Rui Miguel Feio

REXX Standard Error Codes Description

31st March 2012 Rui Miguel Feio

The following table contains the description of REXX error codes. Error numbers between 51 and 99 are implementation-dependent. Bear in mind that additional error information may be obtained by requesting the condition built-in function’s optional description value. Error Code Description 1 Reserved 2 Reserved 3 Program is unreadable 4 Program interrupted 5 […]

ISPF – Search for a Member in Multiple PDS

30th March 2012 Rui Miguel Feio

I’m sure everyone has come across the need of locating a PDS member, but not remembering exactly on which data set the member is. Well, there is a very simple way of doing this using ISPF option 3.4: On ISPF select option 3.4 Enter the HLQ (High Level Qualifier) of […]

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How to Backup/Restore Outlook Email Signatures on MS Office 2010

26th March 2012 Rui Miguel Feio

If you’re like me and have more then one PC with MS Outlook and you require to use the same email signature in all of them then these are the steps you need to follow in order to backup/restore your signatures on MS Office 2010: Backup: On MS Outlook […]

Useful RACF Commands for Administrators

25th February 2012 Rui Miguel Feio

The following are a few common RACF commands used by Security Administrators in the Mainframe environment. Note that the commands shown are very simplified examples. More details of the commands and their parameters can be found in IBM’s manual. User Profiles AU userid NAME(‘user_name’) DFLTGRP(grp_name) OWNER(owner) PASS(password) Add a […]

VSAM Open Error Codes

24th December 2011 Rui Miguel Feio

136(88) Not enough Virtual-Storage Space is available for Work Areas, Control Blocks, or Buffers. 144(90) An uncorrectable I/O error occurred while VSAM was Reading or Writing a catalog record. 148(94) No record for the data set to be opened was found in the available catalog(s) or an unidentified error occurred […]