Questions tagged [mainframe]
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C3270 on MAC select text
I am using c3270 on Mac to connect to mainframe 3270. Everything works but I am not able to select any text using keyboard or mouse (except cmd+a). Can you please help me to enable select text option.
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ZOC terminal 3270 for Mac
I am using ZOC terminal on MAC OS to connect to mainframe 3270. There are two issues.
When i use 3278E or 3278ES, I am not able to login. Nothing happens when I enter region and press enter
When I use ...
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Intermittent Broken pipe error during FTP transfer
I have an issue with a mainframe z/OS server that does FTP transfers to another server in a different data center. The FTP transfers happen every day from morning to night. But on Monday and Tuesday ...
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How to scroll to top in ISPF Edit or Browse?
Is there a command to scroll to the top of of the file in ISPF? Also, scroll to bottom?
Similar to lower case g in vi.
Also, is there anything like scroll to top of function or scroll to opening ...
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REST JES Job Completion notification not working
I am writing a REST client application, destined to be open source, that submits jobs to JES using zOSMF. It works but zOSMF doesn't appear to be calling my notification server when the job completes....
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Record Editor Cobol To Csv
I have a problem that I'm facing with Record Editor and trying to convert COBOL data and Copybook files to CSV. I'm stuck at a point where "Generate Code for Cobol Copybook creates a preview that is ...
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Unable to set NOSHAREAS attribute on executable in USS. chattr() error: rv=-1, errno=8B, rsn=EF076043
While installing the ported tools from Rocket on my z/OS instance I am running into an issue while installing sudo. The package is from sudo-1.8.6p3_b009.170419
In the install instructions indicate ...
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Blue Prism attach Mainframe application
Im applying Mainframe automation in Blue Prism for a process using Micro focus Reflection for Destkop 16 (.NET API). I don't however find the attach action when i use the Navigate stage and place the ...
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Trouble in starting Jenkins slave(agent) on the USS of z/OS
The Jenkins Master is running on a separate Linux(ubuntu) machine and launching the slave via SSH on USS using java at /usr/lpp/java/J8.0_64. The error log for slave start is as below:
[02/14/19 11:...
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GIM69207S SMP/E download fails with java.net.UnknownHostException:
I'm in the process of downloading software to install on my z/OS system. I've not used SMP/E Receive to download previously.
The DOWNLOAD step ends with a return code 12:
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How do I specify an MVS data set name when using lftp?
We have a Linux server that needs to send a file to a z/OS mainframe using FTPS. How do we specify the MVS data set name we want to create? When we try to FTP the file, it always prepends the ...
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Is there a way for a USS shell process to easily access MVS symbols such as `&SYSNAME`?
When writing scripts for execution in USS I'd like to be able to access z/OS symbols like &SYSNAME. Ideally, it would be nice to access them as environment variables but if there is a command ...
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IZUG846W: An HTTP request for a z/OSMF REST service was received from a remote site
I setup z/OSMF and I am receiving this error when attempting to access the url https://my.zos.com/zosmf/restjobs/jobs.
{ “errorID”:“IZUG846W”,“errorMsg”:“IZUG846W: An HTTP request for a
z/OSMF ...
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How to audit who changed the limit on a GDG (Generation Data Group)?
I have a situation where someone has changed the limit of a GDG (Generation Data Group) and I need to track down who made the change. I know the command will be something like:
ALTER gdg-base LIMIT(...
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Setup for z/OSMF on z/OS 2.3 throws off a security error indicating libIzugJni64.so is not PROGRAM CONTROLLED
I am setting up z/OSMF on a z/OS 2.3 system and receiving the following errors after starting IZUSVR1 and attempting to login to z/OSMF for the first time. The errors are seen in the JES Job log and ...
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SFTP processing from mainframe to server with Crush FTP software failing key authentication
We are in the process of converting all FTP mainframe jobs to SFTP. I used the ssh-keygen -f id_dsa_userid command to create the key pairs. Sent the public key to client to be copied into their ...
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ibm as400 model 9406-270 [closed]
I'm a fan of the mainframe world, I've always played with a mainframe emulated by Hercules, yesterday I had the opportunity to buy a used as400, I got all the cables and etc.
Now I need to know how to ...
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How to sftp a file to a mainframe
This is my first time to sftp a file from linux to mainframe. I am using the following command.
/somedirectory>sftp PR0010@someserver
Connecting to someserver...
someuser@someuser's password:
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chtag does not work on z/OS UNIX
I'm trying to tag ASCII files on z/OS host shell, so we do not have to specify the code page on the command line.
> echo > iso.txt
> chtag -t -c 819 iso.txt
> vi iso.txt
Type in "Hello" ...
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Why were some early computer displays circular?
I was looking at information on early computers and noticed some had what appear to be circular CRT displays, such as in the following images.
Gerald J Sussman at PDP-6 and 340 Display from MIT Csail
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What is meant by distributed architecture in the context of old fashioned 1960s mainframes?
Here it says the CDC 6600 had a distributed architecture.
It had a distributed architecture (central scientific processor supported by ten very fast peripheral machines)
Can anyone elaborate on ...
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Write form on AS400 system
I need to write a form where I can get input from the user and save that data in DB2 present on my AS400 machine. RIght now, I am getting the default options provided by the mainframe like :
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FTP file to Mainframe server copying only first record in the file
I was trying to ftp a file from a non mainframe server (windows machine) to mainfram server through ftp program. Input file is having 80 Record length with multiple rows.
When I ftp the file using
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FTP DOS window closes always
I want to ftp a pds library(each members contents) drom mainframe to my pc.
I wrote the following code:
@ftp -i -s:"%~f0"&GOTO:EOF
open myip
myuser
mypass
pwd
get 'hlq.2ndlq.3rdlq.4thlq(*)' ...
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FTP ASCII file from Windows to Mainframe (iSeries) — special characters
I have a text file created on a Windows machine, the page coding used on the file is 1252
This file is then ftp'd to an iSeries machine for processing
As far as I can see, it appears on the iSeries. ...
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Building an improvised 'supercomputer' by connecting a number of used PCs in a LAN
I am in ongoing development of a simple but processor intensive computer program that I use for scientific research. It would be really helpful to have more processing speed. Right now I'm running Mac ...
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Purpose of a "mystery key" on an IBM PC 3270 keyboard
A colleague has just come into possession of a large number of IBM PC 3270 keyboards (don't ask!). These keyboards have a number of very interesting looking keys, but the one that most intrigued us ...
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What exactly is a mainframe and what exactly does a programmer do on that?
I have searched (googled) a lot but nothing answers me clearly. From what I get,
"huge" computers with "many" CPUs running "legacy" software written in "legacy" languages are mainframes and the ...
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