Hi Ed, If you will be using the FTP JES interface, I suggest you review our RACF Tips newsletter article on this topic.
http://www.rshconsulting.com/racftips/RSH_Consulting__RACF_Tips__April_2010.pdf Regards, Bob -----Original Message----- Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2015 01:34:16 -0400 From: Rob Schramm <[email protected]> Subject: Re: A Total Eclipse of the Spool AFAIK z/OS explorer uses ftp to interface with JES for retrieving output. Rob Schramm On Apr 13, 2015 6:56 AM, "Steve Austin" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Ed, > Do you use any Macro 4 products (Tubes, DumpMaster, TraceMaster, InSync, > to name a few)? > If you do then our z/Explorer Eclipse offering is free to use. It > provides access to z/OS datasets and Unix files, allows jobs to be > submitted and the JES spool to be viewed without SDSF as a pre-req, and > it even has a 3270 emulator. Please contact your local Macro 4 or UNICOM > rep who will be only too happy to assist. If you don't use any of our > products then I am sure they can help you if you cannot find an > alternative resolution. > Regards > Keith Banham > R&D Manager > Macro 4 Ltd > > > Thanks > Keith Banham > Manager and Lead Engineer > Research and Development > Macro 4 Limited > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Ed Long > Sent: 12 April 2015 03:47 > To: [email protected] > Subject: A Total Eclipse of the Spool > > I have been tasked with deploying Data Studio, the DB2 no charge > offering in the IBM Eclipse product set. z/OS, CICS and IMS explorers > round out the no charge offerings. > The target audience is not the long time, old time, 3270 types, but the > short time, new time Java, C# types who need to access z/OS data or > resources sometimes. They are not going to go through a 12 week master > the mainframe course since 90% of their work is off host. > I can get Data Studio working, even sort of compatibly with z/OS > explorer. At least both of these 2 will be deployed together. > I can get z/OS explorer to submit jcl, a requirement for some database > activities envisioned. Its builtin sysout retrieval function requires > SDSF and fairly heavy RACF configuration work. > However, we don't have SDSF; we have IOF. None of the necessary JES/RACF > stuff has been set up, even if IOF supports the function, to get z/OS > explorer to download the sysout. While SDSF and doing the configuration > stuff is the obvious answer, getting there would take an unplanned major > effort. > My question: What other options do I have to be able to retrieve > listings from within Eclipse? > For specific use cases, we could write reports to datasets and then use > the z/OS explorer to browse the dataset. This approach would mean the > listing would be unavailable but any reports would be. > We can assume that their jcl will be comparatively simple (Less than 10 > steps and much of it generated and heavily reliant on procedures). > I've been considering FTP which has a JES interface. > For phase 1 of this activity we assume there might be 100 target > developers. > Comments and suggestions most appreciated. > > Edward Long > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > This e-mail message has been scanned and cleared by Postini / Google > Message Security and the UNICOM Global security systems. This message is > for the named person's use only. If you receive this message in error, > please delete it and notify the sender. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
