different sysplexes with the same name. A new sysplex ID is generated each time the sysplex starts fresh. ---

Re: Coupling Facility List structure versus CIC Data Table

2024-06-02 Thread Mark A. Brooks
I'm not understanding "XCF Notepad won't work as the data structure is a largish Cobol Copybook more than 64 bytes". The "notes' in a note pad can each be up to 1024 bytes. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access ins

Re: UUID for z/OS Instances

2024-06-05 Thread Mark A. Brooks
It may not help, but be aware that the XCF SysplexID and SystemID have a good chance of being unique if you need to identify an instance of a z/OS IPL across the universe of sysplexes. These IDs are available via IXCQUERY macro using REQINFO=COUPLE. Mark Brooks z/OS Sysplex Development --

Re: S00C Slip trap for any Stc

2015-12-22 Thread Mark A. Brooks
The key piece of information missing from the discussion is the abend reason code that would have been issued with the XCF abend code 00C. The reason codes meant for customer consumption will be documented with explanations in "MVS System Codes" book; anything else is likely an "internal error"

Re: XCF PATHOUT CTC

2016-03-21 Thread Mark A. Brooks
Q1- Should one define/use LOCALMSG in COUPLE00 ? I've seen some sites do, some don't. Ans: That's because it depends. If you are experiencing "no buffer" conditions for local messages, you might need to increase the amount of buffer space. Q2- From Share presentation by Mark Brooks: > People sp

Re: Sysplex between two hardware

2018-07-09 Thread Mark A. Brooks
The essence of the matter is to ensure that the selected configuration meets the availability objectives of the business services supported by the sysplex. One must consider the service restoration objectives for the business services in light of the potential failures that can occur for a pote

Re: IXC344I send cnt: when does it wrap?

2018-07-10 Thread Mark A. Brooks
The signal counts are 4 byte counters, they'll wrap to zero after they reach 4,294,967,295. My guess is that the authors of the Redbook saw that the IXC344I msg allowed 10 bytes for the counter and assumed that the output would be delimited with commas. But it's not. --Mark Brooks

Re: CF REPORT

2017-11-22 Thread Mark A. Brooks
ialization) that could be factors. Mark A Brooks z/OS Sysplex Development -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: CF REPORT

2017-11-27 Thread Mark A. Brooks
he ability of the z/OS host to process work. Shared CPs? Appropriate LPAR weights? that sort of thing. If running on zBC12/zEC12 or later hardware, I'd make sure that the XCF functions switch for COUPLINGTHININT is ENABLED. Mark A Brooks z/OS Sysp

Re: COUPLExx syntax question.

2017-02-01 Thread Mark A. Brooks
f the parsed definitions, but that seems improbable. Mark A Brooks Sysplex Development -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: Health checks - was: Re: Spin Loop Calculation - zOS 1.12

2012-07-20 Thread Mark A. Brooks
Regarding D XCF,COUPLE, you might try D XCF,COUPLE,TYPE=ALL if all you want to see is the list of couple data sets. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with th

Re: Applications in a Sysplex/CICSplex

2015-11-11 Thread Mark A. Brooks
The Redbook "Parallel Sysplex Application Considerations" is a good place to start. http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg246523.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@lis