Hello,
There is a vendor BP that does this sort of thing with an automated tool.
Mitch
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stock paper at someone who thought it was a full box
what not to do when you're an operator working with Datagraphix
microfiche, save the chemical change for the next shift, it always comes
back to bite you
Carmen
On 1/19/2022 1:44 PM, Mitch Mccluhan wrote:
> ...the most fun was
stack. So much fun! Of course,
this was before true operating systems.
Mitch McCluhan
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Sent: Wed, Jan 19, 2022 1:39 pm
Subject: Re: What not to do on a z/OS system...
I've heard of operators cancelling jo
...and IBM has multiple zCloud sites. I've toured the one in Boulder, and it
is amazing.
Mitch
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From: Bfishing
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Sent: Mon, Dec 13, 2021 11:19 am
Subject: Re: Is the mainfrrame cloud more reliable? was Re: AWS is down.
IBM does offer thi
David,
I have been in mainframes since 1970 and started my own company in 1998 dealing
with mainframe modernization. A lot has to do with languages, databases and
interfaces to non-mainframe environments along with the zCloud capabilities
currently available. While I am a 1,000% proponent of
Domenic,
Tell me more, please.
Mitch
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On Friday, October 8, 2021, 8:05 AM, Domenico D'Alterio
wrote:
Hello List,
I see that the IBM announcement
https://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/3/649/ENUSA21-0533/index.html&lang=en&re
I would suggest IWS from IBM. It is a true enterprise wide solution. I have
been in the scheduler, production control, operations, etc areas for many
decades and it is, in my opinion, a better option.
And in openness, I am with IBM, but this is my personal opinion.
Regards,
Mitch McCluhan
Tony,
Excellent retort! I agree. Why make something simple and so many people
understand into something that is complex and black box-ish.
Mitch
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From: Tony Thigpen
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Sent: Wed, Aug 18, 2021 7:52 am
Subject: Re: even an old mainframer ca
.
Regards,
Mitch McCluhan
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From: Frank Swarbrick
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Sent: Mon, Aug 16, 2021 2:46 pm
Subject: Static CEEPCALL to COBOL 5/6
I have a very simple LE-enabled assembler program:
SYSSTATE ARCHLVL=2
CALLER CEEENTRY MAIN=YES,RMODE
….go with IWS.
Mitch
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On Saturday, July 10, 2021, 11:35 AM, IBM user wrote:
STONEBRANCH
Does anyone have anything to say about Stonebranch?
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...it gets to the point to checkout/pay, and it freezes. Must not be running
on a mainframe!!
Mitch
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From: PINION, RICHARD W.
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Sent: Thu, May 13, 2021 12:58 pm
Subject: Mainframe t-shirt store
If you haven't seen this, then check it out
Folks,
As an FYI, J-MAN makes it possible to work on a "reference model", from which
the tool automatically creates as many target environments as you need, based
on "rules" that describe how to modify the jobs to make them effective for the
specific target environments. Every single keyword o
...I think CA/Broadcom calls that a Unicenter license. When I was supporting
competitive products, the CA sales person said that is only one of the tools,
so no reduction was possible. Used to frustrate my clients at the time!
What is nice about today's market is that there is also an automate
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Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2021 2:38 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: [External] Re: JCL checkers?
...true, very slick, until you submit the JCL for exec
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Mitch Mccluhan
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2021 1:39 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: [External] Re: JCL checkers?
...true, very slick, until you submit the JCL for execution and find out that
the job befor
...true, very slick, until you submit the JCL for execution and find out that
the job before it deleted an input dataset, or that the JCL called a control
card member that was empty, or that the program to be executed in step 3 wasn't
compiled properly so the job abends.
Mitch
-Origi
ASG bought JCLPrep from Altare Computer Systems some time ago. The original
developers are long gone. At one time, it was one of the best because it was
the first to allow modification of the JCL from an ISPF screen. It was
out-selling most of the JCL tools in the 80s, but now is just one of
Having the ability to check the JCL is important, but even more so is the
ability to ensure the JCL is accurate, efficient, well coded and documented and
has the ability to interface with change management tools (i.e., Endevor,
ChangeMan, etc),batch schedulers and rerun/restart requirements. In
...I supported JCLPREP for years. It is a good tool, but also old school. I
suggest J-Man from RES (https://res-group.eu/en/download/j-man). It is head
and shoulders above all other JCL management tools. It performs on all the
latest zSeries platforms, interfaces with virtually all the IBM
...in all fairness, TWS (initially OPC, now IWS), provides all the support and
solutioning as mentioned by Mark in his email. One of the major benefits of
IWS (and this is just one of many) is that being an IBM product, it has the
most prolific set of interfaces to the zOS environment includin
performed at a number of
mainframe sites around the globe.
Mitch McCluhan
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From: Patti Bowman
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Sent: Wed, Dec 9, 2020 4:28 pm
Subject: FW: CA Broadcom Replacement Software
Hi:
UNICOM/Macro 4 have a Session Manager to replace CA Broadcom'
just a thought. Run the JCL through J-Man and either change the
statements, one of the values/parameters or issue a flag prior to the execution.
Mitch
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Sent: Tue, Sep
Hello,
We have been involved in a number of these
Mitch
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To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Sent: Mon, Aug 17, 2020 8:28 am
Subject: z13s to z15 Mainframe
Hi,
anyone aware of a migration path from
re's no such thing as The Cloud - it's just someone else's
> computer...
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> Regards – Grant.
>
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> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf
> Of Mitch Mccluhan
> Sent: 09 June 202
Everyone,
I can tell you as a fact that there are a number of things are true. Many
"modernization" projects do end up not being completed, no big mainframe shop
is looking to get off the mainframe, there are a large number of projects
underway where the client is "modernizing" on the mainfram
Boomer?
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From: Tom Brennan
To: IBM-MAIN
Sent: Fri, Feb 28, 2020 9:49 am
Subject: Re: 2 Spaces after periods [was: RE: Rexx parse using period as
placeholder]
Boomer :)
On 2/28/2020 7:40 AM, Mitch Mccluhan wrote:
> I VOTE FOR 2 SPACES!!! Is that loud eno
I VOTE FOR 2 SPACES!!! Is that loud enough? It has ALWAYS made reading,
easier.
Mitch
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From: Joel C. Ewing
To: IBM-MAIN
Sent: Fri, Feb 28, 2020 9:26 am
Subject: Re: 2 Spaces after periods [was: RE: Rexx parse using period as
placeholder]
This is a sentence endi
...why did this go out to this group?
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From: Nai, Dean
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Subject: leaving early
1 hour comp.
Dean Nai
Senior z/OS Systems Programmer
Technical Services Group
Department of Information Technology
State of New Hampshire
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...check out Daisy from RES, Srl. www.res-it.com/en.
http://www.res-it.com/resgroup/brochure/eng/DaisySuite%20ENG.pdf
Mitch McCluhan
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From: Baron Carter
To: IBM-MAIN
Sent: Mon, Jul 15, 2019 8:07 am
Subject: Test Data Generator
Looking for a test data generator
It is a very weak tool and doesn't relate back to the programs being executed,
or the schedules from the batch scheduler.
Regards,
Mitch McCluhan
mitc...@aol.com
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From: Mike Schwab
To: IBM-MAIN
Sent: Thu, Mar 29, 2018 2:57 pm
Subject: Re: JCL "d
...check JMAN from RES. Top of the line tool. The companion tool, Docet,
provides graphical representations of JCL and batch schedules.
www.res-it.com/en
Mitch Mccluhan
mitc...@aol.com
On Thursday, March 29, 2018 John McKown wrote:
This is a weird idea that is floating around in my head
One of the JCL automation products (J-MAN from RES) does that. It can read
the source program and determine how the file is accessed.
Mitch McCluhan
mitc...@aol.com
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From: Paul Gilmartin <000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu>
To: IBM-MAIN
and J-MAN from RES does even more.
Mitch Mccluhan
mitc...@aol.com
On Wednesday, July 26, 2017 Lizette Koehler wrote:
Sounds like you are validating access and a few other things. Trying to prevent
JOB failures during production by preprocessing.
I know JCL+ by SEA and PROJCL by ASG will
ITschak:
What are you trying to do? When you say "available products", which ones are
you referring to?
Regards,
Mitch McCluhan
mitc...@aol.com
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From: ITschak Mugzach
To: IBM-MAIN
Sent: Wed, Jul 26, 2017 2:49 pm
Subject: JCL Convertor
I am
...there is a better tool to replace ProJCL (I was one of the Product Managers
on the precursor to ProJCL back in the day). The tool is J-MAN from RES. It
is far superior to any other JCL automation tool. The conversion is
straightforward and simple.
Regards,
Mitch McCluhan
mitc
For all of you who know who I am, I can provide some insight into this issue
generically. I am not familiar with MetaWare (I have not run into them ever in
any project I have been involved in over the past 18 years).
Regards,
Mitch McCluhan
mitc...@aol.com
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...contact me. We've done it a number if times.
Mitch
Mitch Mccluhan
mitc...@aol.com
On Sunday, March 26, 2017 James Wellingtin wrote:
Hey
I have posted this to the cicslist , and someone there asked me to post it
to this group as well for feedbackj
We are very soon to migrate from COBO
Absolutely!!
Mitch McCluhan
mitc...@aol.com
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From: Peter
To: IBM-MAIN
Sent: Thu, Jan 12, 2017 10:02 am
Subject: Is it really possible to migrate Mainframe to Cloud ??
Hi
Just found this link thought I can share
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/yes-you-can
ake a huge
difference. Do you have external speakers? If not, I recommend them as the
sound quality is much better and this is important when you are working with a
variety of people that have varying quality of microphones themselves, along
with accents.
Mitch McCluhan
mitc...@ao
ould need to be an integral part of the
support team.
Regards,
Mitch McCluhan
mitc...@aol.com
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From: John McKown
To: IBM-MAIN
Sent: Tue, Sep 27, 2016 10:57 am
Subject: remote system support (i.e. the data center is 2 states away from you).
This is kind
Joe,
There is one, yes. I believe it is 256. Advice from everyone else?
Regards,
Mitch McCluhan
mitc...@aol.com
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From: Reichman Joseph
To: IBM-MAIN
Sent: Mon, Aug 22, 2016 10:38 am
Subject: Limit on the number of concatenated datasets
Hi
I looked in
Linda:
I agree!!
Mitch McCluhan
mitc...@aol.com
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From: Linda
To: IBM-MAIN
Sent: Tue, Aug 9, 2016 5:45 pm
Subject: Re: Delta Outage
Apparently Delta needs a couple of mainframes and GDPS or maybe metro mirror
instead. ;).
Linda
Sent from my iPhone
>
Folks,
I have heard through the grapevine that only the development team was sold off.
The sales and services arm are still within the IBM TWS group.
Regards,
Mitch McCluhan
mitc...@aol.com
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From: zMan
To: IBM-MAIN
Sent: Tue, Jul 12, 2016 9:07 am
Subject
stics are valid and for those applicable,
the values match the source program
automated cloning and manipulation for multiple target environments
This is just a short list of some of the capabilities of J-Man and some of the
available optional features.
Mitch McCluhan
mitc...@ao
It's primarily used in EMEA at this time.
Mitch Mccluhan
mitc...@aol.com
On Friday, June 3, 2016 Rob Schramm wrote:
Anyone on the list with experience using any of the EZSource products?
Rob Schramm
On Wed, Jun 1, 2016, 10:23 PM Timothy Sipples wrote:
> There's some interest
The Docet and J-Man tools from RES (www.res-it.com) can do this quite easily.
Regards,
Mitch McCluhan
mitc...@aol.com
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From: Jake Anderson
To: IBM-MAIN
Sent: Mon, May 9, 2016 5:29 am
Subject: GDG creation tracking
Hello Group,
Is it possible to track the
...hey Wayne.
Mitch Mccluhan
mitc...@aol.com
On Thursday, April 7, 2016 Wayne Bickerdike wrote:
I'm slightly gobsmacked that this discussion is needed. I guess the forest
is lost in the trees.
I can recommend "Principles of Program Design" by Michael Jackson c. 1975.
Of greater
I believe that's it. Notice what it says about the "bug" being found in a
relay panel.
Mitch Mccluhan
mitc...@aol.com
On Tuesday, March 15, 2016 Field, Alan wrote:
This?
https://www.google.com/search?q=grace+hopper+bug+picture&biw=1600&bih=760&tbm=isc
I've seen a photo of the actual bug Grace had used to coin the phrase.
Mitch Mccluhan
mitc...@aol.com
On Tuesday, March 15, 2016 CM Poncelet wrote:
AFAIK The original Grace Hopper 'bug' was an actual bug - some kind of
moth. There could be a photo of it somewhere.
Richard Pi
Steve:
There are a number of shops using RDz and it is being installed at a major
credit card provider in the southwest U.S. at this point in time.
Regards,
Mitch McCluhan
mitc...@aol.com
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From: Steve Beaver
To: IBM-MAIN
Sent: Tue, Mar 8, 2016 8:51 am
Tom,
Contact me offline on this via email. I am in the process of doing the same
thing for a client on the east coast.
Regards,
Mitch McCluhan
mitc...@aol.com
-Original Message-
From: Ambros, Thomas
To: IBM-MAIN
Sent: Tue, Jan 12, 2016 10:05 am
Subject: Conversion from
Mike,
Did you ever get your information? None of my sources responded.
Mitch McCluhan
mitc...@aol.com
-Original Message-
From: Mike Ross
To: IBM-MAIN
Sent: Sat, Jan 2, 2016 9:31 pm
Subject: Anyone got any ancient DASD manuals?
I have a friend trying to restore a 9370 system
Hello,
I don't believe Zeke has that capability. I personally recommend TWS from
Tivoli.
Mitch McCluhan
mitc...@aol.com
-Original Message-
From: Carl Edwards <00df3759e3e7-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu>
To: IBM-MAIN
Sent: Tue, Dec 22, 2015 12:00 pm
Subjec
...drop me an email. I have done about 5 or 6 of these types of projects.
Mitch McCluhan
mitc...@aol.com
-Original Message-
From: Timothy Sipples
To: IBM-MAIN
Sent: Sat, Oct 31, 2015 4:20 am
Subject: Re: Conversion from SAG Adabas and Natural to something else
Tony Thigpen
far beyond just
parsing the JCL and providing the resolved JCL statements.
Regards,
Mitch Mccluhan
mitc...@aol.com
-Original Message-
From: Robinson, Dave (GE Capital NonGE) (GE Capital NonGE)
To: IBM-MAIN
Sent: Wed, Aug 5, 2015 9:02 am
Subject: Re: submit restriction
Do
Everyone:
I concur with Tim regarding TWS. There are tons of extensions and features
available to cover the entire enterprise.
Regards,
Mitch Mccluhan
mitc...@aol.com
-Original Message-
From: Timothy Sipples
To: IBM-MAIN
Sent: Sun, May 17, 2015 10:15 pm
Subject: Re
I would strongly recommend against any ASG product. I personally suggest TWS
from IBM. If you currently have a mainframe scheduler, I have been involved in
a few conversion/migration projects from scheduler X to TWS, using a suite of
automated tools.
Mitch Mccluhan
mitc...@aol.com
...thanks to all that responded. One last question. Can 4.2 and 5.2 exist
together? Does anyone have any experience with this?
Mitch Mccluhan
mitc...@aol.com
-Original Message-
From: Lizette Koehler
To: IBM-MAIN
Sent: Wed, Apr 22, 2015 8:29 am
Subject: Re: COBOL 4.2 support
Good morning.
Does anyone know how much longer COBOL 4.2 will be supported?
Mitch Mccluhan
mitc...@aol.com
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