=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCH390.COM | Tech Update: Developer Edition October 16, 2002 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FROM OUR SPONSORS: - Don't just get the latest information...see the future! http://search390.techtarget.com/content/0,290959,sid10_gci850485,00.html
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE | Today's Highlights 1. FEATURES AND TOP STORIES - Tip: Remedial VM/CMS - Discussion: Need help uploading PC files to MVS via VM/CMS? - Archived Featured Topic: z/VM and Linux - News: BMC creates console for mainframe, distributed systems - Expert advice: What versions of COBOL will run under z/OS? 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Poll: What's the biggest advantage of upgrading to z/OS? - Research: New white papers section - Salary Survey: How much are you worth? - The Missing Link: True IT blooper #70: IP addresses go haywire __________________________________________________________________ SPONSORED BY: Data Center Futures Newsletter If you pride yourself on knowing everything about your data center, you probably go to great lengths to keep up to date with the latest skills and technologies. Don't just get the latest information...see the future! Twice a month, the Data Center Futures newsletter gives you the low down on all you need to know to be prepared for the future. >> CLICK for more info: http://search390.techtarget.com/content/0,290959,sid10_gci850485,00.html __________________________________________________________________ REMEDIAL VM/CMS | by Jim Keohane VM, celebrating its 30th birthday, has been a hearty cockles warmer as the development platform of choice for many a software developer. You were basically master/mistress of your own ship, err, virtual machine which meant you could dispense with the restrictions and authorization checks common with MVS, OS/390, etc. Then came Linux/390 and HiperSockets and the idea of a virtualized server farm in a box. >> CLICK for full tip: http://www.search390.com/tip/1,289483,sid10_gci856946,00.html Got a 390-developer tip of your own? You can become famous immediately by sending that tip in. We'll post it on our Web site where all your friends and contemporaries can see it. http://search390.techtarget.com/tipsSubmit/1,289485,sid10,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= NEED HELP UPLOADING PC FILES TO MVS VIA VM/CMS? | Developer forum Search390.com user "GregLee" began a lively discussion with Jim Keohane on uploading PC files to the mainframe. Here's his initial question: "I have a text file that I would like to use as input into a mainframe batch job. I am submitting (batching) my JCLs via VM/CMS. The problem is that I don't know how to get this PC file up to the mainframe given the resources that I have." >> CLICK to read Jim's expert advice or to post a response: http://search390.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]@.ee83ff7/539 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Z/VM AND LINUX | Archived Featured Topic 2002 marks the 30th anniversary of IBM's VM (Virtual Machine) OS which has evolved into today's z/VM, a flexible, scalable system that has gained in popularity many say due to Linux. Learn more about running Linux under z/VM in this Featured Topic. >> CLICK for full Featured Topic: http://search390.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid10_gci847737,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= BMC CREATES CONSOLE FOR BOTH MAINFRAME AND DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS DATABASES | News: Enterprise Systems Journal BMC Software Corp. recently announced plans to create a management console to administer both distributed system and mainframe databases. The project will use BMC's SmartDBA management console, which currently supports IMS on the mainframe and other databases from Oracle, IBM and Sybase. >> CLICK for full story: http://www.esj.com/news/article.asp?EditorialsID=300 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= WHAT VERSIONS OF COBOL WILL RUN UNDER Z/OS? | by Jim Schesvold Dear Ask the Expert, I have some tired old COBOL II applications still running. I'll be making the z/OS jump no later than Q3 2003. My question is, will COBOL II run under z/OS? (I'm hoping not!) I know this product is unsupported and therefore is not tested on the platform. >> CLICK for Jim's expert response: http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid10_cid480768_tax292523,00.html ___________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT FEATURES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TAKE OUR POLL | Search390.com What's the biggest advantage of upgrading to z/OS? >> CLICK to post your response: http://search390.techtarget.com/poll =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= NEW WHITE PAPERS SECTION | Search390.com Looking for technical information and how-to's? Visit Search390.com's new white papers section for research in ten different categories, including database management, storage, Web services and operating systems. Download a white paper today: http://search390.techtarget.com/whitepapers/0,,sid10,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= HOW MUCH ARE YOU WORTH? | Search390.com Salary Survey Take our ongoing salary survey yourself or just check out the results through several views. See the responses of your peers broken down by title and experience, degrees and certification, technology background, working conditions, demographics and region. >> CLICK to visit: http://search390.techtarget.com/salarySurveySkill/1,293986,sid10,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE MISSING LINK | Oops! True IT blooper #70: IP addresses go haywire Recollections of a migration that turned into a migraine still make one Web engineer reach for the Bufferin and ask for a hug. He earned his blooper badge years ago when his goof duplicated thousands of IP addresses and "all heck broke loose." 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