Re: Dummy LPAR to store excess MIPS

2011-03-11 Thread Timothy Sipples
also vary engines off, but that's a rather coarse adjustment on most machines. Or what about creating a coupling facility LPAR? - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect Value Creation Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com

Re: Cheryl's List #148

2011-03-11 Thread Timothy Sipples
their non-mainframe software on the number of CPUs that it runs (at maximum) rather than the total number of processors in the machine, with (much coarser) core granularity, but that practice is hardly universal. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect Value Creation Complex Deals

Re: Dummy LPAR to store excess MIPS

2011-03-10 Thread Timothy Sipples
Wouldn't a defined capacity setting (a.k.a. softcap), group and/or individually, be a lot less complicated and work at least as well? - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect Value Creation Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp

Re: Java performance (was Re: SMF data question)

2011-03-08 Thread Timothy Sipples
Enterprise Generation Language (EGL) is a programming language that's capable of running in Java run-time and non-Java run-time environments. REXX is available in both compiled and interpreted flavors. Lots of choices. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect Value Creation

Re: Integrated Workload Pricing

2011-01-19 Thread Timothy Sipples
(or perhaps z/VM instances), and we shouldn't be *overly* concerned about that. There's probably too much LPAR phobia in the world. But IBM took a nice step closer to perfection here, in my opinion. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect STG Value Creation Complex Deals Team IBM Growth

Re: IBM MLC discount policies

2011-01-04 Thread Timothy Sipples
impediment to running an Academic Initiative LPAR and a regular LPAR on the same machine. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect STG Value Creation Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com

Re: IBM MLC discount policies

2010-12-30 Thread Timothy Sipples
on one of the machines (generally the smaller one). IBM does not promise to honor such requests but will consider them in good faith. As always, I do not speak for IBM. Which means I might be more entertaining. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect STG Value Creation Complex

Re: z/os x z/os.e differences

2010-12-19 Thread Timothy Sipples
Automation z/OS 3.1 HWRE320 OA24078 UA40361 System Automation z/OS 3.2 - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect STG Value Creation Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com

Re: zOSe and z10 - Urgent

2010-11-25 Thread Timothy Sipples
Carlos, please inquire with your friendly IBM representative to ask for assistance. They may have a temporary workaround available to facilitate the migration. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect STG Value Creation Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets (Based in Singapore) E

Re: Who at IBM thought HATS was at all worthwhile?

2010-11-23 Thread Timothy Sipples
. :-) - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect STG Value Creation Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send

Re: Who at IBM thought HATS was at all worthwhile?

2010-11-23 Thread Timothy Sipples
, such as ordering the right keyboard with the real PF keys), but I think that debate has been well settled by now. :-) Speaking only for myself, as always. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go access the mainframe...with Safari - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect STG

Re: BBN in z/OS 1.12

2010-11-16 Thread Timothy Sipples
For the record, you could also see BBN on a z/OS 1.10 system. Support for the z/OS Management Facility extends back as far as 1.10. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect STG Value Creation Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp

Re: Can anyone recommend a replacement for SAR or CA-View Spool?

2010-11-13 Thread Timothy Sipples
Application Server with DB2) are growing, and TOM would seem to be very much on point in addressing that particular problem. Perhaps other products are as well, but I'm doing my best to answer the original poster's question most directly. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect STG

Re: DB2 v10 Changes to zIIP Processing

2010-11-13 Thread Timothy Sipples
CPU consumption. Moving to DB2 10 Compatibility Mode you'll probably see about 5 to 10% reduction, with more reduction possible as you start to exploit NFM. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect STG Value Creation Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets (Based in Singapore) E-Mail

Re: Can anyone recommend a replacement for SAR or CA-View Spool?

2010-11-11 Thread Timothy Sipples
, as they say. There might be some other IBM product candidates, depending on what function(s) you're using today. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect STG Value Creation Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com

Re: OMEGAMON Manuals and 410 z196 Support

2010-11-03 Thread Timothy Sipples
, and there is no end of support date announced for them. That means all those OMEGAMONs are at least compatible with new hardware introduced during their lifecycle. *Exploitation* is another matter (if relevant). But compatibility -- what IBM calls toleration -- is no problem. - - - - - Timothy

Re: Product Suggestions

2010-11-01 Thread Timothy Sipples
connection, so I wonder if that's another difference. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect STG Value Creation Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM

Re: Product Suggestions

2010-10-28 Thread Timothy Sipples
that helps! - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect STG Value Creation Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: CA-OPS/MVS to IBM's System Automation?

2010-10-26 Thread Timothy Sipples
time goals (not just down outages), plus some other factors (e.g. I can't log in!) Anyway, this discussion borders on the philosophical, but now you know my philosophy. :-) - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect STG Value Creation Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets (Based

Re: CA-OPS/MVS to IBM's System Automation?

2010-10-25 Thread Timothy Sipples
going down alert(s) should get sent. There's nothing that prevents sending additional alerts, though. I also get very nervous when manual steps are required to reenable alerts, even leaving aside the potential security issues. To err is human. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect

WebSphere Application Server Version 8 Open Beta

2010-10-12 Thread Timothy Sipples
are available, along with others, which is very nice to see. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect STG Value Creation Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com

Re: When will MVS be able to use cheap dasd

2010-10-12 Thread Timothy Sipples
tape drives. (*) Except I don't speak for IBM. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect STG Value Creation Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM

Re: When will MVS be able to use cheap dasd

2010-10-12 Thread Timothy Sipples
is capable of accessing the network for further z/OS goodness. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect STG Value Creation Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com

Re: When will MVS be able to use cheap dasd

2010-10-10 Thread Timothy Sipples
. A big reason for that is hardware compression (but not the only reason). How many fewer? It depends, but considerably. So, like many other attributes of mainframe computing, the math is important. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect STG Value Creation Complex Deals Team IBM

Re: Maximum # of processors for Z/os

2010-10-05 Thread Timothy Sipples
engines do you want to run in your largest z/OS LPAR? - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect STG Value Creation Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com

Re: Access z/OS 3270 TSO from smartphone?

2010-09-23 Thread Timothy Sipples
mainframe use case and within its sphere. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect STG Value Creation Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN

Re: Easytrieve to COBOL - IBM Migration Utility of z/OS - program 5697-N44

2010-09-23 Thread Timothy Sipples
in the Easytrieve languages and use MU in that fashion. Or some of both. Anyway, I wanted to point that out. Much more information here: http://www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/migration/ - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect STG Value Creation Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets (Based

Re: How to disable a product?

2010-09-14 Thread Timothy Sipples
Edition and zNALC licensing. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect STG Value Creation Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff

Re: z/OS, TCP/IP, and OSA

2010-09-14 Thread Timothy Sipples
hard to imagine nowadays why you wouldn't use OSA hardware for external TCP/IP connections. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect STG Value Creation Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com

Re: Anyone has experience with File Manager compare?

2010-09-12 Thread Timothy Sipples
Which File Manager? (Which version?) There are performance improvements straight up through and including the latest release, so your mileage will vary. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect STG Value Creation Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets (Based in Singapore) E-Mail

Re: REXX compiler for CGI REXX execs

2010-09-09 Thread Timothy Sipples
using the Alternate REXX Library, which is no additional charge. I don't expect there'd be any particular issue or challenge using compiled REXX programs via CGI, considering that CGI can invoke all sorts of (authorized) things. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect STG Value

Re: z990s still running?

2010-09-09 Thread Timothy Sipples
though we've already seen 3 generations of replacement machines, each far better than the previous. To pick an example, a university delivering mainframe training to students through the IBM Academic Initiative might very well run a z990 with the latest and greatest software releases. - - - - - Timothy

Cronkite/Jennings/Brokaw (Was: 3270 Emulator Software)

2010-08-30 Thread Timothy Sipples
. OK, enough of that digression. :-) - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect STG Value Creation Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe

Re: z196 sysplex question

2010-08-25 Thread Timothy Sipples
Here's the post (How Many Mainframes Do You Need?): http://mainframe.typepad.com/blog/2009/03/how-many-mainframes-do-you-need.html - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect STG Value Creation Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp

Re: EBCDIC-ASCII translation and vendor products

2010-08-24 Thread Timothy Sipples
DB2 is a heavy Unicode Services (UCS) user. For example, beginning with DB2 8, the parser operates in Unicode. DB2 certainly isn't the only UCS user, by any means. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect STG Value Creation Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets (Based in Singapore

Re: z196 sysplex question

2010-08-23 Thread Timothy Sipples
a general idea of how tremendously the technology has improved. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect STG Value Creation Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com

Re: CPU Utilization after upgrade z800 to z10

2010-08-19 Thread Timothy Sipples
. But, at least with this very quick sample calculation, what you're observing doesn't seem at all surprising. You can find the LSPR data here: https://www-304.ibm.com/servers/resourcelink/lib03060.nsf/pages/lsprindex?OpenDocument Congratulations! - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise

Re: Basic question about CPU instructions

2010-08-14 Thread Timothy Sipples
readily understand this stuff, so be patient, explain carefully using reasonable analogies, and ask your friendly IBM representative if they still need a little help. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect STG Value Creation Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets (Based in Singapore

AUTO: Timothy Sipples is out of the office until August 16, 2010.

2010-08-06 Thread Timothy Sipples
I am out of the office until 08/16/2010. I am on vacation and have no access to e-mail. For urgent issues, please contact my manager: David Byron/Australia/IBM I have received your e-mail and will reply when I return. Note: This is an automated response to your message IBM-MAIN Digest - 5

DB2 8 for z/OS End of Service Date

2010-08-05 Thread Timothy Sipples
in the newer versions. If you need some help, ask your friendly IBM representative. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect STG Value Creation Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com

Memory v. Storage: What's in a Name? (Was: IBM zEnterprise)

2010-08-03 Thread Timothy Sipples
chopped off. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect STG Value Creation Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive

Re: More FUD on the demise of the Mainframe

2010-08-03 Thread Timothy Sipples
? For sure, yes, it has got to be. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect STG Value Creation Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe

Re: Access z/OS 3270 TSO from smartphone?

2010-08-01 Thread Timothy Sipples
its advantages. If you want something old school, MochaSoft offers 3270 emulators for the iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, Blackberry, etc. I have no personal experience with them. More information here: http://www.mochasoft.dk/products.htm - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect STG

Re: zEnterprise announcement

2010-07-29 Thread Timothy Sipples
the interfaces are exactly the same. There is no special or different certification required or available: if it runs on AIX on PowerVM, it runs. This is all by design. Of course, there's a difference between run and supported, but there's nothing unique in that distinction either. - - - - - Timothy

Re: zEnterprise announcement

2010-07-29 Thread Timothy Sipples
in the zBX that works seamlessly with DB2 for z/OS to accelerate certain types of queries and analysis. The SAO requires a zBX. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect STG Value Creation Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com

Large Systems Performance Reference for System z: Updated

2010-07-29 Thread Timothy Sipples
I don't think anyone mentioned it yet, so I'd like to mention that IBM updated the LSPR information to include details about the zEnterprise 196. You can find that information in the z/OS 1.11 section here: https://www.ibm.com/servers/resourcelink/lib03060.nsf/pages/lsprindex - - - - - Timothy

Re: Cobol vs Java - who is faster?

2010-07-17 Thread Timothy Sipples
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Re: COBOL vs. Java

2010-07-17 Thread Timothy Sipples
. Some business cases favor the COBOL-based run-time, and some business cases favor the Java-based run-time. Choice is good! By the way, you can also run EGL on z/VSE: IBM offers a COBOL-based EGL run-time there, too. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect STG Value Creation Complex

Re: COBOL vs. Java

2010-07-17 Thread Timothy Sipples
immediately via Paypal your nose will turn into a pumpkin and remain that way for the rest of your life. You have been warned. (*) To be pedantic, there's no *requirement* that your Java application(s) access DB2. But most do. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect STG Value Creation

Re: Cobol vs Java - who is faster?

2010-07-16 Thread Timothy Sipples
. :-) - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect STG Value Creation Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: Cobol vs Java - who is faster?

2010-07-16 Thread Timothy Sipples
(among others) want to use words like performance and accelerator to describe speciality engines, why not? It works for me, and I'm not going to be so pedantic about that. Speaking only for myself, as always. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect STG Value Creation Complex

Re: Z/OS 31bit or 64bit

2010-07-15 Thread Timothy Sipples
, for many reasons. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect STG Value Creation Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive

Re: Did a mainframe glitch trigger DBS Bank outage?

2010-07-14 Thread Timothy Sipples
Ken Porowski writes: This was one of the best apologies I have seen, even giving some details of escalation process. For what it's worth, I agree. I'm very impressed with that statement. Speaking only for myself (as always). - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect STG Value

Re: Did a mainframe glitch trigger DBS Bank outage?

2010-07-13 Thread Timothy Sipples
DBS's CEO posted this announcement yesterday: http://www.dbs.com/sg/pages/announcement.aspx The second paragraph starts to explain the problem. Paragraph 5 also contains some important information about the steps DBS has been taking. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect STG

Re: Viewing composed AFP at a PC workstation

2010-07-08 Thread Timothy Sipples
no shortage of options! Please note that I do not necessarily have experience with particular products on this list. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect STG Value Creation Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com

Re: Backup/Restore products at z/OS sites

2010-07-07 Thread Timothy Sipples
I totally agree, Hal. It's the difference between static thinking and dynamic thinking, really. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect STG Value Creation Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com

Re: Backup/Restore products at z/OS sites

2010-07-06 Thread Timothy Sipples
. And to disconnect all your telephones. It doesn't mean that's reasonable. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect STG Value Creation Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com

Re: Could two parallel sysplex share one CF LPAR

2010-07-06 Thread Timothy Sipples
of flexibility. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect STG Value Creation Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive

Re: AF/Operator

2010-07-01 Thread Timothy Sipples
Sebastian Welton opines: ...but as seeing that AF/Operator is, probably, being phased out in favour of SA... No. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect STG Value Creation Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com

Re: OT? Java application servers.

2010-06-28 Thread Timothy Sipples
) compensating advantage is application development and maintenance productivity. Otherwise everyone would spend years crafting hand-tuned machine code for every application. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Architect (Based in Singapore) STG Value Creation and Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets E-Mail

Re: OT? Java application servers.

2010-06-27 Thread Timothy Sipples
server for z/OS, yes, that's clearly true. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Architect (Based in Singapore) STG Value Creation and Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe

Re: OT? Java application servers.

2010-06-27 Thread Timothy Sipples
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Re: OT? Java application servers.

2010-06-25 Thread Timothy Sipples
CICS Transaction Server and IMS Transaction Manager are two more Java application servers (and have been for a decade). They are also COBOL, PL/I, Assembler, FORTRAN, and (insert your favorite programming language here) application servers. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Architect (Based

Re: Disk replacing Tape?

2010-06-23 Thread Timothy Sipples
seeds, on tape, so to speak. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Architect (Based in Singapore) STG Value Creation and Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff

Re: Disk replacing Tape?

2010-06-23 Thread Timothy Sipples
of optical storage? Or have a separate team responsible for enabling write-protect settings at the disk storage hardware console? Or do you just punt and hope for the best? Or it doesn't matter, because the data could vaporize and it'd still be OK? - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Architect (Based

Re: taking down the machine - z9 series

2010-06-22 Thread Timothy Sipples
switch(es), but it doesn't matter. IBM does offer solutions with two power switches. That'd be two frames, ideally coupled and physically separated. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Architect (Based in Singapore) STG Value Creation and Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets E-Mail: timothy.sipp

Re: taking down the machine - z9 series

2010-06-17 Thread Timothy Sipples
, but it did flush OS/2's disk buffers, close all files, and mark the partitions as clean. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Architect (Based in Singapore) STG Value Creation and Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com

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2010-06-16 Thread Timothy Sipples
or Forrester. Camouflage might be fantastic stuff -- I don't know -- but I wasn't able to validate a 1st on Gartner and forrester claim. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Architect (Based in Singapore) STG Value Creation and Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets E-Mail: timothy.sipp

Re: IBM Rational Developer for System z

2010-06-15 Thread Timothy Sipples
feature -- along with other steps IBM has taken recently -- are all very helpful in making it easier, faster, and more affordable to develop on and for z/OS. That's goodness, unambiguously. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Architect (Based in Singapore) STG Value Creation and Complex Deals Team IBM

Re: IBM Rational Developer for System z

2010-06-14 Thread Timothy Sipples
payroll is not one of those permitted purposes. Code changes and unit test for that payroll application probably are permitted. Just read the announcement letter and ask your IBM representative (in writing) if you still have questions. (But is this hard? I don't think so.) - - - - - Timothy Sipples

Re: JBoss for z/OS

2010-06-13 Thread Timothy Sipples
, there are various new options to get access to z/OS for development purposes. As one example, the Rational Developer for System z Unit Test Feature includes WebSphere Application Server for z/OS. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Architect (Based in Singapore) STG Value Creation and Complex Deals

Re: IBM Rational Developer for System z

2010-06-13 Thread Timothy Sipples
Developer for System z Unit Test feature requires Rational Developer for System z. (And there are two flavors of RDz available.) - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Architect (Based in Singapore) STG Value Creation and Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com

Re: JBoss for z/OS

2010-06-10 Thread Timothy Sipples
more information (albeit slightly dated): http://dovetail.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=713 The Apache Geronimo homepage is here: http://geronimo.apache.org - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Architect (Based in Singapore) STG Value Creation and Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets E-Mail

Re: IBM Rational Developer for System z

2010-06-10 Thread Timothy Sipples
/rdp/zosdrdp.html Please note carefully the terms and conditions for each of these offerings. All of these three offerings share a common goal: to make it easier, faster, and more affordable to develop new applications for z/OS. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Architect (Based in Singapore) STG

Re: Multiprise 3k for personal Use?

2010-06-03 Thread Timothy Sipples
technical ability to cross-compile. And no, you're not crazy, Kevin. Or if you are, so am I. :-) - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Architect (Based in Singapore) STG Value Creation and Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com

Re: rent system z

2010-05-20 Thread Timothy Sipples
Ah, got it now. That's similar to: May I borrow a tissue? Most people don't want used tissues returned. :-) - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Architect (Based in Singapore) STG Value Creation and Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com

Re: rent system z

2010-05-19 Thread Timothy Sipples
-to-month (with your code and data undisturbed) unless you want to stop renting. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Architect (Based in Singapore) STG Value Creation and Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com

Re: Benchmarking the IPL

2010-05-18 Thread Timothy Sipples
Yes, understood. Check with your IBM representative, but financially I don't think you would see an IBM difference between warm and cold standby. So why not warm? - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Architect (Based in Singapore) STG Value Creation and Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets E-Mail

Re: Amazing article.

2010-05-17 Thread Timothy Sipples
of GCOS called ACOS. More information is available here (in Japanese): http://www.nec.co.jp/products/acosclub/index.html - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Architect (Based in Singapore) STG Value Creation and Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com

Re: Friday's Odd Question

2010-05-16 Thread Timothy Sipples
Do note that there have been considerable performance improvements after CICS Transaction Server 1.3, particularly if at least some of your application code is (or can be made) threadsafe. There are plenty of other reasons not to get stuck on 1.3, but that's a big one. - - - - - Timothy Sipples

Re: Benchmarking the IPL

2010-05-16 Thread Timothy Sipples
of Z03 then you'll be experiencing IPL times associated with the Z03 capacity (upon CBU activation). Could you elaborate a bit on what scenario(s) you have in mind? Thanks. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Architect (Based in Singapore) STG Value Creation and Complex Deals Team IBM Growth

Re: Benchmarking the IPL

2010-05-16 Thread Timothy Sipples
that don't have GDPS. IPL time doesn't factor into the recovery time in that particular design. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Architect (Based in Singapore) STG Value Creation and Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com

Re: Migrating from z/OS V1.4 to z/OS V1.11

2010-05-10 Thread Timothy Sipples
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Re: Migrating from z/OS V1.4 to z/OS V1.11

2010-05-10 Thread Timothy Sipples
basis. That's really how we should be operating but often aren't. And that's why too many organizations are perpetually hauling in yet another box to get things done. Time to go check whether iTunes did any damage. :-) - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Architect (Based in Singapore) STG Value

Re: recommended way to send large files from Z/os to WIN and backward

2010-05-02 Thread Timothy Sipples
link (or, for that matter, the data) need to be secured in some way? - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Architect (Based in Singapore) STG Value Creation and Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com

Re: 25 reasons why hardware is still hot at IBM

2010-05-02 Thread Timothy Sipples
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Re: 25 reasons why hardware is still hot at IBM

2010-04-27 Thread Timothy Sipples
Company's Filene's brand, then Filene's got folded into Macy's (as May and Federated merged). But there's still no Macy's in downtown Hartford. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Architect (Based in Singapore) STG Value Creation and Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets E-Mail: timothy.sipp

Re: 25 reasons why hardware is still hot at IBM

2010-04-22 Thread Timothy Sipples
. Is the IBM Smart Analytics System 9600 software or hardware? Yes.) I see every indication that trend will continue. Speaking only for myself, per usual. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Architect (Based in Singapore) STG Value Creation and Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets E-Mail: timothy.sipp

Re: Mainframe Applications Development using a modern GUI

2010-04-22 Thread Timothy Sipples
and for Linux on z. And so on. So, given that, what's your favorite development tool? Chances are pretty darn excellent that it'll target the mainframe. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Architect (Based in Singapore) STG Value Creation and Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets E-Mail: timothy.sipp

Re: SNA over TCPIP OS/390 1.3

2010-04-18 Thread Timothy Sipples
probably help. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Architect (Based in Singapore) STG Value Creation and Complex Deals IBM Growth Markets E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions

Re: SNA over TCPIP OS/390 1.3

2010-04-15 Thread Timothy Sipples
, and that might be useful since you've already proven that TCP/IP works, apparently. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Architect (Based in Singapore) STG Value Creation and Complex Deals IBM Growth Markets E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com

Re: LINUX on the MAINFRAME

2010-04-14 Thread Timothy Sipples
on a Linux guest running on a mainframe for, say, compiling some software for Linux on z, that price is as little as zero, too. See here for details: http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/enable/site/testdrive/zseries/ - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Architect (Based in Singapore) STG Value Creation

Re: SNA over TCPIP OS/390 1.3

2010-04-14 Thread Timothy Sipples
What are the customer's plans to update from OS/390 V1R3? That information could be quite helpful in advising on short-term connectivity with a longer-term view. (Hopefully to avoid reworking the connectivity, in other words.) - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Architect (Based in Singapore) STG

Re: CA Vtape vs. IBM VTFM - Comparing virtual tape solutions

2010-04-12 Thread Timothy Sipples
in their production environments but not in their DR environments. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Architect (Based in Singapore) STG Value Creation and Complex Deals IBM Growth Markets E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN

Re: OS/400 and z/OS

2010-04-11 Thread Timothy Sipples
AFAIK the current name is something like i/OS. Almost. It's called simply IBM i. IBM i is an operating system that runs on IBM Power Systems. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Architect (Based in Singapore) STG Value Creation and Complex Deals IBM Growth Markets E-Mail: timothy.sipp

Re: Mainframe Executive article on the death of tape

2010-03-29 Thread Timothy Sipples
are certainly finding their place now in enterprise storage, but for almost everyone they're not yet a complete replacement for hard disks. Will SSDs ever completely replace hard disks? We'll see. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Architect STG Value Creation and Complex Deals IBM Growth Markets E

Re: Mainframe Executive article on the death of tape

2010-03-28 Thread Timothy Sipples
Perhaps a more interesting question is whether hard disks are dead, felled (or soon to be) by solid state storage. :-) - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Architect STG Value Creation and Complex Deals IBM Growth Markets E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com

Re: WEB based Host explorer products

2010-03-26 Thread Timothy Sipples
means by host explorer. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Architect STG Value Creation and Complex Deals IBM Growth Markets E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send

Re: SQL Server replacement

2010-03-26 Thread Timothy Sipples
.) - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Architect STG Value Creation and Complex Deals IBM Growth Markets E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu

IBM System z Mastery Test Available at No Charge in 2010 (Students, Faculty)

2010-03-23 Thread Timothy Sipples
/developerworks/university/systemz/masterytest/ - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Architect STG Value Creation and Complex Deals IBM Growth Markets E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

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