you will not have any problems. MVS is MVS. Joe
On Sun, Nov 29, 2020 at 11:31 AM Rupert Reynolds <[email protected]> wrote: > A client from my contracting days has contacted me out of the blue. Perhaps > only a week, but work is work, right? :-) > > Does anyone have advice they can offer on what to expect these days? > > When I last worked for them, it was ESA/390, ISPF :-) > > Does a lot of PL/1, Assembler and Rexx programming work still get done in > ISPF, or is it mostly at a *nix terminal? > > I'm comfortable in Linux, for example, but I've not even seen z/OS running, > so I'm unsure about what to expect. > > Thanks for any advice. > > Roops > > On Sun., Nov. 29, 2020, 15:18 Martin Packer, <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I would also point out quite a few customers restart CICS on a daily > > (sometimes weekly) basis. They IPL much less frequently (likewise > > structure recovery etc). > > > > I should imagine therefore there would have to be a lot of thinking > around > > terms and conditions for something such as restarting CICS. At any rate, > > that's not what SRB supports. > > > > Cheers, Martin > > > > Martin Packer > > > > Systems Investigator & Performance Troubleshooter, IBM > > > > +44-7802-245-584 > > > > email: [email protected] > > > > Twitter / Facebook IDs: MartinPacker > > > > Blog: https://mainframeperformancetopics.com > > > > Mainframe, Performance, Topics Podcast Series (With Marna Walle): > > https://anchor.fm/marna-walle > > > > Youtube channel: > https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu_65HaYgksbF6Q8SQ4oOvA > > > > > > > > From: Peter Relson <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Date: 29/11/2020 13:11 > > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: System Boost Question > > Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > <snip> > > Could we use SYSTEM boost to make the process of shutting down the CICS > > region and restarting them? > > </snip> > > > > That would not be an appropriate use of the shutdown boost. Shutdown > boost > > > > is for shutting down the entire system. > > > > <snip> > > Note that IBM also has a separate feature called "System Recovery Boost > > Upgrade" which is unrelated to "System Recovery Boost" ... it is more > like > > CUoD. That is a paid feature and gives a 6 hour boost in processing > > speed. > > </snip> > > > > "Gives a 6 hour boost in processing speed" is not a good characterization > > of System Recovery Boost Upgrade. It does not do so. Each activation > (and > > > > the upgrade covers multiple) gives you a 6 hour window during which > > additional processors can be applied to each LPAR when that LPAR is > > starting up or shutting down. It is during the startup and the shutdown > > that the additional processors can participate. > > > > Peter Relson > > z/OS Core Technology Design > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > > > > > > Unless stated otherwise above: > > IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number > > 741598. > > Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 > 3AU > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
