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Answers to your technical questions and expert advice for the 390 community. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ____________________________________________________________________ TAKE OUR NEW POLL! Are you satisfied in your job as a mainframe administrator? Sound off at http://search390.techtarget.com/poll. ____________________________________________________________________ IN THIS ISSUE | Table of Contents 1. EXPERT QUESTIONS OF THE WEEK - Can I send a job batch from CICS? - CICS and external security - Improving CICS response times 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Featured Topic: Moving to Parallel Sysplex - Have a great tip? Share it with Search390.com - Join the Discussion: Distributed vs. centralized data centers ____________________________________________________________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Can I send a job batch from CICS? | Ask the Expert QUESTION: Can I send a job batch from CICS? We want to send a job batch normally with control targets. What is the procedure? >> For CICS expert Robert Harris' answer to this question, CLICK: http://www.search390.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid10_cid520315_tax289214,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= CICS and external security | Ask the Expert QUESTION: We have a number of CICS regions that are currently running under CICS 2.1.2 with internal security. There is a single CICS userid used for all regions. We are now going to migrate to Transaction Server and external security. I'm thinking that from a security standpoint, it is better to have a unique CICS userid assigned to each region as opposed to a single one shared across all of them. What are your thoughts on this matter? >> For the complete answer, CLICK: http://www.search390.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid10_cid520309_tax289214,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Improving CICS response times | Ask the Expert QUESTION: We are running CICS 4.1.0. We Web-enabled our student registration/inquiry application last year. We do not experience any response time degradation when the application is used in-house or via our intranet. But we do experience very bad response time when a deluge of students log on to CICS to register or check their grades via Web browser. What can we do to alleviate this situation? >> For the complete answer, CLICK: http://www.search390.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid10_cid520316_tax289214,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= :::::::::: DON'T MISS THESE IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS ::::::::: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCH390.COM FEATURED TOPIC | Moving to Parallel Sysplex Does your mainframe need to support rapid growth? If so, you may want to consider a move to the Parallel Sysplex clustering technology. Find out how to achieve workload balancing and high availability with Parallel Sysplex. >> For this week's featured topic, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid10_gci883022,00.html >> For a listing of our previous information-packed featured topics, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/featuredTopics/0,290043,sid10,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= HAVE A GREAT TIP? SUBMIT IT TO SEARCH390.COM We're always looking for timesaving shortcuts, tricks or hints that can help 390 pros. If you have one in mind, send it in! We'll post it to the site so all of your peers can learn from your expertise. >> To submit a tip, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/tipsSubmit/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= JOIN THE DISCUSSION | Distributed vs. centralized data centers Some of you have been sharing your thoughts with us on the ongoing debate over centralized versus distributed IT. While some say departmental servers are a way to access data quicker and easier than they would from a mainframe, others of you say that a centralized environment is still the way to go for various reasons, including cost savings, improved availability and simplified troubleshooting. What are the pros and cons for one or the other type of data center? What type of environment are you working in? Will that change? >> To join the discussion, CLICK: http://search390.discussions.techtarget.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]@.ee83ff9/216!viewtype=convdate&skip=&expand= >> For a related article, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid10_gci879203,00.html ___________________________________________________________________ :::::::::::::::::::::: SEARCH390.COM CONTACTS ::::::::::::::::::::: MARK BRUNELLI, Site Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send us your original articles and best practices. 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