Mainframe, MVS and zOS Discussion

Could someone please share their answer for this question.

Thanks in advance,

Sorry, I have never used SORT with VSAM. My senior told me to use IDCAMS but one of my colleague said it's easy with SORT.

Geigygog wrote: ↑Wed Jan 24, 2024 3:13 pm Have you successfully implemented the REXX code provided by zum13, and do you have any specific challenges or questions regarding its usage for obtaining VSAM attributes?

Yes, the code is working for me.

Thank you enrico, I am working with the example.

Hi,

Can Anyone tell me how to extract data from the vsam file using jcl sort?

Thanks zum13, this is good example for me to start with.

Thank you zum13 and Robert.

How easy it for someone to install Hercules? If one has never done it before.

My answer was to keep only the steps in JCL which we want to execute but it was not accepted.

Thank you zum13. I've tried all the options and as such not much success.

Hello all ,

I am looking for the command where we can get the attribute of VSAM in REXX command. Could someone please help me?

Thank you

Thanks Robert.

Thank you Anuj. That's more than what I thought to get. Is there no way to do it real fast?

I usually ask this to the one who are working before me there. You can also do the same.

Hi,

If there are 6 steps in a jcl, want to execute only step 2 and step5. What is process? Without using IEBEDIT?

HI,

What are the ways to practice COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DB2 & CICS in any emulator for free?

I have even tried to participate in IBM ZXPLORE but in vain, I was unable to practice CICS COBOL along with DB2 there. Suggest me few ways to try all these for free!

Hi,

How do I improve my coding skills, and how do I prepare for jobs in mainframes?

hi,

What is IBM's mainframe division? Do they have one now?

Happy New Year everyone!

We have some LPARs in our SYSPLEx. In one LPAR, LPAR-1, I have restored some VSAM datasets and they have been catalogued in the mastercat for LPAR-1. We need these VSAM datasets to be catalogued on LPAR-2. Mastercat of LPAR-1 is already import connected as a usercat to LPAR-2, but we are not able to...