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z/OS 1.4 on Z9?

mperry29 — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 17:57:41 +0000

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A problem when BDAM files with key are copied by DFSMSdss.

ShuroK — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 09:21:26 +0000

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SYSRES cloning Z/OS

Jackk — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 04:24:41 +0000

Hi All,

I am trying to understand about cloning the sysres volume of our z/os 1.12. Our environment is basically a Z9 machine with 1 cpc with only two LPAR images created with no coupling facility(Monoplex).

To clone a sysres volume we are required to peform a indirect cataloging and clone your source sysres to target sysres volume using DFDSMSdss.

Here I have some questions before I Start up with cloning process

1) Here in our shop there are no IEASYMxx member in any of the Parmlib member. Is it something I need to code manually ?

2) I believe there are only two pparmlib members where I have to specify the sysres volumes i.e.. VATLSTxx and COMMANDxx. Just would like to if there are anyother parmlib member that I need to specify the SYSRES volume information ?

3) Are there any Sample JCL which performs indirect cataloging ?

Please advise me. Apology in advance if my questions are not really sensible.

Expired or deleted RACF accounts that are still active in DB2

Abeshaman — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:10:17 +0000

Hello, I have a question related to ‘expired or deleted RACF accounts that are still active in DB2′. In our shop, with z/OS as the operating system and RACF as a security tool. While DB2 native security is used to manage access for each of the DB2 objects such as database, table, view, or storage group, RACF is used to manage user accounts and such things as authentication. Quesition: There is an audit report nothing that there are serveral orphaned user accounts (expired or deleted) with permissions and privileges to different DB2 objects within DB2. Does it constitute a Medium or High risk? If so, what are the vulnerabilities associated with it? If not, does it ONLY represent a cleanup issue where by user account with expired status in RACF or deleted from RACF should also be removed from DB2?

Thanks.

UACC vs Generic Userid

ThePriest — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 18:20:40 +0000

As a long time RACF guy, I have believed that although it would be a rare scenario to exploit this, Universal Access (UACC) will allow access to an ‘MVS user’ that is not necessarily RACF defined and hasn’t been authenticated through RACF, yet Generic Userid (*) equates to ‘any RACF defined user’, which requires the task to be associated to a valid RACF userid. An possible example could be an RJE. Can anyone confirm and point to documentation to verify this? Or refute it if and reference docmentation?

Capture Select Statistics report

Tcrab — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 02:01:34 +0000

I want to run a batch job to create a Select Statistics report and capture the report in a dataset. What commands do I use?

In z/OS, can you write a message to another job’s job log?

Jamesp33 — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 02:37:49 +0000

I’ve got several situations where I’d like a program (e.g. a batch program) to be able to write a message in another job’s job log (e.g. to a CICS region saying “I’ve just set application ABC into overnight mode” or some such).

I don’t recall seeing this feature anywhere and have been through the Assembler macros manual and JES2 macros, as well as doing a bit of general forum searching, and haven’t been able to find anything yet. The authorized form of the WTO macro does allow JOBNAME and JOBID parameters but these seem to be simply for message identification as far as I can tell, not for actual routing to another address space’s job log.

Does anyone have any idea if this is possible? Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Qmf for Windows 8.1 fp18 – date datatype from db2 z/os 8 format error in excel 2003

Erredi — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 10:56:51 +0000

When I import a DB2 z/OS query result containing date or date(timestamp) columns from QMF for WINDOWS in EXCEL 2003 using the Add-in the cells cannot be formatted. In the same column the date are displayed sometimes as dd/mm/yyyy, sometimes as nnnnn or in the previously defined format (example dd-month ) if exists. The first format can’t be modified, unless double cliking the cell without updating, the
wrong cells are contiguous and occasionally there are blocks of
contiguous cells with the correct format, for example on the same day. The same report loaded in excel using the QMF function “Display Excel Sheet (ctrl + B )” works properly. Everything is correct with QMF for W 8.1 FP10.

Thanks in advance !

Advice needed on “DB2 DBA for Z/OS career”

PM007 — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 16:37:12 +0000

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Installing LDAP on z/os 1.9

Umps — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:59:06 +0000

I need to install ldap on zos 1.9 but not sure where to start..this is for replication