Mainframe, MVS and zOS Discussion

Hi,

I have a file with LRECL=360 and BLKSIZE=27998. I want to convert it to LRECL=0 and BLKSIZE=27998. Is it possible?

Electricity company had an Amdhal. I don't care about differences except when I have to code differently (as was the case when trouble-shooting at the post office who were migrating PL/1 programs from a Prime to AS400 Why a post office would need a mainframes? Is not it that mostly Banking system a...

A major change, IMNSHO, came in with z/OS 1.13. You’ll recall, I’m sure, the constant litany of questions by newbie software engineers of, “How do I change the completion code of a job?”, “How do I use symbolics in in-stream data?”, and others to which the answer was, “You can’t; deal with it”. Wit...

Anuj Dhawan wrote: ↑Sun Oct 29, 2017 4:27 pmI’ve used “Akatsukami” as my on-line identity for over twenty years. It means “incarnate deity” in Japanese

Why did you cho0se this name? And why Japanese?

There are currently two cloud computing certifications available from IBM. A brief description is listed below: Cloud Computing Solution Advisor – Cloud Computing Infrastructure V2 (Test 000-281) Cloud Computing Solution Architect – Cloud Computing Infrastructure V1 (Test 000-280) Thank you so much...

Thanks. Can I compare the SYNCPOINT with Checkpoint restart in batch? And that's the reason we don't have checkpoint restart in CICS?

Any input please?

oh then how would a programmer know for how long a 'unit of work' is going to work?

But will not there be a single 'master task' for the entire unit of work?

enrico-sorichetti wrote: ↑Sun Apr 01, 2018 5:24 pmthat might be the use in Your organisation.
it is enough to say that it is allowed

You are tight, yes it's allowed.

enrico-sorichetti wrote: ↑Sun Apr 01, 2018 5:27 pmYou and Your support will have to decide about it

mostly they will say no to me.

Thank you so much Robert Sample.

For point if we kill all the transactions in question, can that work?

Anuj Dhawan wrote: ↑Sun Apr 01, 2018 10:18 pmYes, if I could get the interviews I'd do so - however, if you've not looked at other interviews, there are few already:

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Great, great, Thanks Anuj!

was8309 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 02, 2018 9:01 amgoogle, of course

Found you on facebook too!

Some of the Doug Nadel's code which I have. I don't see a copyright information in the, so sharing here: /* REXX exec to do cursor sensitive data extraction from an ISPF */ /* Screen. */ /* Uses undocumented/Unsupported variables zscreeni & Zscreenc */ /* available in ISPF for OS/390 R2.5 (ISPF4...

Estimations are tough to do and there is no ready made tool to do it. But as you said if you experienced in the company you work for it becomes easy for you.

"-" is allowed. It is usable when you want to have same file name for different countries and uses the country name after the "-".

Hi,

I am looking forward to do Cloud Certifications on IBM platform. Is the IBM Watson a correct one and what is path for it? Can someone please guide?

Thanks for sharing the interview Anuj. This was a great read. Do you plan to have more interviews? I think the mainframe continues to be a key technology and don't see that changing anytime in the next 10 to 12 years. The large companies that use mainframes don't see any replacement technology on th...

Thanks but will that be acceptable in production?