Re: How many cost a cpu second?

bill -- a connection fee plus a charge per kilowatt hour. Bonus points for peak and non-peak pricing. Non-peak could even be zero. Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect (Based

Re: Transferring stuff from Mainframe to a RDz/UT clone of itself

be doing with RDz. For any network transmissions think about whether intercept is possible. IPSec or a secure file transfer could be prudent, even on an internal network. Timothy Sipples Resident

Re: It's feeding time in Jurassic Park . . .

really wish to run an older 32-bit operating system you can virtualize it: install your chosen hypervisor on a supported operating system, then run the older operating system within that. Timothy

Re: It's feeding time in Jurassic Park . . .

George Henke writes: Also, we have CITRIX. Can that be moved the the zBx? Sure. It's the same IBM HX5 blade running the same Microsoft Windows operating system. Timothy Sipples Resident

Re: XPAF replacement

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Re: It's feeding time in Jurassic Park . . .

., but in practice you'd probably do it rather badly, and it would necessarily require more labor than buying something complete and ready-to-go. Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect

Re: Xerox LCDS to Postscript/PDF converters

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Re: It's feeding time in Jurassic Park . . .

to better availability. But if you're running a single instance of an application and it falls over, there will be a service interruption as it is restarted -- no great surprise. Timothy Sipples

Re: Modernizing the BCP code ?

, and sometimes not even that much. :-) Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com

Re: PCOM Question (IBM Personal Communcations aka 3270)

up in the package. Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com

Re: Host on Demand Installation

and/or CryptoExpress). Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN

Re: Backlevel IPCS issue at z/OS 1.13

machine. Which means you wouldn't be eligible for sub-capacity licensing. Be very, very careful here, folks. There are only a few simple rules. Follow them, please. Timothy Sipples Resident

Re: A stupid idea? Using twitter like service for z/SO, et al., event notification.

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Re: Backlevel IPCS issue at z/OS 1.13

occasionally possible that a vendor's licensing terms and conditions don't cover every reasonable use case. That's what communication and clarification help solve. Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise

Re: Good source for relationship of opcodes, models, MACHINE() and ARCH()

the article should be entitled something like IBM mainframe models with appropriate redirect aliases and links from existing, related articles. Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect (Based

Re: Simulating Smaller Processor

Ken Hansen writes: My company wants to downgrade its processor Just to understand the motivation, is that because the company has full capacity licensed software? Timothy Sipples Resident

Re: What is the justification for not using Trusted Key Entry (TKE) workstation?

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Re: QMF Replacement ???

of those too even if only to plug in a DB2 AA. 3. Upgrade to DB2 10 if you haven't already. The vast majority of DB2 customers see a worthwhile performance improvement. Timothy Sipples Resident

Re: Actually it is more typically 2% (Was Re: IBM announces 6% price increase for z/OS)

) are getting progressively more expensive than z/OS. Let's hope we're all worth it...and better than average. :-) Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp

Re: z/OS Feeding SolarWinds

brainstorm a bit on what statistics/metrics would be both cool and useful. There are lots of possibilities. Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp

Re: zSeries Manpower Sizing

be useful. Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM

Re: zSeries Manpower Sizing

the same mainframe infrastructure. That doesn't mean you can't do fine financially and otherwise running a single application at low volumes, but you can do even better bigger and/or broader. Timothy

Re: Z/architecture I/O questions

hardware running z/OS 1.8 or later. Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com

Re: Dedicated vs. Shared CPs

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Re: IBM Doing Some Restructuring?

It's not mainframe v. non-mainframe. Rational Team Concert is available for z/OS, and you can even use it via ISPF if you choose. Isn't choice a wonderful thing? I think so. Timothy Sipples

Re: Turning on additional CPs

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Re: TLS, AT-TLS, Encryption Requirements

, they probably don't understand what they're doing, they just do it. If you want to understand how TLS and SSL work, yes, you'll need a little more time. :-) Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect

Re: Simple iinventory control products?

://www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/sclmsuite/sclm/ There are some optional add-ons to base SCLM if desired. Hope that helps. Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect (Based in Singapore) E-Mail

Re: gcc on z/OS (was: CPP (C++) file on z/OS)

that it takes only twice the number of people per installation of Z? Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com

Re: Mainframe Testing

There are many, many testing tools relevant to mainframes. Could you elaborate on what you mean by mainframe system testing? Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect (Based in Singapore

Re: CPP (C++) file on z/OS

been to Leipzig either. Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com

Re: IBM announces 6% price increase for z/OS

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Re: The Trainer's Friend announces - no price increase

. Reminder: My views are my own. The facts, however, are the facts. Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com

Re: Looking for Decompiler

Here's one option: http://www.source-recovery.com I have no relationship with this company and do not offer an assessment. Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect (Based in Singapore

Re: NetView (5.4) Web Services Gateway

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Re: ACCOUNT Product

considerable effort trying to un-do? Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com

Re: Compiling C++ by LE V1.8 and running on LE V1.13+ ?

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Re: Identifying SOA Workloads for zIIP zAAP Offload

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Re: Tapeless Solutions

has to put the top back on your mainframe at your location. That takes some extra time. Best wishes everyone for a safe, happy, and healthy New Year. Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise

Re: Tapeless Solutions

Am I the only one who read the subject line too quickly, mentally substituting an o for the a and dropping the first e? I must be regressing. Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect

Re: Nice article, high level - homegrown vs. vendor basically

, and in the view of most other observers. It's not unlike the passenger airliner market in that broad sense. Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect (Based in Singapore) E-Mail

Re: Nice article, high level - homegrown vs. vendor basically

we've just been through the Great Platform Shakeout of the Naughts, which reminds me a lot of the passenger airliner industry. We'll see, but I think the trends are pretty clear. Timothy

Re: Determining MSUs

documentation, for example. (*) And my views are my own. Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com

Re: LDAP for z/OS with long name

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Re: ZNALC Option for LICENSE Parameter

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Re: Connect Direct - Performance and efficiency

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Re: iPad and HMC and Safari?

sessions. Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM

Re: iPad and HMC and Safari?

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Re: Batch COBOL as a Consumer of Web Services

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Re: Batch COBOL as a Consumer of Web Services

. Every once in a while it's worth checking performance for best practices, regardless of solution approach. Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp

Re: As IBM CEO, Ginni Rometty will bring some Midwestern charm

There are lots of Midwestern charm references returned by your favorite search engine. Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com

Re: Data offload to DVDs or external drives

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Re: MQ alternatives

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Re: MQ alternatives

. :-) Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe

Re: MQ alternatives

beautifully. IBM WebSphere MQ is available for many platforms, including Microsoft Windows. IBM WMQ is not at all the same thing as Microsoft Message Queuing. Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise

Re: MQ alternatives

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Re: 1TB EAV Support

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Re: CPU utilization/engine

with your system administrators for assistance in interpreting this information. Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com

Re: ZDNET actually says something nice about IBM LINUX

that IBM doesn't know its own pricing, put up. If you don't, it's long past time you ceased. (Sorry for that digression, folks.) Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect (Based in Singapore

Re: ZDNET actually says something nice about IBM LINUX

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Re: Check out Apple says Steve Jobs has died - The Washington Post

FWIW, I posted my thoughts on Steve Jobs's passing here: http://mainframe.typepad.com/blog/2011/10/in-memoriam-steve-jobs.html Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect (Based

Re: z/OSMF - Download Link

/servlet/pbi.wss Just select the latest revision number (currently -02), and you can view the document online. Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect (Based in Singapore) E-Mail

Re: Development licences

mind pending more information. Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com

Re: Mainframe traders

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Re: zOS 32-bit ? 64-bit ?

z/OS 1.5 (not 1.4) was the last release that could also run in ESA (31-bit) mode. If it's z/OS 1.6 or higher, you know for sure you're running in z/Architecture (64-bit) mode. Timothy Sipples

Reminder to Place Any Orders for z/OS 1.12

reminder in your calendar(s) for early September? Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com

Re: Send SMS from z/OS

you can get source code, typically for Java. Here are a couple examples: http://opensmpp.logica.com http://smppapi.sourceforge.net Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect (Based

Re: CSP

is supported. Good stuff. Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com

Re: CSP

ago. COBOL isn't the most CPU-efficient way to instruct a computer to perform tasks. Does that matter? I don't speak for IBM. Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect (Based in Singapore) E

Re: Dashboard type software for monitoring z/OS

have tools in this area do, and some other vendors might. As a polite reminder, I don't speak for IBM. Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp

Re: CSP

System Product (CSP) is out of support. Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com

Re: Dashboard type software for monitoring z/OS

for. (Sure, you can drill down into detail if you want.) TBSM can provide an end-to-end view, spanning platforms. It's real-time. Great stuff. Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect (Based

Re: IBM announces up to 5% increase in monthly Entry WLC

this). If a price increases by 5% once or twice in a long while, the real price is decreasing because of inflation. = Conclusion: If you're not looking at real, relative prices (and better yet costs), you're not paying attention. :-) As a reminder, I don't speak for IBM. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident

Re: NYTimes: IBM, helped by new mainframe sales, exceeds analysts' expectations

demand, IBM can keep delivering even more wonderful System z products with continuing value improvements. And (also with your support) the 68 new mainframe customers(*) in the past 12 months represent just the beginning. Thank you. (*) Yes, many are new z/OS customers. - - - - - Timothy Sipples

Re: Language Environment and z196

There are at least a couple things to watch out for when recovering to a substantially older model machine. DB2 10 (z990/z890 and higher) and z/VM 6.1 (z10 and higher) come to mind. Periodic, realistic DR rehearsals are wise. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect Value Creation

Re: performance differences between java versions

or political viewpoint, not a technical or business value one. Honestly, I don't get it. Maybe I should have been around when people were (stupidly?) warring over Assembler versus COBOL versus PL/I. (The correct answer/outcome: they're all fine.) - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect Value

Re: Vector processors on the 3090

Processor which you attached to your System/360. By the way, you could think of today's zEnterprise BladeCenter Extension (zBX) as a mainframe vector processor...plus lots of other capabilities. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect Value Creation Complex Deals Team IBM Growth

Re: Vector processors on the 3090

actual VF hardware. :-) - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect Value Creation Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive

Re: HOWTO invoke Web Services from a batch program?

would CICS be offline, ever? If that's the only problem, fix that. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect Value Creation Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com

Re: HOWTO invoke Web Services from a batch program?

several such reasons. By the way, CICS TS V4.2 uses Apache Axis2. That's a very good thing, because it's very industry standard and moves with the industry. And that's the point of Web Services, to provide interoperability across application services. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise

Re: Looking for solution Mainframe system management report tool

and/or zSecure Alert http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/products/zsecure/ - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect Value Creation Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com

Re: mainframe color-blindness software: a query

a Web browser? - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect Value Creation Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive

Re: An upbeat story

time IBM mainframe software technical specialist. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect Value Creation Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN

Re: z/OS 1.4 Compatibility feature for z890.

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Re: WLC and 4HRA across CEC's

Sysplexes with real workload sharing get the most Sysplex benefit. Technically qualifying Sysplexes may only get some benefit. Said yet another way, take advantage of Sysplex. Writing only for myself. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect Value Creation Complex Deals Team IBM

Re: COBOL to SQL server

://www.attunity.com/forums/cics-adapters/odbc-client-interface-under-cics-os-240.html There are some non-ODBC options, too, but I'll stop there for now. Hope that helps! - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect Value Creation Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets (Based in Singapore) E-Mail

Re: PSF and non AFP printer

Since your IBM 6262 printer is now TCP/IP-attached, have you tried sending it a small test job using z/OS's LPR command? - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect Value Creation Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com

Re: Under z/OS Unix

Is TCP/IP for z/OS a separately priced item? Yes. Actually, no. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect Value Creation Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com

Re: Editing Unicode Files in z/OS

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Re: ZIP and FTP

Just to offer one more data point on the hazards of placing PCs anywhere in the loop if avoidable, which in this case it most definitely is, consider this case from South Korea: http://mainframe.typepad.com/blog/2011/04/maybe-its-time-for-more-mainframe-solutions.html - - - - - Timothy Sipples

Re: Using EMC Clariion SCSI disk with Linux

By sheer coincidence there's an IBM webcast next week demonstrating how to configure and add ECKD and FCP volumes to Linux on System z. Here's the link for more information on the webcast: http://www.vm.ibm.com/education/lvc/ - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect Value Creation

Re: ZIP and FTP

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Editing Unicode Files in z/OS?

, and/or UTF-32; 3. Support sequential (QSAM), VSAM, PDS/PDSE, HFS/zFS, DB2, and/or IMS data (i.e. whatever you can imagine). If you'd like to reply to me offline, that's perfectly fine -- either way. Thanks in advance. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect Value Creation Complex

Re: ZIP and FTP

running both NFS client and server. Both IPSec and NFS are supported in all the z/OS releases mentioned. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect Value Creation Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com

Re: DB2 V9 Vs V10

it. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect Value Creation Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send

Re: New job for mainframes: Cloud platform

Linux on Power is also big-endian. Linux on ARM is available either way (arm or armeb). Big-endian ARM is preferred for many performance-sensitive embedded applications because it's in network byte order. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect Value Creation Complex Deals Team

Re: New job for mainframes: Cloud platform

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Re: Cheryl's List #148

BC. There's most likely a strong business case here for doing something different/smarter when putting the ingredients together. Whether your employer sees the business case reasonably accurately then acts on the business case is another question, unfortunately. :-( - - - - - Timothy Sipples

Re: Cheryl's List #148

practice (and has been for years). IBM's zNALC and Solution Edition licensing requires separate LPARs, in fact. 3. Integrated Workload Pricing (IWP) gets even deeper into sub-LPAR sub-capacity licensing. 4. I'm also puzzled why sub-capacity licensing isn't even more popular. - - - - - Timothy

Re: Cheryl's List #148

. Mainframes are *extremely* operator-efficient -- so if there's a focus on controlling operations costs, go actually control operations costs. If you add workload to a mainframe, typically the operations staff doesn't even change. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect Value

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