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MXG NEWSLETTER FIFTY-ONE

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       MXG NEWSLETTER NUMBER FIFTY-ONE, December 6, 2007.               
                                                                        
Technical Newsletter for Users of MXG :  Merrill's Expanded Guide to CPE
                                                                        
                         TABLE OF CONTENTS                              
                                                                        
I.    MXG Software Version.                                             
II.   MXG Technical Notes                                               
III.  MVS, aka z/OS, Technical Notes                                    
IV.   DB2 Technical Notes.                                              
V.    IMS Technical Notes.                                              
VI.   SAS Technical Notes.                                              
VI.A. WPS Technical Notes.                                              
VII.  CICS Technical Notes.                                             
VIII. Windows NT Technical Notes.                                       
IX    z/VM Technical Notes.                                             
X.    Incompatibilities and Installation of MXG.                        
         See member CHANGES and member INSTALL.                         
XI.   Online Documentation of MXG Software.                             
         See member DOCUMENT.                                           
XII. Changes Log                                                        
     Alphabetical list of important changes                             
     Highlights of Changes  - See Member CHANGES.                       
                                                                        
     COPYRIGHT (C) 1984,2007 MERRILL CONSULTANTS DALLAS TEXAS USA       
                                                                        
I.  The 2007 Annual Version MXG 24.24 was dated February 5, 2007.       
                                                                        
    All sites were mailed a letter with the ftp download instructions.  
    The availability announcement was posted to both MXG-L and ITSV-L.  
    You can always request the current version using the form at        
     http://www.mxg.com/ship_current_version.                           
                                                                        
 1. The current version is MXG 25.11, dated DEC  7, 2007.               
                                                                        
    See CHANGES member of MXG Source, or http://www.mxg.com/changes.    
                                                                        
II.  MXG Technical Notes                                                
                                                                        
                                                                        
III. MVS, a/k/a z/OS, Technical Notes.                                  
                                                                        
 7. APAR OA22991 documents why RMF III XCF DELAY REPORT may present     
    misleading information:                                             
     RMF III XCF Delay report may show jobs in a 100% XCF Delay when in 
     fact they do no XCF signaling. RMF III in its display uses the     
     home asid at the time an XCF signal was sent as passed from XCF in 
     field AMDHOME (initialized from SIOCB_HomeAsidF) as passed from XCF
     module IXCA1MG.  This is misleading because a function/routine may 
     be driven via a timer pop and do an IXCMSGO while executing under  
     any job in the system. XCF is known to do this for transport layer 
     signals. For signals issued while in Timer SLIH mode, XCF should   
     not indicate a AMDHOME asid of the current dispatched job, but     
     rather the signal sender.  VERIFiCATION STEPS:                     
       a. In a svcdump requested while RMF III is reporting XCF         
       DELAYS for a particular job, do a XESDATA SIGNAL DETAIL report.  
       b. Max down to the bottom of the report and examine the          
       measurement data for MSGPEND. There should be entries that       
       show MASID=0006 and MHOME=xxxx where xxxx is the asid of         
       the job that is invalidly being report in an XCF Delay.          
                                                                        
 6. APAR OA22958 documents, with no correction, why the RMF WLMGL WKLD  
    Activity report has lower SSCHRT than expected when Device Pend     
    Time is zero:                                                       
                                                                        
     RMF Workload activity reports may report a lower than expected     
     DASD Start Subchannel Rate (SSCHRT) value as compared to the       
     actual dasd activity rates for the system.   This will occur as    
     the calculated PEND and control unit queue times are zero.   IOS   
     does not capture measurements when the wait time (PEND + CUQ)      
     is zero for an individual i/o interrupt.                           
     VERIFICATION STEPS:                                                
     a. Lower than expected SSCH Rate on Workload activity report.      
        when comparing TOTAL dasd activity to TOTAL reported            
        workload.  Anything greater than 10%  can be explained          
        by this phenomenon.                                             
     b. Also review overall pend time for dasd.  If zero, then this     
        is supporting evidence.                                         
                                                                        
 5. APAR OA22388 reports and corrects SMF64BUF and SMF64CB flags in the 
    SMF64RSC byte which were not turned on for biases other than DO with
    SMB processing.                                                     
                                                                        
 4.  HIPER APAR OA21884 - JES HANGS DURING ALL-MEMBER WARMSTART         
                                                                        
     ERROR DESCRIPTION:  z/OS 1.8 ONLY:                                 
                                                                        
     During an all member warm start, JES2 can $wait in HASPMISC near   
     ENFP9200. This happens when there is a new or different WLM Policy 
     defined that doesn't match the policy last in effect when JES2 was 
     shut down.  The $WAIT will not be resolved because the checkpoint  
     processor is not dispatchable during warmstart -- meaning JES2 will
     not start.                                                         
                                                                        
     The problem reported by OA21884 occurs only if an all-member JES2  
     warmstart is performed **and** a new WLM service definition was put
     into place while JES2 was not running.                             
                                                                        
     The fixing PTF for z/OS 1.8 is UA35883.                            
                                                                        
 3.  CICS Transactions from LU 6.2 devices may all have the same UOWID  
     value.  A possible explanation:                                    
                                                                        
        One possible source of these transactions was found with CA's   
        CommBridge software, related to CA's recommended implementation 
        using Microsoft SNA Server, which creates the problem, instead  
        of IBM's SNA Server solution, IBM Communication Server (CS),    
        which includes FTP server/client and other TCP/IP related       
        tools/services, including SNA over TCP/IP, references below.    
                                                                        
        One test server was changed to use the IBM solution, apparently 
        free with z/os, and the UOWIDs are all unique, so they can be   
        used to correlate to other related transactions/threads/tasks.  
                                                                        
        Thus when all transactions have the same UOWID, it's likely     
        that there's some software sitting on a Windows Server using a  
        transaction spawner which is supplying an FMH-5 header package  
        in the transaction (possibly the last boot time for the server  
        box), which is causing CICS not to generate a unique UOWID      
        string.                                                         
                                                                        
        z/OS Communications Server:                                     
        http://www-306.ibm.com/software/network/commserver/zos/features/
                                                                        
        visual of IBM CS enabled environment:                           
        ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/software/network/commserver/         
             brochures/commservspec.pdf                                 
                                                                        
        IBM Redbook...Modernizing the SNA Environment:                  
        http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg247334.pdf          
                                                                        
 2.  SYNCSORT can page fix many pages when many concurrent SORTs are    
     running with the 64-bit version of SYNCSORT.  A new fix from them  
     will limit memory to 64M per sort (which covered 98% of the sorts  
     at the reporting site).   The problem is that the 64-bit version   
     changed the meaning of VSCORET; originally the upper limit on      
     memory, now is the lower limit.  The SYNCSORT enhancement, XXXXXXX 
     now provide the missing upper limit.                               
                                                                        
 1.  SMF 30 interval records are NOT written for GDPS HyperSwap Address 
     Spaces GEOHSWP, GEOXCFST, and XCFAS.  The IBM claim is that the SMF
     recording must be stopped otherwise the HyperSwap tasks can be left
     hanging, which in turn may result in production systems being      
     shutdown because the HyperSwap cannot complete.  At the present    
     time, this appears to ONLY be documented in an explanation         
     provided by a GDPS support specialist (PMR 31381,070,618).         
                                                                        
     We turn off SMF interval recording in three address spaces         
     (GEOHSWP, GEOXCFST and XCFAS), for the following reason. SMF       
     interval processing is done by scheduling an SRB to run in each    
     address space. This SRB gets the CMS and local lock of the address 
     space and then builds the SMF interval record. In the process of   
     building the interval record the SRB code references SMF control   
     blocks in the address space that are not page fixed.  On systems   
     that have real storage contention these control blocks are going to
     be paged out, because they don't get referenced very often. If we  
     are in the process of doing a HyperSwap where we have I/O suspended
     to all of the PPRC volumes and the paging volumes are included in  
     these volumes, this SMF SRB effectively dead locks the address     
     space because it has the CMS and local lock and has taken a page   
     fault that can not complete until the HyperSwap completes. The     
     HyperSwap process is completely dependent on these three address   
     space functioning. In our testing before we created this capability
     to turn off SMF interval processing in an address space, we        
     certainly saw hangs in the HyperSwap process because of this       
     problem in the GEOHSWP and GEOXCFST.  I don't believe that we saw a
     hang because of this problem in the XCFAS address space, but I just
     wanted to make sure that it would not happen.  Based on this you   
     will not get the interval records.                                 
                                                                        
     Thus, at the present time, the only way to track the resource      
     consumption of these address spaces, especially XCFAS, is to set up
     a separate Service Class for each ASID, and use the RMF Type 72    
     records instead of type 30 records; while this provides some of    
     the information, it is only a subset of the type 30 data.          
                                                                        
IV.   DB2 Technical Notes.                                              
                                                                        
 2. DB2 usage of zIIP Engines.  From APAR PK18454:                      
                                                                        
    The DB2 accounting trace records provide information related to     
    application programs including processor resources consumed by the  
    application. Accumulated zIIP CPU time is not accumulated in the    
    existing class 1, class 2, and class 7 accounting fields.  New      
    accounting fields are defined to let users know how much time is    
    spent on IBM zIIPs, as well as how much time zIIP eligible work     
    overflowed to standard processors. CPU time eligible for offload to 
    a zIIP processor is provided in the accounting records even if a    
    zIIP is not online or DB2 is not running on a z9 mainframe.         
                                                                        
    Changes to IFCIDs 0003, 0231, 0239, 0147 and 0148 as mapped by the  
    following macros:                                                   
      DSNDQPAC - PACKAGE/DBRM ACCOUNTING DATA MAPPING MACRO             
      DSNDQWAC - ACCOUNTING DATA MAPPING MACRO                          
      DSNDQWHU - IFC CPU HEADER MAPPING MACRO                           
      DSNDQW01 - IFCID HEADER MAPPING MACRO                             
      DSNDQW02 - IFCID HEADER MAPPING MACRO                             
      DSNDQW03 - PARALLEL GROUP TASK TIME TRACE MAPPING MACRO           
                                                                        
                                                                        
 1. Blank Package Names with ACCUMACC GE 2:                             
                                                                        
    A user reported blank package names to IBM when they upgraded to V8,
    in DB2PM reports, and received this reply from DB2 Support:         
                                                                        
    "This is working as designed, because you have rollup ON (which you 
    do if ACCUMACC GE 2), the only valid fields in accounting records   
    will be documented at the top of the external mapping macros.       
                                                                        
    For example, in your case you may want to refer to DSNDQPAC which   
    maps package information.  Clearly text cannot be rolled up, so     
    textual fields are excluded from the list (attached below) of valid 
    data fields.                                                        
                                                                        
      DDF and RRSAF threads:                                            
      A rollup record is written with accumulated counter data for an   
      end user when the number of occurrences of the end user on the    
      thread reaches the Zparm value for ACCUMACC.  End user is defined 
      as the concatenation of the following three values:               
       - End user userid (QWHEUID, 16 bytes)                            
       - End user transaction name (QWHCEUTX, 32 bytes)                 
       - End user workstation name (QWHCEUWN, 18 bytes)                 
         QPACSCT  QPACTJST QPACARNE QPACAWTI QPACAWTL QPACAWTR QPACAWTW 
         QPACAWTE QPACALOG QPACARNL QPACARNR QPACARNW QPACARNS QPACALCT 
         QPACARND QPACAWDR QPACAWCL QPACARNC QPACAWAR QPACANAR QPACAWTP 
         QPACARNH QPACAWTG QPACAWTJ QPACARNG QPACARNJ QPACAWTK QPACAWTM 
         QPACAWTO QPACAWTQ QPACARNK QPACARNM QPACARNN QPACARNO QPACARNQ 
         QPACCLS7_ZIIP                                                  
      By rolling up accounting data, there is some loss in detail.      
      Users will have to weigh the cost/benefit of rollup.              
      We are sorry that we can't make everything work as you may want,  
      but we will try."                                                 
                                                                        
     The DSNZPARM ACCUMACC parameter, new with V8, defaults to '10'.    
     The user set a ACCUMACC to 'NO' and no longer saw the problem.     
                                                                        
     MXG note added Apr 9, 2008:  The MXG variable QWACRINV in the      
     DB2ACCT dataset has value 1, 2, or 3 if that observation is        
     an ACCUMACC Rollup Record, with accumulated and sometimes quite    
     questionable values. Use only after examination of your data.      
                                                                        
V.   IMS Technical Notes.                                               
                                                                        
VI.  SAS Technical Notes.                                               
                                                                        
                                                                        
 1. Memory shortages might cause SAS jobs to end abnormally.            
                                                                        
    SAS Note SN-V9-018401 is repeated in its entirety:                  
                                                                        
    If SAS jobs end abnormally on a sporadic basis, you should review   
    the SAS log for memory-related termination codes such as 878, 80A,  
    or 0F9.  You might encounter these termination codes whenever you   
    run system routines.  Or A78 ABENDS.                                
                                                                        
    The abnormal endings that are referenced above might occur when a   
    previous SORT procedure uses a very large amount of memory. In      
    particular, the IBM product DFSORT 1.13 and later has a block-mode  
    sorting feature that enables a SAS job to use very large amounts of 
    memory. When a SAS job attempts to use this memory, the abnormal    
    endings might occur.                                                
                                                                        
    SAS Technical Support recommends three steps that you should follow 
    if your SAS job ends abnormally due to memory-related problems:     
                                                                        
    1. Ensure that your SAS job does not use an unlimited value for the 
    REGION= option (for example, REGION=0M). SAS Technical Support      
    strongly recommends that you limit the memory that is available to  
    SAS jobs. Some SAS procedures will use as much memory as you make   
    available. Such a situation can adversely affect the performance of 
    your system.  Most SAS@ 9.1.3 jobs can run efficiently within a 64MB
    region, but you might need to increase the region size for some     
    jobs.                                                               
                                                                        
    2. Set the MEMLEAVE= system option so that you reserve a portion of 
    the available region that SAS will not use. This precaution helps to
    ensure that some memory will be available for running system        
    routines. The MEMLEAVE= option defaults to 512K. If your SAS job has
    memory-related problems, a general guideline is to set the MEMLEAVE=
    option to 10% of the size of your region. For example, if           
    REGION=128MB, then set MEMLEAVE=13MB.                               
                                                                        
    3. If your SAS job uses DFSORT, you might observe in the SAS log    
    that a prior PROC SORT used a large amount of memory. If your SAS   
    job ends abnormally with a termination code such as 878, 80A, or    
    0F9, as a last resort you should turn off DFSORT's block-mode       
    sorting feature by specifying the NOSORTBLKMODE system option.      
                                                                        
                                                                        
VI.A.  WPS Technical Notes.                                             
                                                                        
                                                                        
1.  Current status of MXG testing under WPS Betas in November, 2007.    
                                                                        
                                                                        
 a. What has been tested successfully:                                  
                                                                        
    MXG QA compile-only (dummy INFILEs) TYPExxxx and TYPSxxxx members   
       This exercised the MXG DATA-step Code for compile errors,        
       and created DOCVER to compare the contents of WPS-built          
       datasets (variables, LENGTHs, LABELs, FORMATs).                  
          Steps 1 thru 36 of the QAJOBXX were tested.                   
    Default BUILDPDB with 480MB SMF File                                
    Tailored BUILDPDB with IMACEXCL with 480 MB SMF File                
    TYPETPMX with small file - verified 72 position FORMATs worked.     
    TYPENTSM with test file  - verified open-system-style MXG code.     
                                                                        
                                                                        
 b. WPS Betas are often updated daily, and as errors were encountered in
    MXG tests on z/OS and Windows/XP, a new Beta was generated which did
    correct each error that could be fixed short-term.  The current Beta
    tested is World Programming System 2.02 (02.02.00.08458) of Nov 27. 
    Subsequently, the GA Release 2.2 (02.02.00.08460) was also tested.  
                                                                        
                                                                        
 c. MXG Version 25.11 is required for testing under WPS; its updates    
    eliminate the need for user modifications to MXG Software, and new  
    WPS-specific members (CONFIGW2, MXGWPSV2, JCLINSTW, AUTOEXEW) were  
    added.                                                              
                                                                        
                                                                        
 d. Facilities used by MXG Software not yet in WPS for z/OS:            
                                                                        
     INFILE CCHHR option - needed only for TYPEEREP (EREP, SYS1.LOGREQ),
                           VMXGVTOC (archaic, replaced by TYPEDCOL), and
                           the UTILSPAC utility report.                 
     VIEWS               - for CPU & I/O performance, used in VMXGSUM   
                           invoked over 60 time in QA BUILDPDB, and in  
                           all ASUMxxxx and TRNDxxxx members.           
                           eliminates a full pass of the input data.    
     PROC CONTENTS       - minor, does not report High Block Used size. 
                                                                        
                                                                        
 e. Facilities used by MXG Software not yet in WPS for z/OS and Windows:
                                                                        
     INFILE with ftp access method - performance slower, more disk space
     SAS/GRAPH, SAS/STAT, SAS/ETS, etc.                                 
     Currently WPS supports the Base DATA Step Support and a few PROCs, 
      including PRINT, MEANS, CONTENTS GPLOT, GCHART, with more planned.
                                                                        
                                                                        
 f. Output differences - minor                                          
                                                                        
     PROC MEANS printed output - some values printed with one digit more
                                  resolution by WPS.                    
                               - no error in output values spot checked 
                               - prevents automated output comparisons  
                                                                        
                                                                        
 g. Untested - most due to complexity or time to set up multiple inputs:
                                                                        
    The WPS Workbench and its Workspace(s) and Projects.                
      The WPS interactive human interface, was not used.                
      It is VERY different than the SAS Windows or TSO interfaces.      
      I didn't have the time to learn another human interface.          
      But if you know Eclipse platform stuff, might be familiar.        
                                                                        
                                                                        
     DATA Libraries on TAPE                                             
                                                                        
     WEEKBLDT, MNTHBLD special TAPE format to DISK, DISP=MOD, etc.      
                                                                        
     TESTTRND, TESTANAL  - requires extensive test data                 
                                                                        
     ANALxxxx            - requires test data                           
                                                                        
     ASUMxxxx            - except ASUMJOBS, ASUM70PR were tested.       
                                                                        
     UTILxxxx            - specialized utilities for MXG Tech Support   
                                                                        
     Internal SORT       - on z/OS, internal SAS SORT may be required   
                           when BY list variables don't fit in first    
                           4096 bytes.                                  
                                                                        
     NFS Files           - not tested.                                  
                                                                        
     Broken VBS files    - not tested.                                  
                                                                        
                                                                        
 h.  Migration issues  - see WPS Migration Instructions:                
                                                                        
     On z/OS, copy all archived SAS Data Libraries on DASD (including   
     HSM migrated) to tape (Sequential) format with the SAS System      
     first.                                                             
                                                                        
     WPS can read SAS Data Libraries in SEQUENTIAL format on tape or    
     DASD.                                                              
                                                                        
     WPS cannot read DASD format SAS Data Libraries                     
                                                                        
                                                                        
 i. Customer reports:                                                   
                                                                        
     Several MXG customers have been running their BUILDPDB on z/OS.    
                                                                        
     Early tests had to make source-level-changes to a few MXG members. 
                                                                        
     Most had relatively simple BUILDPDBs with minimal tailoring.       
                                                                        
                                                                        
 j. MXG Support Position for testing of WPS Releases:                   
                                                                        
       The Current MXG Version and the Current WPS Version are required.
                                                                        
       Your current MXG Software License Agreement states:              
                                                                        
        Merrill agrees to provide continuous product support for MXG in 
        the following areas:                                            
          When error conditions                                         
            (i.e., the SAS execution of MXG code produces either a      
            return code or an ABEND)                                    
          are the results of errors in MXG Code, they will be corrected.
                                                                        
        If you encounter an error testing MXG under WPS:                
                                                                        
           You should report the error to WPS Technical Support for     
           initial investigation.                                       
                                                                        
           If WPS support believes the error is an MXG problem, they can
           contact MXG, or may choose to refer you to MXG Support.      
                                                                        
           MXG Support may then request you to send data to MXG:        
                                                                        
              - the raw data file that caused the error                 
              - your site's USERID.SOURCLIB (tailoring) source library  
                                                                        
           If the error can be replicated under the SAS System, it will 
           be corrected per our license terms.                          
                                                                        
                                                                        
2.  Run time comparisons:                                               
                                                                        
    All tests were run as batch commands or batch jobs, with inputs and 
      outputs read from and written to disk files, using -autoexec to   
      point to autoexew.sas.                                            
                                                                        
            BUILDPDB,ASUMJOBS,ASUM70PR with 448 MB SMF File             
                                                                        
                            z/OS Comparison                             
                                                                        
        CPU TCB    Elapsed     ----------- Compressed ----------------  
        minutes    minutes     Work Size     PDB Size    CICSTRAN Size  
                                                                        
  SAS:   3.88        5.20       209 MB        55 MB         59 MB       
                                                                        
  WPS:  10.67       18.50       233 MB        59 MB         67 MB       
                                                                        
                                                                        
                         Windows/XP Comparison                          
                                                                        
  SAS:    1.20       2.18       Note 1        65 MB          63 MB      
                                                                        
  WPS:    1.93       2.71       Note 1        78 MB          70 MB      
                                                                        
                                                                        
     z/OS tests were executed on IBM 2094 CPU Model S08, SU_SEC=9708.   
     Windows tests executed on Intel Duo Core T5500 @ 1.66 GHz.         
                                                                        
                                                                        
     Note 1:  Neither WPS nor SAS provide a way to track maximum work   
              space on ASCII                                            
                                                                        
                                                                        
3.  Revisions to SAS Clones article in MXG Technical Newsletter FIFTY:  
                                                                        
      WPS is no longer vapour-ware.                                     
                                                                        
      The company has bent over backwards to provide corrections.       
                                                                        
      Performance of WPS, when written in JAVA, was so poor (run times  
      were at least ten times worse than the current Beta) that the     
      product no longer uses JAVA, so it cannot exploit zAAP engines.   
                                                                        
      Items listed in sub-paragraphs i, ii., iii., and iv. have all been
      addressed to my satisfaction, with the exception of the items that
      are listed above in this note.                                    
                                                                        
      Pricing is significantly reduced from those original IBM prices.  
                                                                        
      As an example, an MXG site in the USA was quoted an IBM price for 
      a 21 Value Unit system (about 1000 MIPS) of $42,000 first year and
      $8,400 for renewals.  WPS can be licensed through IBM or through  
      World Programming; their home page is at http://www.teamwpc.co.uk 
                                                                        
                                                                        
4.  Summary:                                                            
                                                                        
       Most of MXG has compiled successfully under WPS on both z/OS and 
       Windows/XP.                                                      
                                                                        
       BUILDPDB has compiled and processed SMF data on both z/OS and    
       Windows/XP.                                                      
                                                                        
       A lot of MXG still needs to be tested with data.                 
                                                                        
       WPS is still in development.                                     
                                                                        
       WPS will roll this Beta into a GA release of WPS 2.2 this week.  
                                                                        
       WPS on z/OS requires thrice the CPU and Elapsed Run Time of SAS. 
                                                                        
       WPS on Windows/XP CPU and run times are similar to SAS run times.
                                                                        
       Disk Space required on both platforms are similar.               
                                                                        
       So, it is your choice at this time to test MXG under WPS.        
                                                                        
       And, it's your evaluation of your MXG programs that should       
         determine if you believe that WPS is "Ready for Prime Time",   
         at your site, with your current CPU and run times and with the 
         MXG programs and SAS facilities that you utilize.              
                                                                        
                                                                        
5.  QA Steps successfully compiled and executed with dummy input.       
                                                                        
     STEP  3. CREATE FORMAT LIBRARY                                     
     STEP  4. RUN TESSNT                                                
     STEP  5. RUN TESSIBM                                               
     STEP  6. RUN TESSIBM1                                              
     STEP  7. RUN TESSIBM2                                              
     STEP  8. RUN TESSIBM3                                              
     STEP  9. RUN TESSUSER                                              
     STEP 10. RUN TESSUSR1                                              
     STEP 11. RUN TESSOTHR                                              
     STEP 12. RUN TYPSCMHM                                              
     STEP 13. RUN BUILDPD3+ASUMS                                        
     STEP 14. RUN BUILDPDB+ASUMS                                        
     STEP 15. RUN TYPERMFV                                              
     STEP 16. RUN TYPECMFV+TYPEMVCI                                     
     STEP 17. RUN TESSHSM                                               
     STEP 18. RUN TESSFACO                                              
     STEP 19. RUN TESSDOS                                               
     STEP 20. RUN TESSVM                                                
     STEP 21. RUN TESSCRAY                                              
     STEP 22. RUN TESSHPCS                                              
     STEP 23. RUN TESSUNIA                                              
     STEP 24. RUN TESSUNIK                                              
     STEP 26. RUN TESSQACS                                              
     STEP 27. RUN TESSTUX                                               
     STEP 28. RUN TESSPW                                                
     STEP 29. RUN ASUMPRTR                                              
     STEP 30. RUN TYPEIMS7                                              
     STEP 31. RUN TESSIMSD                                              
     STEP 32. RUN COPYSTEP                                              
     STEP 33. RUN TESSTRND - partially completed, not WPS fault.        
     STEP 34. RUN TESSMNTH                                              
     STEP 35. RERUN TYPE-S FOR NON PROC SORT FOR DATASET LABEL          
     STEP 36. RUN CROSSREF                                              
     STEP 37. RUN DOCVER   - output DOCVER file is identical.           
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
VII. CICS Technical Notes.                                              
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
VIII. Windows NT Technical Notes.                                       
                                                                        
                                                                        
IX.  z/VM Technical Notes.                                              
                                                                        
                                                                        
X.    Incompatibilities and Installation of MXG vv.yy.                  
                                                                        
 1. Incompatibilities introduced in MXG 25.yy (since MXG 24.24):        
    See CHANGES.                                                        
                                                                        
 2. Installation and re-installation procedures are described in detail 
    in member INSTALL (which also lists common Error/Warning messages a 
    new user might encounter), and sample JCL is in member JCLINST9 for 
    SAS V9.1.3 or JCLINST8 for SAS V8.2.                                
                                                                        
XI.   Online Documentation of MXG Software.                             
                                                                        
    MXG Documentation is now described in member DOCUMENT.              
                                                                        
                                                                        
XII.  Changes Log                                                       
                                                                        
--------------------------Changes Log---------------------------------  
                                                                        
 You MUST read each Change description to determine if a Change will    
 impact your site. All changes have been made in this MXG Library.      
                                                                        
 Member CHANGES always identifies the actual version and release of     
 MXG Software that is contained in that library.                        
                                                                        
 The CHANGES selection on our homepage at http://www.MXG.com            
 is always the most current information on MXG Software status,         
 and is frequently updated.                                             
                                                                        
 Important changes are also posted to the MXG-L ListServer, which is    
 also described by a selection on the homepage.  Please subscribe.      
                                                                        
 The actual code implementation of some changes in MXG SOURCLIB may be  
 different than described in the change text (which might have printed  
 only the critical part of the correction that need be made by users).  
                                                                        
 Scan each source member named in any impacting change for any comments 
 at the beginning of the member for additional documentation, since the 
 documentation of new datasets, variables, validation status, and notes,
 are often found in comments in the source members.                     
                                                                        
Alphabetical list of important changes after MXG 24.24 now in MXG 25.01:
                                                                        
  Dataset/                                                              
  Member   Change    Description                                        
                                                                        
  See Member CHANGES or CHANGESS in your MXG Source Library, or         
  on the homepage www.mxg.com.                                          
                                                                        
Inverse chronological list of all Changes:                              
                                                                        
Changes 25.yyy thru 25.001 are contained in member CHANGES.