If I correctly understand the functioning of Batchpipes in that document, ISTM that it has the disadvantage that if one end of the pipe fails for any reason, then *both* ends would have to be rerun. That can be more disruptive and batch-window-time-consuming than just needing to rerun one of them, perhaps even more so for really large volume batch applications which one would think would gain the most benefit from this technology.
Sometimes it not what a tool does when everything works correctly that makes or breaks the decision to use it or not, it is what happens when things fail that is the most crucial. After all, even in the days of 70xx hardware checkpointing was used, e.g. for really large all-day tape sorts. No one wanted to rerun the whole-day process all over from the beginning when a work tape inevitably snapped 20 hours into the process. OTOH I personally would love to have it available to experiment with, but that's just because I'm a dyed-in-the-wool techno-geek. Just my USD$0.02 worth. Peter P.S. - I found the OS/380 bookshelf on which BatchPipes OS/390 manuals are located, and 3 of the 4 manuals are available as PDF's: http://publibfp.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/Shelves/ASF1BS11 I don't know if those are the latest ones, but they were the latest I could find. HTH > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On > Behalf Of Cheryl Watson > Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2011 3:26 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: BatchPipes/MVS > > Is anyone using this product? Is it worth the price (somewhere between > $300-$2000/month)? Would you use it if it came as part of z/OS? > > I've searched the IBM-Main archives and found one question in each of the > last four years, but I found that IBM documentation is missing in action. > I'm thinking of creating a SHARE requirement that asks IBM to do something > with it, but that's ineffective if nobody uses it. > > For the most current documentation, see the Redbook, Batch Modernization > on z/OS, http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247779.html?Open (SG24- > 7779). This boasts our friend, Martin Packer, as one of the authors. -- This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
