Google buys Mainframe Migration service

2020-02-19 Thread Peter
https://techcrunch.com/2020/02/19/google-cloud-acquires-mainframe-migration-service-cornerstone/ -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-

Re: How to test SUBSYS=

2020-02-19 Thread Steve Smith
There's also the "Control Card Subsystem (CCSS)" on I believe file 364 of the CBT. It's about as simple a DD SUBSYS subsystem as you can get. It's function has been superseded by later developments, but like the other examples, gives you the infrastructure to start with. That said, I don't think

Re: How to test SUBSYS=

2020-02-19 Thread Wayne Bickerdike
Can be done in a few 100 lines of code. IEFSSVT REQUEST=CREATE IEFSSI REQUEST=OPTION IEFSSI REQUEST=PUT IEFSSI REQUEST=ACTIVATE Probably a useful test stub too if you have a few function codes added. On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 1:40 PM Tony Harminc wrote: > On Tue, 18 Feb 2020 at 20:03, Charles M

Re: Help with CA Software renewal

2020-02-19 Thread Wayne Bickerdike
CA doesn't exist anymore, it's Broadcom. I know guys at Broadcom who have been there (via CA) for years. I would start a bit higher up the food chain. Years ago I established regular meetings with their support management and development people, it worked very well. As you say, the sales folk jus

Re: Migrated Data Set Recall Messages

2020-02-19 Thread Gibney, Dave
I suppose that ARCRDEXT: Recall Installation Exit in DFSMS Installation Exits SC23-6850-01 could be used to accomplish this. Not it's intended purpose. > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On > Behalf Of Ed Jaffe > Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 7:05 PM > To: IBM-

Re: Migrated Data Set Recall Messages

2020-02-19 Thread Richards, Robert B.
I looked at my MPFLST00 and did not find a hit. Others might. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Tom Marchant Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2020 3:09 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Migrated Data Set Recall Messages On Tue, 18 Feb 2020 19:05

Re: Rolling Z/OS migration

2020-02-19 Thread Jousma, David
Nothing real magical about it. First requirement is to make sure that all the required co-existence maintenance is applied and ACTIVE on all members of the sysplex. Then, assuming you have alternate sysres set, and everything is indirectly cataloged, you should be able to IPL one system at a

Re: Rolling Z/OS migration

2020-02-19 Thread Allan Staller
Use the z/OS workflow for migration. See the z/OS 2.4 documentation for ZOS/MF. It will point you to a GITHUB repository that the workflow can be downloaded from. IBM has in the past published "Migration" manuals. As of z/OS 2.4, the "Migration" manuals will no longer be published. Historically,

Re: Migrated Data Set Recall Messages

2020-02-19 Thread Tom Marchant
On Tue, 18 Feb 2020 19:05:07 -0800, Ed Jaffe wrote: >One of our developers claims that at places he's worked before, messages >are written to joblog and/or syslog when a migrated data set is being >recalled. A quick search of the message manual comes up with: IEFC037I ATTEMPTING TO RECALL MIGRA

Re: DFHSM APIs in a multi-vendor world

2020-02-19 Thread Allan Staller
All of the hsm-ish products I am aware of, use a pseudo volser similar to dfHSM. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Kirk Wolf Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2020 1:25 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: DFHSM APIs in a multi-vendor world [CAUTION: Th

Rolling Z/OS migration

2020-02-19 Thread Mohamed Gomaa
I am looking for some white paper of redbook to help me in migration of Z/OS from v 2.2 into 2.4 in sysplex environment one LPAR at a time Thanks Mohamed Juma -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, se

Re: Migrated Data Set Recall Messages

2020-02-19 Thread PINION, RICHARD W.
Perhaps the environment used FDR/ABR. STC's are executed to recall data sets. FDR311 messages are displayed in SYSLOG, detailing the recall process. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Elardus Engelbrecht Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2020 2:26 PM To: IBM

Re: Migrated Data Set Recall Messages

2020-02-19 Thread Jousma, David
I cannot remember for sure, as it has been a long time, but we used to run Innovation FDRABR before we converted to HSM. It seems like that product might have written recall messages to the joblog. __

Re: Migrated Data Set Recall Messages

2020-02-19 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Ed Jaffe wrote: >One of our developers claims that at places he's worked before, messages are >written to joblog and/or syslog when a migrated data set is being recalled. Can he/she prove it? Do you have any sample of such messages? >No such messages are being written here (other than to TSO/

DFHSM APIs in a multi-vendor world

2020-02-19 Thread Kirk Wolf
I'm asking this from the point of view of an architect who wants to add DFHSM-ish integration to a ISV product. If I were only worried about DFHSM, my requirements for basic integration are pretty simple, and would be these: - VOL=SER=MIGRAT means migrated data set - ARCHMIG, ARCHRCAL, ARCHDEL

Re: [External] Re: ZOA Open Automation Utilities

2020-02-19 Thread Pommier, Rex
Gord, Congratulations, you win! LOL Rex -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Gord Tomlin Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2020 11:13 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: [External] Re: ZOA Open Automation Utilities On 2020-02-19 11:28, Paul Gilmartin w

Re: ZOA Open Automation Utilities

2020-02-19 Thread Kirk Wolf
ROTFL On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 11:13 AM Gord Tomlin < gt.ibm.li...@actionsoftware.com> wrote: > On 2020-02-19 11:28, Paul Gilmartin wrote: > > What does it use Unformatted System Services for? > > Does someone need to submit an RCF? > > Channeling your inner Chris Mason? > > -- > > Regards, Gord T

Re: ZOA Open Automation Utilities

2020-02-19 Thread Kirk Wolf
Hey David, Where can I see the interesting stuff? "Shell commands reference" doesn't really do it for me :-) On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 6:08 AM David Crayford wrote: > This look interesting! > > IBM have a new product for running traditional batch utilities using an > API that works in shell scrip

Re: ZOA Open Automation Utilities

2020-02-19 Thread John McKown
On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 10:43 AM David Spiegel wrote: > Hi Paul, > USS can also mean UNIX System Services. > Don't feed the trolls. > > Regards, > David > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- People in sleeping bags are the soft tacos of the bear worl

Re: ZOA Open Automation Utilities

2020-02-19 Thread Gord Tomlin
On 2020-02-19 11:28, Paul Gilmartin wrote: What does it use Unformatted System Services for? Does someone need to submit an RCF? Channeling your inner Chris Mason? -- Regards, Gord Tomlin Action Software International (a division of Mazda Computer Corporation) Tel: (905) 470-7113, Fax: (905)

Re: ZOA Open Automation Utilities

2020-02-19 Thread David Spiegel
Hi Paul, USS can also mean UNIX System Services. Regards, David On 2020-02-19 11:28, Paul Gilmartin wrote: On Wed, 19 Feb 2020 20:08:13 +0800, David Crayford wrote: This look interesting! IBM have a new product for running traditional batch utilities using an API that works in shell scripts,

Re: ZOA Open Automation Utilities

2020-02-19 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Wed, 19 Feb 2020 20:08:13 +0800, David Crayford wrote: >This look interesting! > >IBM have a new product for running traditional batch utilities using an >API that works in shell scripts, Java and Python. > >https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSKFYE_1.0.1/welcome_zoautil.html > The In

Re: z/OS Cross-memory server code walkthrough

2020-02-19 Thread Wendell Lovewell
Thanks. They still have it Thursday. Hopefully the agenda will be updated before the conference starts. Wendell -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with th

Re: z/OS Cross-memory server code walkthrough

2020-02-19 Thread Rob Scott
It is session 26556 and starts at 4:45pm on Wednesday. Note that it might have previously been listed as being on Thursday, but I have offered to swap to the Wednesday to help someone out. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Wendell Lovewell Sent: Wednes

Re: z/OS Cross-memory server code walkthrough

2020-02-19 Thread Wendell Lovewell
Sounds like a good session Rob. Scrolling through the sessions on the SHARE app, I can't find it. What are the session number and time? Wendell Lovewell -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send e

Re: ZOA Open Automation Utilities

2020-02-19 Thread John McKown
On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 7:50 AM David Crayford wrote: > On 2020-02-19 8:24 PM, John McKown wrote: > >> This look interesting! > >> > >> IBM have a new product for running traditional batch utilities using an > >> API that works in shell scripts, Java and Python. > >> > >> > >> > https://www.ibm.c

Re: Help with CA Software renewal

2020-02-19 Thread Allan Staller
So, what else is new? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Tony Thigpen Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 4:11 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Help with CA Software renewal [CAUTION: This Email is from outside the Organization. Do not click links o

Re: Restrict users to Purge Jobs in TSO

2020-02-19 Thread Robert S. Hansel (RSH)
Hi Gilson, If the CONSOLE class is active, you can use conditional access permissions to limit users to cancelling jobs but only from within SDSF. This works in combination with JESSPOOL profiles, and a user requires ALTER access to the JESSPOOL profile for a job to cancel it. PERMIT JES2.CANC

Re: ZOA Open Automation Utilities

2020-02-19 Thread David Crayford
On 2020-02-19 8:24 PM, John McKown wrote: This look interesting! IBM have a new product for running traditional batch utilities using an API that works in shell scripts, Java and Python. https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSKFYE_1.0.1/welcome_zoautil.html Some of these things remin

Re: ZOA Open Automation Utilities

2020-02-19 Thread Jousma, David
Does not appear to be free. It is included in Application Development Foundation z/OS 5655-AC6, and IBM Developer for z/OS Enterprise Edition 5655-AC5. FMID HAL5100. I don’t see it listed separately in ShopZ, but that may not be indicative of reality either. ___

Re: ZOA Open Automation Utilities

2020-02-19 Thread John McKown
On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 6:08 AM David Crayford wrote: > This look interesting! > > IBM have a new product for running traditional batch utilities using an > API that works in shell scripts, Java and Python. > > > https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSKFYE_1.0.1/welcome_zoautil.html > > So

ZOA Open Automation Utilities

2020-02-19 Thread David Crayford
This look interesting! IBM have a new product for running traditional batch utilities using an API that works in shell scripts, Java and Python. https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSKFYE_1.0.1/welcome_zoautil.html --