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Date:         Tue, 21 Jul 1992 01:49:33 EDT
From:         PRENER@YKTVMZ.BITNET

Re:   Transferring files to IBM RS 6000
Ref:  Your posting to POWER-L DIGEST at 20:09:59 on 92/07/20

> I have to transfer one of my codes to IBM RS 6000. It invokes some routines
> from the Minpack package. One of them has some machine dependent parameters
> whose equivalence to the IBM RS 6000 I cannot figure out.

You should be able to find this both in the XL FORTRAN documentation, and
in the file /usr/include/float.h
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Date:         Thu, 30 Jul 1992 11:43:21 -0500
From:         Dale Anderson <ANDERSON@MAX.CC.UREGINA.CA>
Subject:      RS6000 Memory Questions
X-To:         POWER-L IBM RS/6000 POWER Family <POWER-L@VM1.NoDak.EDU>

I have a few questions about SIMMs and memory cards for the RS000.  First
does the IBM memory cards capable of upgrading from 2meg SIMMs to 4meg SIMMs
by just replacing the SIMMs?  If so does the system automatically recognize
the additional memory?  Are the same IBM memory cards used on 320's through
950's?  Does IBM sell memory cards and SIMMs seperately?  Are third partly
memory cards and SIMMs reliable?  Does third party memory affect IBM hardware
maintenence?

Answers to any of the questions would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks for your
time|

                                             Dale Anderson
                                             Computing Services
                                             University of Regina
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Date:         Tue, 21 Jul 1992 17:16:28 CDT
From:         Marty Hoag <NU021172@NDSUVM1.BITNET>
Subject:      Announcements of July 21, 1992

List of Selected RISC System/6000 Announcements from 07/21/92
     (Selected by Marty Hoag - Don't blame anyone else!)

---File Name--- ---Truncated Title---
ANN6000 192-163 IBM POWER VISUALIZATION SERVER MODEL 004
ANN6000 192-164 IBM POWER VISUALIZATION SYSTEM ENHANCEMENTS
ANN6000 292-391 IBM VISUALIZATION DATA EXPLORER FOR SUN, SGI AND HP
ANN6000 292-392 IBM AIX VISUALIZATION DATA EXPLORER/6000 VERSION 1.2
ANN6000 292-396 COOPERATIVE SOFTWARE:  TSSNET
ANN6000 292-398 CATIA DATA MANAGEMENT AND CATIA DATA MANAGEMENT ACCESS FOR IBM
---------------

   The files are available via anonymous FTP to vm1.nodak.edu
(134.129.111.1).  Once connected enter CD POWER-L to access the
POWER-L disk.  Then enter dir ann6000.* (LOTS of files), get
ann6000.910724 (yymmdd), get ann6000.391-103 etc.

   You may also request the files via e-mail through LISTSERV.  Send
e-mail to LISTSERV@VM1.NODAK.EDU (or LISTSERV@NDSUVM1.BITNET) with the
body containing an INDEX POWER-L command (for a list of all files and
archives) or GET command(s).

   Collections of Frequently Asked Questions are also available.
For example, AIX-FAQ1.6000 and AIX-FAQ2.6000 via FTP or
AIX-FAQ1 6000 and AIX-FAQ2 6000 via e-mail.

   For example, the following might be in the body of the mail:
INDEX POWER-L
GET ANN6000 910724
GET ANN6000 391-103
GET AIX-FAQ1 6000        etc.
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Date:         Wed, 22 Jul 1992 07:21:58 EDT
From:         Steve Greenfield <FEATS@VTVM1.BITNET>
Subject:      Binary Images
X-To:         aix-l@pucc.BITNET, power-l@ndsuvm1.BITNET

I have an RS/6000 POWERstation 220 running AIX 3.2.  There are a couple of
newsgroups (i.e.; alt.binaries.pictures.misc) that have binary images
available.  What is the process for getting these mail files or newsgroup
files into a displayable format.  Sometimes these files are distributed as
multiple parts (i.e.; 1 of 3, 2 of 3, and 3 of 3).  I would imagine you
would issue an RN to read the newsgroup, then issue an S to save into a
file.  After you have saved the parts you would probably need some application
to combine the parts and put them into a displayable format.

I have XV running on my RS/6000 now and I can download binary images from
WUARCHIVE.WUSTL.EDU and display them.  But I cannot get the files of the
newsgroup in a displayable format.  The newsgroup files are either gifs or
something called JPEG or .jpg which I don't know about.  Isn't there some
type of UUENCODE and/or UUDECODE application that I need?  What will handle
both GIF and JPG formats?

Thanks in advance for any and all help!


Stephen L. Greenfield                     Bitnet:   FEATS@VTVM1
Virginia Polytechnic Institute   ,/\      Internet: feats@vtvm1.cc.vt.edu
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Date:         Tue, 28 Jul 1992 09:36:00 CDT
From:         Marty Hoag <NU021172@NDSUVM1.BITNET>
Subject:      July 28 Announcements

List of Selected RISC System/6000 Announcements from 07/28/92
     (Selected by Marty Hoag - Don't blame anyone else!)

---File Name--- ---Truncated Title---
ANN6000 192-166 WITHDRAWAL:  IBM POWERSTATION/POWERSERVER 320 AND SELECTED FEA
ANN6000 192-173 LAN CONNECTION FOR PRINTERS IN NOVELL NETWARE ENVIRONMENT
ANN6000 292-406 IBM DATA INTERPRETATION SYSTEM RISC SYSTEM/6000 DATABASE GATEW
ANN6000 292-407 CATIA NUMERICAL CONTROL -- PUNCH AND CATIA NESTING FOR RISC
ANN6000 392-164 CAD/CAM RISC SYSTEM/6000 DISCOUNT PROMOTION
ANN6000 492-171 IBM EDUCATION ANNOUNCEMENT SUMMARY
---------------

   The files are available via anonymous FTP to vm1.nodak.edu
(134.129.111.1).  Once connected enter CD POWER-L to access the
POWER-L disk.  Then enter dir ann6000.* (LOTS of files), get
ann6000.910724 (yymmdd), get ann6000.391-103 etc.

   You may also request the files via e-mail through LISTSERV.  Send
e-mail to LISTSERV@VM1.NODAK.EDU (or LISTSERV@NDSUVM1.BITNET) with the
body containing an INDEX POWER-L command (for a list of all files and
archives) or GET command(s).

   Collections of Frequently Asked Questions are also available.
For example, AIX-FAQ1.6000 and AIX-FAQ2.6000 via FTP or
AIX-FAQ1 6000 and AIX-FAQ2 6000 via e-mail.

   For example, the following might be in the body of the mail:
INDEX POWER-L
GET ANN6000 910724
GET ANN6000 391-103
GET AIX-FAQ1 6000        etc.
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Date:         Mon, 27 Jul 1992 16:25:36 CDT
From:         Christopher Mark Conn <sascmc@UNX.SAS.COM>
Subject:      New List for IAUG
X-To:         IBM Risc System/6000 list <power-l%ndsuvm1.bitnet@unx.sas.com>

There is now a listserv list availiable for members of IAUG,
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Date:         Wed, 29 Jul 1992 21:29:45 -0400
From:         "Frank C. Fillmore Jr." <TFG01@IBRDVM1.BITNET>
Subject:      QMF creating sequential output

 I think there are probably better ways to create sequential extracts of DB2
 data than QMF *but* if that's what you want to do, there's a feature
 shipped with VM QMF (for SQL/DS) called DPRE which places your report
 answer set in either an ISPF/PDF or XEDIT session.  If this is available
 under MVS it may be a way to solve your problem.  The downside is it will
 include column headers and control breaks.  Finally - again drawing on
 VM QMF - I believe EXPORTed files in QMF v3.x don't have all of the overhead
 garbage in them.

 Regards,
 Frank

 I can be reached at IBRD 202-473-9682
 -or- at The Fillmore Group, Inc. 410-465-6335
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Date:         Tue, 28 Jul 1992 16:42:48 EDT
From:         CH0PMZT@GE1VM.SCHDY.GE.COM
Subject:      NO SUBJECT
X-To:         db2-l@auvm.american.edu

*** Reply to note of 07/27/92 23:29
FROM: Phil Zampino, CCS Data Systems
Subject: NO SUBJECT

Tim,

It sounds like you're losing time in DB2 lock waits. When you have small
tables like your WIP table, many rows are on the same 4K page, which is the
level of locking granularity in DB2. Thus if two people are updating the same
page, the second user waits while the first has control of the page; the
chance of that happening is greatly increased on small DB2 tables, especially
in your case where you're getting about 27 rows per page.

I would first check to see that commits are taken as frequently as possible.
Then I would run a trace, through DB2 or Omegamon, to see exactly what's
happening to the application. A performance class 6 returns locking
information; I'd probably also look at I/O with classes 4 and 5, or run a full
SQL TRACE with classes 3,4,6,8,13. You may be able to use Omegamon alone- TMON
for DB2 breaks up time by activity, such as I/O wait, Lock Wait, Thread
Creation time, etc., and it's likely Omegamon has a similar report.

If locking proves to be the problem, you could try to spread the data around
by inserting dummy data into the pages, or specifying wildly large freespace
percentages and reorging frequently to maintain that space (depends on the
pattern of insert), or by putting a dummy column into the table that would
increase the row width, thereby reducing the number of rows per page.

Good luck!

Phil Zampino
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Newsgroups: bit.listserv.db2-l
Date:         Wed, 29 Jul 1992 15:51:54 EDT
From:         BEN@AMERICAN.EDU
X-To:         db2-l@american.edu

At The American University, we're using QMF in a batch mode for some
of our production reporting needs.  It seems to be workable, performs
reasonably well, etc.

We would like to use QMF in batch also for extracting MVS "flat files"
from DB2 data, for interfacing with other systems.  All the methods
we have thought of for doing this give us files that contain records
other than data records, and would have to be cleaned up by some
process before they could be input into other programs.

My question is:  Does anyone have a really clean way to use QMF
to build sequential output files under MVS?  If so, we'd like to
hear about it.  Thanks.
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Date:         Fri, 31 Jul 1992 16:42:08 -0400
From:         NEIL_HALDEMAN <DSDMNH1@UMDSCXA.BITNET>
Subject:      QMF extracts

I'll pass this on to our QMF person.  I think we are doing this by using a
PL/I program to strip off the extraneous stuff.
                                           Neil Haldeman
                                           University of Michigan
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Date:         Mon, 27 Jul 1992 09:19:54 EDT
From:         CH0PMZT@GE1VM.SCHDY.GE.COM
Subject:      NO SUBJECT
X-To:         db2-l@auvm.american.edu

*** Reply to note of 07/24/92 19:31
FROM: Phil Zampino, CCS Data Systems
Subject: NO SUBJECT
TMON for DB2 does have a batch option, presumably against the DB2 data.
We don't have any experience in that aspect of the product, as we use DB2PM
for our batch reporting.  My understanding is that the reporting is extensive,
and somewhat comparable to PM.  As for writing to VSAM, I don't know if that's
possible.

Phil Zampino
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Date:         Thu, 23 Jul 1992 10:59:00 EDT
From:         Teri Tapp <TRB@NCCIBM1.BITNET>
Subject:      Calculating indexspace usage

Does anyone have a query for calculating the Used Space and the
Percentage Used Space for Indexspaces? In Kilobytes? In Cylinders?
from the SYSIBM.SYSINDEXES table?

Thanks for your help......
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Date:         Wed, 22 Jul 1992 14:58:56 EDT
From:         "patty" <PBURKE@AMERICAN.EDU>
Subject:      Re: DB2 performance monitors

On Wed, 22 Jul 1992 14:42:58 -0400 NEIL_HALDEMAN said:
>We have Goal's Insight/DB2 and have made extensive, beneficial use of it.  We
>also had BMC's Activity Monitor installed for a trial.  We found Insight/DB2
>to be somewhat more intuitive (i.e. easier to find your way around
>in)......and a little less expensive than BMC's product.  We are very glad
>that we have a DB2 monitor.
>                       Neil Haldeman, Univ. of Michigan
Thanks for your comments, Neil.  Have you found any shortcomings in the Insight
product?  How long have you had it?
We have Insight  and Omegamon/DB2 on trial and thus far, Insight looks
better.  Has anybody tried Landmark's TMON for DB2?
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Date:         Mon, 27 Jul 1992 12:48:42 ECT
From:         Jeanne Ketcham <PC0001@BINGVMB.BITNET>

     We are trying to implement our first system in DB2. We are in
    DB2 2.2 and CICS 2.1. We are having a problem with DSNC errors. From the
    CICS dump, we get a return code of 18 - "Connection subtask has abended".
    At one point we had pretty much isolated the problem to one
    program. Now it seems to have spread throughout other programs. This
    would indicate that there is something wrong in the environment,
    rather than the program. Possible culprits are the RCT, TWASIZE,
    or maybe some installation parameters.

        I would appreciate any suggestions or similar experiences that might
    help.


                                Jeanne Ketcham
                             Binghamton University
                               Binghamton, N.Y.
                                607-777-6827
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Date:         Thu, 30 Jul 1992 20:50:11 -0400
From:         "Frank C. Fillmore Jr." <TFG01@IBRDVM1.BITNET>
Subject:      Getting help

 Jeanne Ketchum's "SUM" problem prompted me to resend this note that I've
 posted to other lists...

 Every systems software support person should be aware of the methods to
 get answers to technical problems:

 "How to" questions
 ------------------
 BITNET Listserv SQLINFO@UICVM
 IBM account Systems Engineer - if you don't know who this is ask your
     marketing rep. (I'm sure you know who that is.)
 IBM Business Partner Application Specialist (like my firm)
 IBMLink ASKQ support - this is an online for-fee service which allows
                        you to ask technical questions and review
                        databases full of answers to prior (often similar)
                        questions.  Ask your marketing rep.
 Users groups meetings - either via networking or at formal Q&A sessions

 "Broke code" problems
 ---------------------
 IBM Software Support (1-800-237-5511).  You (your organization) must be
              licensed users of the software in question and you must
              provide your customer number - get that from your IBM rep.
              or your manager.  Also have ready your CPU and levels for
              operating system and related software (e.g. IBM 3090 600J,
              SQL/DS v3r1).
 Note: the other resources listed above also apply here; it depends on the
 level of criticality.

 There may be a gray area when you're not sure if it's a "broke code" or
 a useability issue.  When in doubt, assume it's broke...

 I know this must be old hat for many of you out there and it only applies
 to IBM US (I'm sure there are similar resources for customers of IBM
 World Trade).  I just get the impression that there are many new support
 personnel on the list who don't know what levers to pull.  Good luck...

 I can be reached at IBRD 202-473-9682
 -or- at The Fillmore Group, Inc. 410-465-6335
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Date:         Mon, 27 Jul 1992 11:33:41 EDT
From:         CH0PMZT@GE1VM.SCHDY.GE.COM
Subject:      NO SUBJECT
X-To:         db2-l@auvm.american.edu

*** Reply to note of 07/27/92 11:30
FROM: Phil Zampino, CCS Data Systems
Subject: NO SUBJECT

From DB2I, Option 7 (Commands), issue a -DIS DATABASE(database-name)
SPACENAM(tablespace-name) for the appropriate database-name and
tablespace-name. You can omit the SPACENAM parameter to see all table- and
index- space names for that database. Copy pending will show clearly in the
leftmost column of the resulting display.

Phil Zampino
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Date:         Thu, 23 Jul 1992 08:33:19 -0400
From:         NEIL_HALDEMAN <DSDMNH1@UMDSCXA.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: DB2 performance monitors

We've had Insight/DB2 for a about a year.  We haven't uncovered any truly
significant shortcomings.  I'm more or less just a casual user (our Systems
person uses it more than I do), but I probably would have heard about any
significant problems.  I find that, even as a casual user, I have been able to
use Insight in identifying performance problems.
                                                nh
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Date:         Thu, 30 Jul 1992 07:48:53 ECT
From:         Jeanne Ketcham <PC0001@BINGVMB.BITNET>

      We are having some problems with the SUM function in SQL. In batch
   it gives us an 0C4 - protection exception. On line, it gives us a DSNC
   error in our own applications and in QMF. This happens on more than one
   table. It happens intermittently. The largest table that we are summing
   against is 300 rows.

     Has anyone experienced this problem?

                                    Jeanne Ketcham
                                  Binghamton University
                                   Binghamton, NY
                                    607 (777-6827)
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Date:         Fri, 24 Jul 1992 16:30:41 EDT
From:         CH0PMZT@GE1VM.SCHDY.GE.COM
Subject:      NO SUBJECT
X-To:         db2-l@auvm.american.edu

*** Reply to note of 07/20/92 16:43
FROM: Phil Zampino, CCS Data Systems
Subject: NO SUBJECT

We've been using TMON for DB2 for a couple of years now.  Landmark was late
coming into the game, but their interface is very nice.  They use a short
term history database to allow the last day or so of DB2 activity to be
tracked and queried against, as well as a long term history database
stored in DB2.  They currently have an explain function, but it's somewhat
limited compared to some I've seen; certainly it will be expanded with
time.

When we chose TMON, we had looked at Insight and BMC's Activity Manager.
TMON had the cleanest interface of all, and since it interfaced with TMON
for CICS, which we have, it made a good choice for us.

Phil Zampino
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Date:         Mon, 27 Jul 1992 11:28:08 EDT
From:         Earnie Dyke <EARNIE@COMP1.CC.WM.EDU>
Subject:      Where can I find?

    I know that somewhere in the catalog there is a flag that tells
me that a tablespace is in copy pending status, but now that I need
it I can't find it.  Can someone please enlighten a tired DBA?

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Date:         Wed, 29 Jul 1992 17:53:53 CST
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From:         J Reid Christenberry <RCHRIST@SIUEVM.BITNET>
Subject:      NO SUBJECT

      SIUE Office of Information Technology 618-692-3740

On the DB2 QMF flat file extract problem: it is an extra cost product, but
the DBMAUI utility sold by IBM does this excellently. It gives you a lot of
other capability, also. You might want to look into this.
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Date:         Mon, 27 Jul 1992 16:09:06 EDT
From:         CH0PMZT@GE1VM.SCHDY.GE.COM
Subject:      NO SUBJECT
X-To:         db2-l@auvm.american.edu

*** Reply to note of 07/27/92 13:00
FROM: Phil Zampino, CCS Data Systems
Subject: NO SUBJECT

Jeanne,

Check your maintenance level; there's an SPE for DB2 2.2 that gives you the
ability to run with CICS 1.7, 2.x, and 3.x.  We had quite a bit of trouble
with that SPE, and ended up putting on several PTF's to correct the problems
we encountered (such as loss of communication).  IBM Level II was able to
fax us a list of PTFs that we needed to apply to make the attachment stable.
I don't have the SPE name, but you should be able to check with IBM to find
out if that's your problem.

Phil Zampino
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