On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 9:12 AM, Charles Mills <charl...@mcn.org> wrote:
> UNIX System Services is a core part of z/OS. If it is z/OS, then USS is > there. They are inseparable. If the system runs TCP/IP, then USS is running. > I am fairly sure that they do have TCPIP running on the floor system. But I'm not sure because we don't ftp to/from it and we use the VM "DIAL" command to get a local non-SNA terminal to access the floor system. And I just don't remember. > > Might Sungard by tying off the UNIX shell in some way? I suppose it is > conceivable. > That's what I'm wondering. They could be running a "null" type configuration where it is basically unusable because, for instance, there are no R/W filesystems and so no place for me to "install" my UNIX program. > > Charles > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of John McKown > Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2018 9:52 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Sungard question - floor z/OS supports UNIX environment? > > Yes, I know that I should ask Sungard this question. But I must work > through our D.R. Coordinator (in-house) who is being a bit obstinate about > asking. > > I have an in-house written UNIX program. The reason I say that it is UNIX > is because it is designed to be run from the UNIX shell and writes its > output to "stdout" and "stderr", rather than using DCBs. > > Does anyone out there know if the "z/OS floor system" which Sungard > provides to do restores has UNIX completely available? That is, can I put > my program in a z/OS UNIX file on the floor system and run it? And I guess > that I should also ask if the "normal" z/OS UNIX utilities, in particular > "awk", are available as well. > > We used to have a product called DBS. This product would generate the > ADRDSSU job streams to restore our disk volumes. Where it was useful was > that it would pick up an existing volser pattern and use those volumes as > the "restore to" volsers in the generated JCL. This really saved time over > us finding and typing in these volsers in the restore JCL by hand. I have a > UNIX program which would make selecting the DASD volsers onto which to > restore easier to find. And I could then use "awk", or maybe REXX, to > generate the ADRDSSU job JCL from this list. > > -- > We all have skeletons in our closet. > Mine are so old, they have osteoporosis. > > Maranatha! <>< > John McKown > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email > to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- We all have skeletons in our closet. Mine are so old, they have osteoporosis. Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
