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Answers to your technical questions and expert advice for the 390 community. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ____________________________________________________________________ NEW Webcast Available Today! Four Critical Issues in mainframe TCP/IP performance monitoring http://webevents.broadcast.com/techtarget/S390/062303/index.asp?loc=01 ____________________________________________________________________ IN THIS ISSUE | Table of Contents 1. EXPERT QUESTIONS OF THE WEEK - Moving COBOL from OS/390 to z/OS - Writing a module that accesses DB2 databases and VSAM files - Sharing a TSQ between several CICS regions 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Featured Topic: VSAM performance tuning - Poll: Is grid computing the future of the data center? - Data Center tip: Six tips for managing outsourcing relationships ____________________________________________________________________ ******************** NEW Webcast Available Today! ****************** Title: Four critical issues in mainframe TCP/IP performancemonitoring Summary: Learn how to avoid the common IP performance management problems most e-business companies face. You'll also hear key IP site issues, including cost analysis, best management practices & more. Get it now at http://webevents.broadcast.com/techtarget/S390/062303/index.asp?loc=01 ____________________________________________________________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= MOVING COBOL FROM OS/390 TO z/OS | COBOL, PL/I and LE for S/390 We are still using COBOL 2 for some of our batch processing in OS/390 2.8. However, we are also upgrading to z/OS 1.4 and my question is, can we change over to COBOL for OS/390 and LE without recompiling? Basically, are there any conversion steps we should be aware of? >> For Mark Tom Ross' expert response, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid10_cid541274_tax285603,00.html >> To ask Tom a question, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestion/0,289624,sid10_cid376068_tax285603,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= WRITING A MODULE THAT ACCESSES DB2 DATABASES AND VSAM FILES | CICS A common module accessing IMS/DB2 databases and VSAM files needs to be developed. This program is then going to be called from a CICS application. The program does not contain any EXEC CICS statements. How should this program be LINK and CALLED. Is this a good candidate for EXCI? >> For Robert Harris' expert response, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid10_cid541080_tax289214,00.html >> To ask Robert a question, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestion/0,289624,sid10_cid447693_tax289214,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SHARING A TSQ BETWEEN SEVERAL CICS REGIONS | CICS I have inherited a project from my predecessor regarding CICS temporary storage sharing. We have CICS TS 1.3. Currently, the temporary storage is handled via CICS FOR (how can I find out?) We want to implement CICSPLEX and CPSM and use coupling facility to manage temporary queues. Can you please point me in the right direction, some reading material or user experience documentation? >> For Robert Harris' expert response, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid10_cid541078_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 | VSAM performance tuning Tuning your VSAM datasets is a great way to delay or possibly avoid a CPU upgrade, improve the run-time of your programs and greatly cut your online response time. >> For this week's Featured Topic, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid10_gci877326,00.html >> For a listing of previous Featured Topics, CLICK: http://search390.techtarget.com/featuredTopics/0,290043,sid10,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TAKE OUR POLL! 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