Re: Netview

2024-04-25 Thread Bfishing
Log-On bought WAVE from IBM as well, sold VSE to 21st Century and lots of stuff to Rocket Software as well. >From the looks of things, they're generating cash flow for more mergers and acquisitions: https://newsroom.ibm.com/mergers-and-acquisitions On Thu, Apr 25, 2024 at 6:54 AM John S. Giltner,

Re: April Hillgang Meeting

2024-04-04 Thread Bfishing
Looking forward to seeing folks at the upcoming Hillgang that is now just 2 weeks from today. If you are considering to attend, please register at the Doodle link found in this announcement info: https://download.sinenomine.net/hillgang/hillgang-2024-01/Hillgang%202024-01v4.pdf Thanks, Kurt On

Re: TCP/IP to JES3

2023-09-29 Thread Bfishing
. Thanks and Best Regards, Kurt Acker On Thu, Sep 28, 2023 at 10:18 AM Bfishing wrote: > I've sent the team notice of this. > Found all the links from that page are in the same state. Thanks for > bringing this to our attention, > > Kurt Acker > > On Thu, Sep 28, 202

Re: TCP/IP to JES3

2023-09-28 Thread Bfishing
I've sent the team notice of this. Found all the links from that page are in the same state. Thanks for bringing this to our attention, Kurt Acker On Thu, Sep 28, 2023 at 10:11 AM Schmitt, Michael wrote: > Thank you. > > The links on your website are broken, e.g. publications such as >

Re: Mainframe help now available!

2023-06-13 Thread Bfishing
This also fits into an easy game. Name that song: "Treating people just like pawns in chess, wait till their judgment day comes, yeah!" On Tue, Jun 13, 2023 at 9:47 AM Tom Marchant < 000a2a8c2020-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > Orchestra conductor talking to a violin player: "I know

Re: Are Banks Breaking Up With Mainframes? | Forbes

2023-05-24 Thread Bfishing
This story seems fitting to the topic: https://mediacenter.ibm.com/media/How+Citi+drives+sustainability+with+IBM+LinuxONE/1_gfbe560d On Wed, May 24, 2023 at 9:02 AM Tom Marchant < 000a2a8c2020-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > On Wed, 24 May 2023 18:17:14 +0800, David Crayford >

Re: NJE history

2023-03-08 Thread Bfishing
All I can contribute is this link to our offering, that includes background information: https://www.sinenomine.net/index.php/offerings/zVM/Products/NJE On Tue, Mar 7, 2023 at 5:26 PM Seymour J Metz wrote: > I've added an NJE < >

Re: SIGNOFF IBM-MAIN

2022-12-28 Thread Bfishing
><º>`·.¸¸´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸>(((º> .·´¯`·.><º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><º> You're welcome... On Wed, Dec 28, 2022 at 8:25 AM Greg Shirey wrote: > Thanks for all the fish! > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff /

Re: Computers

2022-11-30 Thread Bfishing
I had all of them on mine while playing this video. Agreed with how great it is. On a funny timing note, today's version would just show a cloud :-) On Wed, Nov 30, 2022 at 12:38 AM Phil Smith III wrote: > Tom Brennan wrote: > >I never knew each section of a computer had its own distinct

Re: Songs of the IBM

2022-11-15 Thread Bfishing
My wife took tenor banjo lessons from this guy, who also played at our wedding. I do not recall them playing any IBM tunes at it however. On a funny note, the Zizzy family was happy to get a copy of our wedding video. They had no clips of him playing until they saw it!

HillGang meeting on dec 6th, 2022 in Herndon VA

2022-11-14 Thread Bfishing
Greetings all, The HillGang user group meeting is back and registration is now open from here: https://ibm-zcouncil.com/events/ibm-zcouncil-dec-6th/ As you can see, we found a new place to meet that is very close to the original location hosted by Broadcom. Looking forward to seeing

Re: IBM upgrade path Z13s to Z16

2022-08-19 Thread Bfishing
Start by going to a z15 8562 T02 (available today). Negotiate that as part of your upgrade to the smaller z16 once IBM makes it available. On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 5:00 AM Charles MacNiven < 0325e5af57fe-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > Hi, > Does anyone have information on an upgrade

Re: IBM matrix for Z Mainframes and the z/OS levels that will run on them.

2022-08-11 Thread Bfishing
While its not just a pdf with only the requested information, chapter 7 of this guide has the info you are looking for. https://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpieces/abstracts/sg248951.html On Thu, Aug 11, 2022 at 8:32 AM Richbourg, Claude < claude.richbo...@myfloridacfo.com> wrote: > Good morning all,

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: FedEx to move entirely to the cloud [Internal]

2022-07-08 Thread Bfishing
Not spending $400 million in one place to spend 2x, 3x... more in another is how I have seen the statistics work for some orgs, noting different amounts of spend of course. Please note that I have no insight into things at FedEx or how this was calculated. It will be interesting to see, if

Re: Do they still make greenbar paper these days?

2022-06-08 Thread Bfishing
I just found some while unpacking. Stuff made for some great packing material. The answer to your question however is yes. You can even buy it on Amazon. Sadly no printers show up in "customers were also interested in...".

Re: CDC implementation

2022-03-16 Thread Bfishing
Keeping it all on the mainframe should help reduce connectivity with availability issues. i.e. Consider using Linux on IBM z to keep all the networking inside the box and contained. On Wed, Mar 16, 2022 at 1:24 PM Ambrose Jr wrote: > Hello All, > > I'm new to CDC implementation and we are in

Re: Systems Programming / Operations support services in USA/Canada

2022-02-01 Thread Bfishing
I did not hear about Sirius now being CDW. SNA does provide some services along these lines. More focused on z/VM, Linux and Open Source applications. On Tue, Feb 1, 2022 at 2:04 PM Bill Johnson < 0047540adefe-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > Sirius, which was recently purchased by

Re: Courses for Storage Admin Newbies

2021-12-16 Thread Bfishing
ProTech seems to offer a wide range of classes across topics and seem like a good place to ask/search: https://www.protechtraining.com/ On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 7:28 AM Nigel Morton wrote: > Fred, > > There is an IBM course, SS84. It is, like most other storage-related IBM > courses I've seen

Re: Is the mainfrrame cloud more reliable? was Re: AWS is down.

2021-12-13 Thread Bfishing
IBM does offer this cloud service: https://www.ibm.com/cloud/hyper-protect-virtual-servers Only providing a reply to the question of zCloud offerings from IBM. On Sat, Dec 11, 2021 at 9:51 PM Ed Jaffe wrote: > On 12/11/2021 11:07 AM, zMan wrote: > > What Z cloud offering? I see them

Re: AWS wants to get your mainframe apps into the cloud – fast

2021-12-13 Thread Bfishing
Of course they do. Everyone wants to. Whoever owns the data, owns you along with all the networking chatter that goes along with it. Apps are generally easier to move too. The data is generally more sticky. In both cases however, be very careful if you can't move it all! On Sat, Dec 11, 2021 at

Re: Mainframe ransomware solution

2021-10-05 Thread Bfishing
As already mentioned, having defined copies of your data over time helps. Just make sure your recovery point and time are understood since the real tricky part is going back to a point before you were hacked. IBM's Safeguarded Copy will give you the isolated copies of data over time. Just make

Re: IBM Zcloud - is it just outsourcing ?

2021-06-01 Thread Bfishing
There are also different zCloud offerings. IBM Hyper Protect Virtual Servers is much different than the traditional "your mess for less" hosting of your environment (whether it's on your own or a shared box). On Tue, Jun 1, 2021 at 8:17 AM Seymour J Metz wrote: > Yes, like any other outsourcing

Re: How companies are moving on from Cobol?

2021-05-12 Thread Bfishing
And no one explains the cost of still needing to run about 20% of your workload on a mainframe after the easy 80% has been replatformed. Mainframe pricing is all about scale. After that, the customer gets frustrated and no longer has the skills in house so they wind up spending more to let

Re: z14 HMC log information

2021-03-16 Thread Bfishing
Any chance that the system abended? Seems worth looking into your operator logs. On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 1:51 PM Pommier, Rex wrote: > I found the log - nothing in it. Heading off to IBM. > > Rex > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf > Of Pommier, Rex

Re: RES: Tape solutions for mainframe

2021-03-05 Thread Bfishing
Hitachi still offers a VTL solution in this space too. Like IBM's, it works within the concept of a grid with automation. https://www.hitachivantara.com/go/data-protection/assets/pdf/hitachi-vtl-losung-mit-falconstor.pdf On Fri, Mar 5, 2021 at 9:33 AM PINION, RICHARD W. wrote: > Also, not as

Re: Z/VM

2021-02-22 Thread Bfishing
While the contents look a little dated, here is another vm site with some related material: https://www.vm.ibm.com/security/ Discussions on it here might wind up getting you the desired info. On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 11:51 AM Paul Gilmartin < 000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote:

Re: Recruiters are looking for mainframers

2021-01-25 Thread Bfishing
> IBM Global Technical Services on assignmemt to Humana Inc. > T 502.476.2538 or 502.407.7266 > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf > Of Bfishing > Sent: Monday, January 25, 2021 11:44 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU &g

Re: Recruiters are looking for mainframers

2021-01-25 Thread Bfishing
I created and reply to them with a resume for services offered by us at here at SNA: https://www.sinenomine.net/ What has surprised me the most? How many firms with outsourced or cloud strategies still seem to want more direct mainframe skills kept in house. The great side of that is a feeling

Re: Question about LPAR weights and LPAR group controls [EXTERNAL]

2021-01-13 Thread Bfishing
Remember that LPAR weights defined from the HMC really only come into play when the system is running hot. Capping will keep an LPAR from exceeding the number of MSU's being consumed. This is generally done to help control cost. On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 10:35 AM Edgington, Jerry <

Re: Microsoft using IBM was Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-11-17 Thread Bfishing
And it is still alive and well. I'd expect to see some updates in this space soon too: https://www.sinenomine.net/products-and-services/products-and-tools/mono On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 11:02 AM Tim Hare wrote: > The Mono project ran .NET stuff on Linux, and I have seen it running on > z/Linux >

Re: OpenVPN certificate with x3270 emulator

2020-11-01 Thread Bfishing
I've passed this question along to our team that supports OpenVPN at Sine Nomine Associates to see if it looks like an easy answer exists. - That said, I'll repost.unless someone from our team replies directly. On Sun, Nov 1, 2020 at 5:48 AM Peter wrote: > Under what options of x3270 helps me