Mainframe, MVS and zOS Discussion

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Do you know how to identify common modules /element changes for same release in 2 project using endevor? Please advise.

In case infinite loop issue we are getting in PROD system, how we will handle this?

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How to check cobol db2 program running in infinite loop?

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Could anyone please provide insights about working in 3rd Party payroll?

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I am looking for mainframe modernization training or documents can anyone of you please suggest something or any link.

Is there any courses by companies by IBM or BMC?

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TCS is a great company for females and I agree. If you want to go to onsite and than stay there, it can work for some but not necessarily everyone gets an onsite. One of my known regrets leaving TCS because of the time you could get for your passions while working there. With other companies it's li...

In India Mainframe is not a good career choice, it might be outside but in India, it does not pay you well. In our company, same with experience, same college a person in SAP gets more package than a mainframe programmer. I also don't understand if positions like CEO, CTO, or CIO can ever be attaine...

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is it true that BLKSIZE is always multiple of Lrecl in recfm=fb?

10812 COBOL CALL statements by default pass values by reference. Hence, the first value passed will be assumed by CICS to be DFHEIBLK and the second DFHCOMMAREA. If you omit these two parameters from your code, at best CICS is going to be updating fields in your user data as if it were DFHEIBLK; at...

nicc wrote: What CICS facilities does USER_PROG use?

That's a simple CICS inquiery screen program.

I also come from India but now I'm at onsite.