Cheryl- One of the larger issues with JES3 to JES2 migration efforts is the JCL changes needed to be converted. In what I call JES2 mode in JES3, the site is not necessarily using the good JES3 functionality, and has a lot of JCL left over from years gone by. One of the features in zOSEM is the JES3 to JES2 migration aid. Basically, it converts all of the JES3 functions to JES2 at the time the Jobs are read in. This means, absolutely no customer JCL changes need to be done- so no JCL errors when submitted to JES2.
Full disclosure- zOSEM is from Trident Services (some may know them from the ExitMan days), and is an IBM Business Partner. zOSEM is a set of solutions that can help customers reduce MLC costs, manage and enhance User Exits, and optimize HSM. The JES3 to JES2 feature is part of the solution. As a IBM Subject Matter Expert for zOSEM, I'd be happy to discuss functionality and benefits with you. zNorman -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Cheryl Watson Sent: Friday, January 15, 2016 7:48 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: JES2 to JES3 Migration Thanks, James, for this pointer. And thanks to all who are providing such great information! Cheryl -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Lund James E Sent: Friday, January 15, 2016 10:24 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: JES2 to JES3 Migration Never a bad time for a shameless SHARE plug... :) Nationwide Insurance will be giving a session in San Antonio titled "JES3 to JES2 Infrastructure Migration - Customer Experience" on Friday at 11:15am, unfortunately, up against Bit Bucket :( For comparison of JESs, two other sources - 1) Ed Jaffe had a Whitepaper (?) he produced on JES2/JES3 differences 2) David Jones and Tom Wasik have presented joint sessions on JES2/JES3 function comparison - search SHARE proceedings for those. FYI, James Lund Texas A&M University - "Proud JES3 Site" -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Cheryl Watson Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2016 8:01 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: [IBM-MAIN] JES2 to JES3 Migration A customer asked us for suggestions for performing a JES3 to JES2 migration. Are there products that will help in this, or do you know any companies who perform this migration? You can reply off-list if you prefer. Thanks so much, Cheryl cheryl at watsonwalker.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
