Mainframe, MVS and zOS Discussion

Hi,

Can any one please explain what is the difference between Mainframe cobol and Microfocus cobol.

Thanks for your help.

TCS don't pay much and not a pay master. If you get Rs. 500,000 then you're lucky.

Hi Robert.

Thank you for taking time out for a reply, this link is helpful.

I am looking for programming skills on mainframes for COBOL, DB2 and IMS. ANd some of the new tools on Devops.

Hi,

Any one suggest me a Mainframe videos for learning, which you have used and are good.

Thanks Robert. It was a table overflow situation.

That was the problem, one of the VSMAs were getting reallocated as empty.

Hi, getting cics region abend. ASRA AKEA OC4 4087. What could be possible reason for this. Please guide.

Hi,

I had the following question in an interview;

I've 4 programs. Their names are different but they have same PROGRAM-ID, in the identification division. Can this cause a problem or what happens because of this?

I said this may fail?

Can we use Sort utility on VSAM file?

Problem is Vsam file using sort utility and include state creates 5 vsam file but bcs of the one condition one file is empty. That file collects some garbage, Hence the subsequent job fails.

But the same created empty with idcams doesnt fail in subsequent job.

Hi,

Why is the Rolling 4-Hour Average, R4HA, important?

Why should we care about it when talk about CPU tuning? What are other billing ways IBM bills its customers? Please share your detail answers.

Thanks Robert.

10455 why do we need them to placed before they can also be done some other batch job? What on earth are you trying to say here? Have you looked at any of the documentation on the external CICS interfaces? I said what interviewer has aksed me. Interviwer was asking if CICS transaction can be called...

Like many other here, I also live in India.

Hi,

I find the website using some google search on mainframe related terms. It looks very fresh site.

Hi All, This question was asked to me in an interview that when we call CICS in batch, do we need PPT entries just like a normal CICS program? I could not answer it correct, though my answer was yes, we need them. But interviewer said, when we can call CICS from batch, why do we need them to placed ...