AMD Sempron
Hi all, I have one desktop running on AMD sempron 2200. In my home network. It?s clock speed is 1.5 GHz as per manufacture?s specification. but in system properties It showing only 800 MHz. OS is using XP SP2. But it working very smoothly. Anybody have any idea about why it likes this?
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| April 9, 2012 4:25 AM
390, Cabling, DataCenter, DB2, Desktop management applications, Desktops, Hardware, Hubs, Linux, Mainframe, Management, Microsoft Windows, Networking, OS, Routers, Security, Servers, SQL Server, Switches, Systems management software, Tech support
Hi all, I have one desktop running on AMD sempron 2200. In my home network. It?s clock speed is 1.5 GHz as per manufacture?s specification. but in system properties It showing only 800 MHz. OS is using XP SP2. But it working very smoothly. Anybody have any idea about why it likes this?
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last day i installed one new xp theam on my xp system. recently i noticed that “RUN” option deleted from my start menu. can anybody help me in this problem ? thanks in advance
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| February 23, 2010 2:29 AM
390, Administration, Application and Web development, Cabling, DataCenter, DB2, Desktops, Exchange, Hardware, Hubs, Instant Messaging, Linux, Lotus Domino, Mainframe, Management, Microsoft Windows, Network management software, Networking, OS, Routers, Security, Servers, SQL Server, Switches, Systems management software, Tech support
last day i installed one new xp theam on my xp system. recently i noticed that “RUN” option deleted from my start menu. can anybody help me in this problem ? thanks in advance
Mainframe quality assurance testing tools
I need to find a quick and cheap mainframe testing tool for an insurance application. The client will not spend the dollars till the concept is proven. I have looked for open source for the mainframe and found nothing. The client is running a batch system processing input are batch claims. Any help or direction [...]
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| November 27, 2008 9:02 AM
390, Automated, Billing and customer care, Billing Support Systems, DB2, Development, Functional, IBM, Lifecycle development, Mainframe, Performance/Load, Project management, Software testing, Software testing tools, Systems management software, Training, Web, zSeries
I need to find a quick and cheap mainframe testing tool for an insurance application. The client will not spend the dollars till the concept is proven. I have looked for open source for the mainframe and found nothing. The client is running a batch system processing input are batch claims. Any help or direction [...]
Uploading a file from a USB up to Mainframe & re-generating a PDS
I created a flat file from a PDS using IEBCOPY, downloaded that flat file to hardrive and subsequently copied to a flash drive. Now, I’m trying to upload this file & re-create the PDS that it originally came from but am getting errors: “wrong length record” Have tried uploading to various record lengths and record [...]
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| September 4, 2006 11:02 AM
390, DB2, Mainframe
I created a flat file from a PDS using IEBCOPY, downloaded that flat file to hardrive and subsequently copied to a flash drive. Now, I’m trying to upload this file & re-create the PDS that it originally came from but am getting errors: “wrong length record” Have tried uploading to various record lengths and record [...]
passing variables………………
hello, i am calling 3 variables A,B,C by issuinng CALL A,B,C.in the called programme i have by mistake coded procedure division using C,A,B. how will the actual and formal variables get attached,i mean what values would be passed to the main programme. thanx a lot
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| July 20, 2006 10:41 AM
390, DB2, Mainframe, zSeries
hello, i am calling 3 variables A,B,C by issuinng CALL A,B,C.in the called programme i have by mistake coded procedure division using C,A,B. how will the actual and formal variables get attached,i mean what values would be passed to the main programme. thanx a lot
problem while accessing a Temporary dataset
hello, i have about 25 steps in my jcl, in the 4th step i have created a temporary data set and passed it to subsequent steps(5th,6th,9th and so on). while accesing it in the 7th step an ABEND occurs and the job terminates abnormally. now i want my jcl to RESTART from step 7th itself. [...]
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| July 12, 2006 7:18 AM
390, DB2, Mainframe, zSeries
hello, i have about 25 steps in my jcl, in the 4th step i have created a temporary data set and passed it to subsequent steps(5th,6th,9th and so on). while accesing it in the 7th step an ABEND occurs and the job terminates abnormally. now i want my jcl to RESTART from step 7th itself. [...]
z/VM Linux
We currently run IBM Websphere on z/890 1400MIPs mainframe under z/os 1.7. How do I calculate how much capacity I require if I migrate to WCS z/VM LINUX?
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| June 21, 2006 11:47 AM
390, DB2, Mainframe
We currently run IBM Websphere on z/890 1400MIPs mainframe under z/os 1.7. How do I calculate how much capacity I require if I migrate to WCS z/VM LINUX?
Number of records in the Flat file
I have a huge Flat file in the Mainframe. What is the quickest way (utility, TSO command or TSO function) to find the exact number of records in the file? Thank you for your help!
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| April 27, 2006 10:26 AM
390, Application development, Career development, Data analysis, DataCenter, DB2, DB2 Universal Database, Development, Mainframe, zSeries
I have a huge Flat file in the Mainframe. What is the quickest way (utility, TSO command or TSO function) to find the exact number of records in the file? Thank you for your help!
QSAM Buffer
We are writing to a QSAM output file which we will require in case of an abend. The problem we are faced with is – what happens if the job abends prior to all the records in the QSAM buffer being physically written to the QSAM output file. Are there any JCL statements that can [...]
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| April 4, 2006 12:51 PM
390, DB2, Mainframe
We are writing to a QSAM output file which we will require in case of an abend. The problem we are faced with is – what happens if the job abends prior to all the records in the QSAM buffer being physically written to the QSAM output file. Are there any JCL statements that can [...]
Mainframe to SAP
Hi, I’m a cobol programmer working on Mainframes with a work exp. of 2 yrs. I’ve worked in technologies like JCL, COBOL, VSAM, DB2, IMS DB/DC, IDMS, FOCUS etc. I have an opportunity to get into SAP technical(ABAP/4) as a programmer in my organisation. Looking at the future prospects of the Industry, do you think [...]
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| October 31, 2011 6:40 AM
390, ABAP, Application development, AS/400, AS/400 careers, Backup & recovery, Basis, Billing and customer care, Billing Support Systems, Career development, Certifications, CLP, CO, Database, DB2, DB2 Universal Database, Development, ED, Email, Enterprise Desktop, FI, Financials, IBM Marketing Sound Off, Industry solutions, IS-B, IS-H, IS-Ill, IS-P, IS-Retail, IS-T, Linux, Mainframe, MySAP, MySQL, NetWeaver, Oracle, PC/Windows Connectivity, RIVA, RPG, RPGLE, SAP, SAP APO, SAP careers, SEM, TR, Training, Upgrades / implementations, Windows, zSeries
Hi, I’m a cobol programmer working on Mainframes with a work exp. of 2 yrs. I’ve worked in technologies like JCL, COBOL, VSAM, DB2, IMS DB/DC, IDMS, FOCUS etc. I have an opportunity to get into SAP technical(ABAP/4) as a programmer in my organisation. Looking at the future prospects of the Industry, do you think [...]
Batch FTP Question – Server to Mainframe
I recently tested a batch FTP which gets a file from a Unix server and downloads to a flat file on an IBM mainframe. When I run this on our test box, it creates a fixed block flat file of 128 bytes. When I run the exact same batch FTP on our production box, exact [...]
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| February 28, 2006 8:24 PM
390, DB2, Development, Mainframe
I recently tested a batch FTP which gets a file from a Unix server and downloads to a flat file on an IBM mainframe. When I run this on our test box, it creates a fixed block flat file of 128 bytes. When I run the exact same batch FTP on our production box, exact [...]
execution of multiple querries with SPUFI and QMF tools
hello, how can i execute multiple queeries with the help of tools- SPUFI and QMF respectively. thank you
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| June 19, 2010 8:51 AM
390, DB2, Mainframe
hello, how can i execute multiple queeries with the help of tools- SPUFI and QMF respectively. thank you
IMS conversational transactions
I am looking into IBM’s IMS SOAP Gateway to expose our IMS transactions as Web Services. 98% of our IMS transactions are conversational. I am looking for possible ways of exposing them as SOAP/Web services without acquiring WebSphere or IMS Connect for Java on the Mainframe
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| February 9, 2006 2:32 PM
390, DB2, Mainframe, Web services
I am looking into IBM’s IMS SOAP Gateway to expose our IMS transactions as Web Services. 98% of our IMS transactions are conversational. I am looking for possible ways of exposing them as SOAP/Web services without acquiring WebSphere or IMS Connect for Java on the Mainframe
Sending email attachment from mainframe – MIME format
Hi, I need to email 2 flat files from mainframe as CSV files. (the data in the flat files already contains the delimiter ‘,’). The problem is, i get the 2 files attachements as CSV, but nothing in them! I feel I’ve got the MIME formatting wrong. I use IEBGENER, and the flat files are [...]
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| February 7, 2006 3:15 PM
390, DB2, Mainframe
Hi, I need to email 2 flat files from mainframe as CSV files. (the data in the flat files already contains the delimiter ‘,’). The problem is, i get the 2 files attachements as CSV, but nothing in them! I feel I’ve got the MIME formatting wrong. I use IEBGENER, and the flat files are [...]
Is there an IBM Tool to Rebind Plans/Collections
I am an applicaiton developer, (analyst) resonsible for ensuring four test regions (and sometimes the produciton region) performs as effieciently as possible. We have approximately 1000 programs that have not accurate statistics (run stats are not updated, another question). Our DBA’s tell us it is our responsibility to rebind the applicaitons (one at a time) [...]
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| January 20, 2006 5:36 PM
390, Database, DB2, Mainframe, Oracle
I am an applicaiton developer, (analyst) resonsible for ensuring four test regions (and sometimes the produciton region) performs as effieciently as possible. We have approximately 1000 programs that have not accurate statistics (run stats are not updated, another question). Our DBA’s tell us it is our responsibility to rebind the applicaitons (one at a time) [...]
To retrieve data from a remote system
Hi, I have to retrieve data from a remote system (May be of any operating system) and shall put into AS/400. This process should be automated and there can’t be any manual intervention. We can not use FTP commands here. Is there any other way this can be achieved. Can?t go for MQ Series either [...]
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| November 23, 2009 11:11 AM
390, Application development, AS/400, AS/400 careers, Backup & recovery, Billing and customer care, Billing Support Systems, CLP, DataCenter, DB2, DB2 Universal Database, Development, Email, IBM Marketing Sound Off, Mainframe, Mobile, Mobile security, Network protocols, PC/Windows Connectivity, Printing, RPG, RPGLE, Security, VoIP, Web development, Wireless, zSeries
Hi, I have to retrieve data from a remote system (May be of any operating system) and shall put into AS/400. This process should be automated and there can’t be any manual intervention. We can not use FTP commands here. Is there any other way this can be achieved. Can?t go for MQ Series either [...]
VS COBOL-II (FILES)
HI, Suppose i have a sequential file containing 1 lakh records. i want that after retreiving every 5000 records a message to be displayed that file is being processed. thank you.
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| January 6, 2006 8:40 AM
390, DB2, Mainframe
HI, Suppose i have a sequential file containing 1 lakh records. i want that after retreiving every 5000 records a message to be displayed that file is being processed. thank you.
Working Storage – Reusability
Hello, here is the question… I want to create a sub-module (cobol DB2) that will be called at initialization time by the load driver (either TP ou Batch). That sub-module will load technical information in its working-storage after accessing DB2 tables. That module will be called dynamically throughout processing by other modules that will want [...]
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| December 14, 2005 4:52 AM
390, COBOL, DB2, Mainframe
Hello, here is the question… I want to create a sub-module (cobol DB2) that will be called at initialization time by the load driver (either TP ou Batch). That sub-module will load technical information in its working-storage after accessing DB2 tables. That module will be called dynamically throughout processing by other modules that will want [...]
C program call to COBOL / DB2
Can a C program in a mainframe environment call a COBOL program or a DB2 stored procedure. If so is any sample code available.
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| December 6, 2005 5:26 PM
390, DB2, Mainframe, Tech support, zSeries
Can a C program in a mainframe environment call a COBOL program or a DB2 stored procedure. If so is any sample code available.
Mainframe
Hi everyone, I’m a complete newcomer to the mainframe world, and have been tasked with writing some procedures to copy data (not just files, but directories… pds i think its called?) from one mainframe to another. I’ve researched it a bit, and it seems that FTP is probably the best way to go about it. [...]
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| May 20, 2011 3:19 PM
390, DB2, Mainframe, zSeries
Hi everyone, I’m a complete newcomer to the mainframe world, and have been tasked with writing some procedures to copy data (not just files, but directories… pds i think its called?) from one mainframe to another. I’ve researched it a bit, and it seems that FTP is probably the best way to go about it. [...]





