Questions tagged [mvs]

MVS is the name for the IBM OS/VS operating system released in the late 1970s, and the name was used through MVS/ESA 5.2. The name was replaced by OS/390 in the mid-1990s, which itself was replaced by z/OS in the early 2000s.

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I am getting error in IBM Mainframe "DATA SET HELLO.SUYASH.TEST1 NOT ALLOCATED, REQUEST CANCELED"

I am a new student of IBM z/OS. I want to allocate a NEW DATASET in Utilities > Allocate under ISPF option in "MVS/TSO Module" I just fill all the required details in this section "Allocate New Data set" after creating project name in "DATA SET…
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How to cancel a JCL job(Mainframe) in SDSF???(OZA1) error

I received a JCL Error after submitting a job. 20.46.44 JOB08763 $HASP165 WPR062M ENDED AT OZA1 - JCL ERROR CN(INTERNAL). and in SDSF I am seeing this How can I fix this (Cancel the job)? What is the reason for this error? Thanks in advance.
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Moving DataBase from Microsoft SQL folder to App_Data folder (appseting.json)

1. "WebApi": "Data Source=.;Initial Catalog=TaskDB; Integrated Security=true" 2. "WebApi": "Server=(localdb)\\mssqllocaldb;AttachDBFilename=%CONTENTROOTPATH%\\App_Data\\TaskDB.mdf;Trusted_Connection=true;MultipleActiveResultSets=true" I am…
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Reading EBCDIC variable files with comp-3 without COBOL on MVS?

Is there a way with Java or within .Net or some sort of API to read EBCDIC files that are variable and unpack COMPUTANIONAL-3 data? I have searched, and all I could find is that UltraEdit converts EBCDIC to ANSI but the file is still not usable due…
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Is there a way to check existence of file in MVS before attempting copy to Unix server

A file to be copied from MVS Mainframe to Unix server using Connect Direct. Below is the sample script which works fine. Now before copying the file is there a way to verify the file existence in MVS ? submit FILE_COPY process SNODE=${SENDING_NODE}…
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What utility should I use to establish an ftp connection to a z/OS mainframe and transfer files to the local machine inside an angular webapp?

I want for the webapp user to specify a file on the server through a text field, then for the file to be downloaded to the local machine. Optionally, the user might also specify the login for the FTP connection, or it could be hardcoded in the…
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PKUNZIP Commands

Is it possible to unzip an archive with multiple files inside on mvs.. Currently we can unzip files using the PKUNZIP command with this.. //UNZIP EXEC PKUNZIP //SYSIN DD…
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DB2 for z/OS SQL: OVERRIDING USER VALUE not permitted

I have two tables with identical definition but different owners. Created a new table based on one of these: CREATE TABLE SHADOW.ADM LIKE USR1.ADM; ALTER TABLE SHADOW.ADM ADD SHTYPE CHAR(1); ALTER TABLE SHADOW.ADM ADD SHCOUNTER INTEGER GENERATED…
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MVS JES2 purge job with IEFSSREQ macro

I want to purge/cancel/spin a job by requesting the action to JES2 with the IEFSSREQ macro. Everything seems to work well but no job is affected by the request. I thought it was a filter problem in the SSJM structure but when I specify nothing in…
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IBM Window Services (DWS) CSRIDAC with DSNAME length not valid

I'm working on z/OS and trying to use the Window Services provided by IBM. Everything work perfectly except the creation of an object by its DSNAME. When I call CSRIDAC with a DSNAME I have the error : "The system was unable to allocate or…
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IBM Window Services (DWS) csrevw function on MVS

I'm working on IBM MVS (z/OS) and trying to make Window Services working. On the function CSREVW I don't understand what the purpose of the parameter pfcount. Acording to the documentation this will ask to the window services to read more than one…
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JCL - MVS: how to retrieve result from submiting MVS command in Batch

Morning guys, After submitting a MVS command in Batch, I wonder if it is possible to print the result in a seq file. Thanks for your time. //S02IEBG EXEC PGM=IEBGENER //SYSUT2 DD SYSOUT=(A,INTRDR),DCB=BLKSIZE=23440 //SYSIN …
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How can I obtain memory usage information using zos assembler

How can I programmatically obtain the amount of memory an assembler program is currently using assembler instructions/macros from within the running program? I'm debugging an 878 (out of memory) error, and I"d like my program to report at…
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zosftplib submit_wait_job(jcl) function does not receive JES output

I have a python zosftplib function call that submits a MVS job successfully, but it does not recognize that the job completed and it does not receive the JES output from the job. I can successfully make the MVS FTP connection and can upload and…
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fwrite() failed : EDC5024i:An attempt was made to close a file that had been open in another thread

I am submitting a JCL job to allocate a VB dataset in Mainframe. After submitting the job, the dataset gets created successfully. Then I am running a java program in omvs region of mainframe, to open the file and write some contents into it. When I…
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