Re: Convert Service Units to MIPS and calculate cost

2009-08-15 Thread Michael W. Moss
You've stumbled into a potential minefield here, with the MSU to MIPS calculation, of which there are many factors. Is your interest perhaps WLC based, so you can provide MSU billing options for software? If so, the IBM PWD route should throw some light on what is happening in this area and

Re: how-to Sysplex?

2009-08-15 Thread R.S.
Ted MacNEIL pisze: [...] Sysplex was meant as a way for the systems to grow up and to achieve higher levels of availability. You are limiting what can be done with a proper exploitation of SYSPLEX. Many things CAN be done, but not necessarily were intended by designer. As I said, there's

Re: how-to Sysplex?

2009-08-15 Thread Ted MacNEIL
Many things CAN be done, but not necessarily were intended by designer. Are you in contact with the designer(s)? Or, just a mind-meld? As I said, there's nothing wrong in such usage, but it could yield unusual issues. Name one! Q1: Why did you merge the systems? What was a goal? To have lower

Re: how-to Sysplex?

2009-08-15 Thread R.S.
Ted MacNEIL pisze: Many things CAN be done, but not necessarily were intended by designer. Are you in contact with the designer(s)? Or, just a mind-meld? As I said I talked to IBMers. Sysplex specialists with deep knowledge and experience. I don't repeat their answers word by word, but the

IBM aims System z at specific workloads

2009-08-15 Thread Joel Wolpert
http://www.itworld.com/software/74638/ibm-aims-system-z-specific-workloads I found this particularly interesting: System z sales have plummeted during the economic recession, as companies rein in capital spending and increasingly turn to cheaper commodity hardware to support their IT systems.

Re: IBM aims System z at specific workloads

2009-08-15 Thread Anton Britz
Hi, Here is a better version of the announcement but the horse is already out of the barn Summary: IBM needs young fit people in their Senior Management that can bring new ideas and enthusiasm back into our World before the users find other solutions to their problems. What they are

Re: IBM aims System z at specific workloads

2009-08-15 Thread Anton Britz
Here is the URL to the version I read : http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/14/ibm_mainframe_bundles/ Joel Wolpert wrote: http://www.itworld.com/software/74638/ibm-aims-system-z-specific-workloads I found this particularly interesting: System z sales have plummeted during the economic

Re: IBM aims System z at specific workloads

2009-08-15 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 8/15/2009 10:38:58 A.M. Central Daylight Time, j...@perfconsultant.com writes: hardware to support their IT systems. Revenue for the category plummeted 39 percent year-over-year in IBM's most recent quarter. From ZACK's IBM Set to Outperform The drivers behind

Re: IBM aims System z at specific workloads

2009-08-15 Thread Bob Shannon
Revenue for the category plummeted 39 percent year-over-year in IBM's most recent quarter. Did that surprise you? Did you expect revenue to rise? IBM is a balanced company, deriving revenue from HW, SW and services across multiple platforms. When one area is down, the other areas tend to

Re: Multi-file tape

2009-08-15 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 14 Aug 2009 23:44:11 -0400, Robert A. Rosenberg wrote: What's the ALLOCATE analogue of RETAIN? This takes longer each time. Do I need to code a DD statement in JCL with RETAIN for each file? Should I count my blessings because auto ops is at least replying to the VSN messages. Long

Virtual Tapes and Esoterics

2009-08-15 Thread Kopischke, David G.
Greetings, We're in the midst of a migration to virtual tape. I defined the virtual devices as 3590's. I assigned them esoterics so we can direct some to be replicated to a remote virtual tape device. Replication is based on data written to certain devices. Things started out great. These

From Computerworld - IBM aims System z at specific workloads

2009-08-15 Thread Ed Gould
IBM aims System z at specific workloads By Chris KanaracusAugust 14, 2009 12:08 PM ETIDG News Service - IBM is trying to shore up flagging sales of its System z mainframe with a set of hardware, software and services combinations aimed at specific application workloads.The seven bundles