I am leaning towards "He who shall not be called after midnight without
invoking his considerable wrath", but I don't think it would fit on my card.
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On 11/10/2021 21:28, Herring, Bobby wrote:
> I asked this question back in 2004. My boss wants to know if there are any
> new titles to add to the list below.
>
> Mainframe Engineer
> Operating Systems Architect
> Software
On Tue, 12 Oct 2021 00:30:50 +, Seymour J Metz wrote:
>The nomenclature varies depending on employer and year. If your looking to
>hire, describe the position and requirements and call it whatever fits
>corporate culture.
>
For decades I was "Software Engineer". Pursuant to a corporate
Scream and leap?
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To:
The nomenclature varies depending on employer and year. If your looking to
hire, describe the position and requirements and call it whatever fits
corporate culture.
When I started, A systems programmer was a programmer, not a systems
administrator. These days a position with that title might
A Systems Engineer does hardware work. They swap in/out memory. The put
in and take out specialty engines (which are on cards these days), and
the like.
The problem we have today is, COBOL programmers are being called
Developers. Far cry from those of us that have been involved in product
z/OS 2.1 added the new DSENQSHR function which allows downgrade of ENQ from
exclusive to share. It must be specified on the job, default is not to
downgrade (which was the behaviour prior to 2.1). Makes for potential
confusion in application behaviour if not used with care.
On Tue, Oct 12, 2021
AFAIK there is no ENQ downgrade.
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I don't know, but what about if you had
//DD1 DD DISP=SHR,DSN=SOME.DATA.SET
//DD2 DD DISP=OLD,DSN=SOME.DATA.SET,FREE=CLOSE
And CLOSEd DD2?
FWIW, I just looked up FREE=CLOSE to make sure I had it right and my at-hand
manual (V2R1) says "Use the FREE parameter to specify when the system is to
A systems engineer is basically an integrator.
A systems programmer is specialized.
Joe
On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 4:56 PM Skip Robinson
wrote:
> OK, getting serious. I've been in this business for four decades.
> Performing essentially the same kinds of tasks for various employers at
> various
Suppose I have in JCL: DD DISP=SHR,DSN=SOME.DATA.SET.
In my program, I dynalloc (same) SOME.DATA.SET OLD. I expect
the ENQ to be upgraded to EXC. But when I FREE the allocation,
can the ENQ revert to SHR?
-- gil
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The difference is $25/hour more.
Professional engineers (mechanical, civil, etc) have gone to court to preserve
the 'engineer' designation.
Right or wrong, it is what is.
David
On Monday, October 11, 2021, 05:56:49 PM EDT, Skip Robinson
wrote:
OK, getting serious. I've been in this
I'm wondering if the title change has to do with the idea that we're not
"programming" so much anymore as we are installing and maintaining software,
doing storage management and other tasks instead. Back when I got my first
sysprogs job almost 4 decades ago, here was a lot more coding
OK, getting serious. I've been in this business for four decades.
Performing essentially the same kinds of tasks for various employers at
various levels of seniority. I have always represented myself as a 'Systems
Programmer'.
I'm currently in a 'discussion' with a manager type who wants to hire
The current title at our shop is “IT Build analyst” or “IT Build
Specialist”.
On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 5:05 PM Skip Robinson
wrote:
> I toyed with a number of different titles but couldn't find one elegant and
> imperial enough. So I borrowed from my trash man. Now I'm a Sanitation
> Engineer.
>
I keep working to have my Business Cards use "Speaker to Machines" as my job
title
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Albertsons Companies
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I toyed with a number of different titles but couldn't find one elegant and
imperial enough. So I borrowed from my trash man. Now I'm a Sanitation
Engineer.
On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 1:47 PM David Spiegel
wrote:
> Large Systems Infrastructure Support
> Another one: Mainframe Administrator (I
At $previousjob my title was Consulting Systems Specialist.
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On Monday, October 11th, 2021 at 4:28 PM,
System Janitor^wCustodian
On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 4:47 PM David Spiegel
wrote:
> Large Systems Infrastructure Support
> Another one: Mainframe Administrator (I really dislike this one in
> particular.)
>
> On 2021-10-11 16:28, Herring, Bobby wrote:
> > I asked this question back in 2004. My
Large Systems Infrastructure Support
Another one: Mainframe Administrator (I really dislike this one in
particular.)
On 2021-10-11 16:28, Herring, Bobby wrote:
I asked this question back in 2004. My boss wants to know if there are any new
titles to add to the list below.
Mainframe Engineer
I asked this question back in 2004. My boss wants to know if there are any new
titles to add to the list below.
Mainframe Engineer
Operating Systems Architect
Software Engineer
Software Project Specialist
Software Specialist
System Analyst
System Architect
System Engineer
System Programmer
On Mon, 11 Oct 2021 15:20:24 -0400, David Spiegel wrote:
>
>Every time I've used Windows as a "waystation", I've never had a problem
>with TRS Files.
>
What are the attributes of your "pax -z" output data set? If RECFM=FB
it ought to be comparably robust with BINARY transfers. Did you
I wonder if you can add a step after the pax step adding a delay, going
along with what I think Gil was eluding to, the forked process had not
terminated yet and was still holding an Excusing Enq on the MVS dataset
not a clean way to resolve but a good test to see if the forked process
is
Hi Gil,
Every time I've used Windows as a "waystation", I've never had a problem
with TRS Files.
Regards,
David
On 2021-10-11 15:10, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
On Mon, 11 Oct 2021 14:51:23 -0400, David Spiegel wrote:
"... "An error occurred" is woefully inadequate. Were other errors
logged?
Yes, dynamically allocated
On 2021-10-11 15:10, Carmen Vitullo wrote:
is the DD for MY.PAX dynamically allocated ?
I've never wrote to a MVS datasets using pax
Carmen
On 10/11/2021 1:03 PM, David Spiegel wrote:
Hi,
I am trying to PAX and TRS a zFS.
When I run a Step to PAX followed by a
is the DD for MY.PAX dynamically allocated ?
I've never wrote to a MVS datasets using pax
Carmen
On 10/11/2021 1:03 PM, David Spiegel wrote:
Hi,
I am trying to PAX and TRS a zFS.
When I run a Step to PAX followed by a Step to TRS, I get:
pax: //'MY.PAX': EDC5061I An error occurred when
On Mon, 11 Oct 2021 14:51:23 -0400, David Spiegel wrote:
>
>"... "An error occurred" is woefully inadequate. Were other errors
>logged? ..." No
>
No comment on my ENQ hypothesis? Thinking further, BPXBATCH probably
forks (see BPXBATSL), then shell exec pax forks to a third ASID while the TRS
Hi Gil,
"... "An error occurred" is woefully inadequate. Were other errors
logged? ..." No
"... Why bother with TRS? Doesn't your "pax -z" achieve comparable
compression?
(Often a second compression expands the file. Or, pax without the -z,
then TRS.) ..."I want a robust backup Dataset
On Mon, 11 Oct 2021 14:03:11 -0400, David Spiegel wrote:
>
>I am trying to PAX and TRS a zFS.
>
>When I run a Step to PAX followed by a Step to TRS, I get:
>pax: //'MY.PAX': EDC5061I An error occurred when attempting to define a
>file to the system.
>
"An error occurred" is woefully inadequate.
Hi,
I am trying to PAX and TRS a zFS.
When I run a Step to PAX followed by a Step to TRS, I get:
pax: //'MY.PAX': EDC5061I An error occurred when attempting to define a
file to the system.
(I tried TAR and got the same result.)
When I run the PAX in one job and the TRS in another job, it
Newfoundland? Ok, now for something ~completely~ off-topic:
Back during 09-11, a lot of commercial flights were grounded for some days --
all over the world maybe, in Europe and the US for sure. A lot of
transatlantic flights went to earth in Newfoundland, and hundreds or maybe
thousand of
I thought this is a mainframe mailing list...
About ten years ago, during a security consultancy work I performed at a
client shop, I noticed that CICS is not properly protected. I told the
sysprog and the CIO what changes need to be done, but the sysprog insist
that the system is secured. I got
Well, now that this thread has devolved into war stories (often the best
part of a day's digest):
A friend working helpdesk once hacked an end-user's PROFILE EXEC on CMS so
that every OTHER time he logged on, it would do something odd, forget what.
User made SEVERAL trips between her* office
Hi Bob,
This reminds me of a story from the early '90s, when I worked for a
multi-national food company. (I actually worked for more than one.)
One of the Help Desk guys decided to customize "his own" TPX screen.
He made it say "Welcome to Hell".
When I got in, I booted DOS (IBM PS/2 Model 70),
Managers have no sense of humour where it doesn't matter. Well, some managers.
I still remember fondly my messing with a coworker's PC menu. I don't remember
which menu system we were using at the time, but Roberto had found some little
gag app that would display a blimp for a few seconds
On Mon, 11 Oct 2021 02:57:56 -0500, Jantje. wrote:
>Co:ZBatch, Co:Z sftp and passwordless authentication (using ssh keys) have
>done it very well for me.
>
Up to a point. I once chatted with our sysprog. We intended to
exchange data with another organization. The protocol verifieduser IDs.
Co:ZBatch, Co:Z sftp and passwordless authentication (using ssh keys) have done
it very well for me.
Cheers,
Jantje.
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