Re: share mainframe disk experience

For what it's worth, you'll be hard pressed to find IBM Mainframe ECKD / FICON support expertise with the with the vendor named after a physics formula. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, sen

Re: How often do you upgrade your zOS operating system?

We also upgrade on a two year schedule. Our clients have mandated intensive testing requirements, so testing and deployment is pretty much a half year effort at best. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: SAS installation questions

My installation experience of the "basic" deployment of SAS 9.2 was awkward due to lack of direct experience with UNIX System Services, but I muddled through it. I was suprised that the HFS DASD space requirements were nearly a full 3390-9 (ordered on 3590-1 distribution tape). The biggest iss

Re: z/OS 1.12 coexistence ptfs

We've had clean toleration maintenance up to z/OS 1.10. We're also moving from 1.10 to 1.12 and are hitting a GRS wait state X'082' when attempting to IPL our 1.12 system into the Plex. Have an open PMR with IBM. -- For IBM

Re: Bruce Black passed away

I've been lurking this site for many years and, up to this point, had nothing significant to contribute, however; the news of Bruce's passing really had an impact. It is unusual to have an individual of Bruce's caliber so accessible, and will to share his immense storage management knowledge s

Sr. SysProg Position Opening in the Denver Area

Hope this is not an inappropriate forum to post z/OS Job opportunities, but there is an immediate opening for a Sr. Systems Programmer with extensive Parallel Sysplex and HCD experience at a federal government facility in the Denver area. Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---