Tech – Mainframe

Every system is prone for problems and errors and mainframe is no exception. On a mainframe system whenever a hardware failure, selected software errors, and selected system conditions occurs, the system records information about the error in the Logrec data set or the Logrec log stream. As a Systems Programmer […]

These are some considerations regarding the Logrec Data Set: 1. You must initialize the Logrec data set before IPLing the system that will use it. 2. To initialize or reinitialize the Logrec data set, use the service aid program IFCDIP00. 3. To clear a full Logrec data set, use EREP. […]

The initialization process begins when the System Programmer or Operator selects the LOAD function at the Hardware Management Console (HMC). To successfully IPL z/OS, the system programmer needs to supply the following information: –    The device address of the IPL volume –    The LOADxx member that contains pointers to system […]