We kept a system up for inquiries, finalizing transactions for a couple of years. Then the users printed reports and sent them to a open systems so they could manually search them.
Hercules TK5 has Intercomm, a cics like application software, there is also KicksForTso. But the Cobol 68 compiler is quite old and only ISAM/VSAM interface. Moshix has had a TK4- instance up on Amazon cloud, and allowed others to have accounts and simultaneous access. Limited to 64K tracks so 3390-3.9, so lots of volumes, a UCB for every 3270 devices, so may need many of those. He would be a great person to set it up and define more devices. Virtual tapes can be uploaded and read / written. On Tue, Jun 11, 2024 at 5:53 PM Lennie Bradshaw <[email protected]> wrote: > > If it is really not possible to run the z machine to extract your data, I > would recommend talking to ITC about running the IBM licensable z emulator > which runs z/OS. I think it is likely they have some kind of solution for > this. > > https://www.itconline.com/ > > Lennie > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > Jason Cai > Sent: 11 June 2024 18:59 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Inquiry about Installing Hercules on LinuxONE > > Our organization's z mainframe has reached the end of its hardware service > life and is no longer capable of running z/OS. However, we have a LinuxONE > machine that remains operational. > > We possess historical data backups from our z/OS environment that we need to > access. To address this, we are considering the installation of the Hercules > emulator on our zLinux environment. Our goal is to utilize Hercules to > emulate the z/OS necessary to access our backup data sometime. > > Could you please advise on the feasibility of this approach? Specifically, we > are interested in understanding: > > 1. The compatibility of Hercules with zLinux on a LinuxONE machine. > 2. Any known limitations or considerations we should be aware of when using > Hercules for this purpose. > 3. The steps required to set up Hercules in a zLinux environment to access > z/OS backup data. > > Your expertise and guidance on this matter would be greatly appreciated. We > are eager to find a solution that allows us to utilize our existing resources > effectively while ensuring the integrity and accessibility of our historical > data. > > Thank you very much for your time and assistance. > > Best regards, > Jason Cai > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
