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EXPERT QUESTIONS OF THE WEEK - Backing up the PDS - Setting up Sysplex properly - COBOL program running on z/OS 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Featured Topic: CICS and Web Services - Webcast highlight -- Inside SOAP for CICS - Poll: Would you join an IT workers union? - WebShphere Strategies tip: SSL sites? Support more than one - Spotlight: Mainframe career resources ____________________________________________________________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= BACKING UP THE PDS | OS/390 Systems Programming I am using ADRDSSU pgm for a backup job but I am not able to include individual MEMBER names from the PDS. Do I need to backup the whole PDS? >> For Mark Zelden's expert response, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid10_cid532814_tax287555,00.html >> To ask Mark a question, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestion/0,289624,sid10_cid393389_tax287555,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SETTING UP SYSPLEX PROPERLY | OS/390 Systems Programming I am writing a procedure to see if we properly set up a Sysplex to switch the primary couple dataset to the secondary couple dataset. 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Can you give me a rundown methods for accomplishing this feat? >> For Robert Harris' expert response, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid10_cid536614_tax289214,00.html >> To ask Robert a question, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestion/0,289624,sid10_cid447693_tax289214,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= :::::::::: DON'T MISS THESE IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS ::::::::: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FEATURED TOPIC | CICS and Web Services Are you interested in bringing CICS applications into the Web services age? These resources can help. >> For this week's Featured Topic, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid10_gci906020,00.html >> For a listing of previous Featured Topics, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/featuredTopics/0,290043,sid10,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= WEBCAST HIGHLIGHT | Inside SOAP for CICS Tune-in to this Webcast and learn the latest developments in IBM's plans to bring Web services to CICS and the mainframe. Listen as IBM's CICS guru Geoff Sharman provides a technological overview of the new CA1M SOAP for CICS SupportPac. Additional discussion topics include future plans for SOAP support in CICS, initiatives for incorporating the choreography functions from WebSphere Application Server (WAS) Enterprise Edition into WebSphere Studio and more. http://search390.com/r/0,,15341,00.htm?hostbridge =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TAKE OUR POLL! 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