Author Archives: Martin Packer

(Originally posted 2009-04-25.) Back in z/OS R.9 RMF Parallel Sysplex New Fields (in 2007) I mentioned a new field: R742MJOB (XCF Member Job Name.) At the time I had no real customer data so I could only espouse the HOPE that this field would be useful. (When I asked for it to be added toContinue reading “DB2 Data Sharing and XCF Job Name”

(Originally posted 2009-04-10.) To whoever (In the USA I think) Googled “what is REMOVECC” and got to this blog let me give you my thoughts on the matter. (And yes I know, it being a search, you might never come back to read this.) To understand REMOVECC you have to understand that the “CC” refersContinue reading “What is REMOVECC?”

(Originally posted 2009-04-10.) For whoever got to my blog with this Google search here’s how you sort data without a header: First you need to be using z/OS DFSORT Release 10 or to have applied the PTFs for UK90013 (July 2008). Second, the vehicle for doing this is ICETOOL rather than DFSORT itself. Use theContinue reading “DFSORT Sorting Without Sorting Header / Trailer Lines”

(Originally posted 2009-04-09.) So here’s yet another way of parsing the WLM XML Service Definition. This time it’s on z/OS, using DFSORT. Relatively recent features in DFSORT have made it easier to do useful things with XML. In this example I’ve made some attempt to make the output pretty – by creating a HTML table.Continue reading “Workload Manager Policy in XML Format – Part IV”

(Originally posted 2009-04-09.) It’s approaching conference season again – at least the UKCMG / European System z Conference portion of it. Bearing that in mind I want to share this article with you: “Professor Encourages Students to Pass Notes During Class — via Twitter”. It’s well worth reading the comments that follow the article. They’reContinue reading “Please DO Twitter In My Sessions”

(Originally posted 2009-04-08.) Here’s another way to process a WLM Service Definition – once you’ve got it into XML format. XSLT (XML Stylesheet Transformations if you prefer) is another technology that’s been around for a while. In simple terms you write another piece of XML (the stylesheet) that describes how to transform your original XMLContinue reading “Workload Manager Policy in XML Format – Part III”

(Originally posted 2009-04-07.) In Workload Manager Policy in XML Format – Part I I showed you how you can use PHP to extract Classification Rules information from the WLM Service Definition (once converted to XML format). This post gives an example of extracting a different set of information from the XML Service Definition, using javascriptContinue reading “Workload Manager Policy in XML Format – Part II”

(Originally posted 2009-04-06.) This isn't particularly new – but I'm guessing most people who work with WLM don't know about this… For some time now you've been able to download a java application that enables you to convert your WLM Service Definition to and from XML. Perhaps more importantly, the application provides a nice wayContinue reading “Workload Manager Policy in XML Format – Part I”

(Originally posted 2008-11-03.) Another 6 months on and another HackDay… Hackday6 was on 24 October – and being distracted by little things such as GSE Conference and an important customer situation I haven’t blogged about it yet. So, a little late, here goes… Many of you will know that RMF has a WebPortal for monitoringContinue reading “My HackDay 6 Project – Mashing Up RMF”

(Originally posted 2008-09-25.) With a couple of working days to go before the deadline I’ve completed my two presentations for Expo. As usual I’ve added some new stuff, based on new technologies and some situations I’ve encountered. And rather than throwing older stuff out I’ve moved most of it to backup foils. While I’m preparedContinue reading “System z Expo, Las Vegas, 13-17 October”