John, you are good at reading technical documentation and z/VSE is just a little different way of doing (some of) what z/OS does. I doubt you will have any long lasting difficulties with installing and maintaining it. There will be a learning curve to start with but nothing you can't handle. There are plenty of people around that will be glad to help when you need it. The VSE-L list is an excellent place to get help.
Chuck Arney Arney Computer Systems Web: http://zosdebug.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/arneycomputer -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John McKown Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2016 11:14 AM To: [email protected] Subject: z/VSE general installation question. I'm looking at a new job. I just had a phone interview with the main z/OS development manager. This is a OEM development system, not a "commercial" system. In the interview he mentioned z/VSE. This was not in the original on-line specs for the job. Possibly because this person is from a newly acquired company who does some z/VSE development. In any case, I know _nada_ about z/VSE. The plan is for a single systems programmer, so they will not be looking for a z/VSE person. I am wondering if anyone here knows how difficult it would be for a z/OS person to learn how to install & maintain z/VSE. The job does not including any kind of programming, per se. And I am guessing that I could pick up z/VSE JCL rather quickly. Of course, given what I've done in the past, I'll occasionally try to put so z/OS JCL in a z/VSE job and vice versa because the two are similar. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
