There are also a few MPF exits on the CBT site that may be worth a
look; MPFEXITS, MPF$NTFY, MPFXTALL etc...
These can certainly be used to replicate some of the OPS functions!!
Hth
Tony
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For an automation tool at no cost, other than your time/resources, take a look
on the cbttape at TSSO - it works with z/OS, is free, and does some of what OPS
does - perhaps most since you can write your own rexx for it.
Balance the cost of your time/resources with the cost of a vendor product and
as usual ymmv.
Good luck
Lionel B. Dyck <sdg><
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Subject: Downsizing? - OPS?
The direction is clearly set. My z/OS 2.1 installation is heading for a
sunset, sometime in the next several years. The Student Systems were ERP's to
cloud systems not quite a decade ago. The remaining (HR/Financial/Etc.) are
scheduled for migration to Workday (again, in cloud) July 1.
There is still archive/historical data that wasn't moved and more that
isn't moving. There is a need/plan to run reduced/read-only for an as yet
undetermined time. We moved our 4 LPARs (Production, Development, 2
sandboxes) to a MFaaS provider at the end of 2017. Part of the plan is to
reverse the path we took from 1 LPAR to 4 LPARS, back to 1 LPAR.
Now, I need to plan to reduce the footprint expenses. In particular, we
probably won't be renewing ISV contracts.
I have z/OS alternatives to some (DF/SORT, DFSMSrmm, etc.) And, z/OS is
part of the MFaaS contract. Although we do plan to consolidate LPARs and reduce
the overall footprint.
Which brings me to my question and request for advice. Given the
constraints (free or native z/OS 2.1) what alternatives to CA-OPS would the
community recommend. I know there's some in the firehose that is
www.cbttap.org<http://www.cbttap.org>.
I eventually need to leave WSU (in about a year) with a system that can
coast 3 to 7 years with minimal skilled care.
Dave Gibney
Information Technology Services
Washington State University
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