Mainframe, MVS and zOS Discussion

Check out the IBM Redbooks at http://www.redbooks.ibm.com -- there's a LOT of good information in them. Thanks for that Robert. Whenever I try to read the redbooks, only one thing comes to mind that all the redbooks are good if you have some knowledge of the subject. If you are reading it as a new ...

This is a term  I hear in my office too. I have searched on the internet it many times but I do not find any references from IBM but I find some from some other companies. Does IBM also have some articles on this topic? I don't think so that IBM will have some articles on how to move away from main...

IF the data set has records of varying length, you MUST tell COBOL this.  You can do with with a RECORD VARYING clause, or by having multiple FD 01 records with different record lengths, or by having a single FD 01 with OCCURS x TO y in it.  If you do not have any of these, COBOL makes the file dec...

Ok.

Hi,

I am Pradeep and working as mainframe developer. I know COBOL,JCL,SQL-DB2.

I want to increase my knowledge in to Mainframe Storage and Infrastructure. Can someone please guide towards some links and tutorials in this area.

Thanks,

ha ha ha!   :lol: Got one with me - One is a mechanical engineer, one is an electrical engineer, and one is a Microsoft engineer. The car breaks down and coasts to the side of the road. "Hang on," says the mechanical engineer. "The problem is probably the engine, let me have a look a...

RDz is easy to lean while it takes time to learn the ISPF itself on mainframes.

Hi Anuj,

Excellent looking theme it is!

Hi,

Do you sell these recipes professionally?

I also have one to share...

MVS - Man VS System

 I am running one COBOL pgm which is reading one VSAM file. Below is ithe input output section in my pgm. FILE-CONTROL.  SELECT IN-FILE         ASSIGN TO INFILE                                     ORGANIZATION IS INDEXED                                   ACCESS MODE  IS RANDOM                       ...

Nice information. Thanks for sharing.

In our company, when it's a mainframe project and people talk about legacy modernization, it always means to get away from mainframes. But according to some of the recent advancement in mainframes, should legacy modernization really meant to move away from mainframes?

ha ha ha... this is incridible!

ThanksPandora-Box and Anuj.

Happy New Year to All!

Looks great!

Hi, I've a requirement in which I need to execute some DB2 queries. The proramming language will be COBOL. Now I think of two things: 1. I can write all my DB2 queries in a single COBOL program and get it all done. But the program will be very lenghty and complexto understand. 2. In other choice, I ...

Thanks. I had not had the access to issue the commnds though I got it from a known in support group.

Thanks guys.

Hi,

I'm from India...