As others have said, MVS is MVS. However, z/OS has a lot more of posix (Unixy) stuff.
TSO TEST is all that comes free with the system. ISPF is still ISPF. REXX may have a few more commands/functions. If they got the debugger (forgot its name) that may help you. I use IPCS and if they have it, zXDC for interactive test of ALC and other stuff. HTH Steve Thompson Sent from my iPhone — small keyboarf, fat fungrs, stupd spell manglr. Expct mistaks > On Nov 29, 2020, at 12:30 PM, 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
