Re: Performance problems

2009-03-26 Thread Timothy Sipples
re work to mainframe daytime is, to a first order approximation, free. It sounds like you might be able to double (or more) your daytime at no additional hardware or software charge, assuming the work can be moved. (A lot can.) - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Base

Re: OMVS Sysplex Root in a multi-site Parallel Sysplex

2009-03-25 Thread Timothy Sipples
root data sets dynamically, without a sysplex-wide IPL. This new MODIFY OMVS,NEWROOT command is expected to eliminate a cause for planned outages and to facilitate migration of sysplex roots from HFS to zFS." Hope that helps. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Arch

Re: How Many Mainframes Do You Need?

2009-03-23 Thread Timothy Sipples
Bob Richards writes: >It has been awhile since someone has referenced the >"Mainframe" site: > http://mainframe.typepad.com/ >Timothy Sipples has placed a nice post out there called >"How Many Mainframes Do You Need?" >It is worth the read, even for us old

Re: DB2 Table archiving...

2009-03-18 Thread Timothy Sipples
Sorry, I got the product number for IBM Optim Data Growth Solution for z/OS incorrect. The correct product number is 5655-V29. The 5655-V01 product number is for Optim Data Manager. Only 3 tries. :-) - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving

Re: DB2 Table archiving...

2009-03-18 Thread Timothy Sipples
MC as mentioned, there are some other vendors that may offer a solution: Informatica (via one of its Applimation products I suspect), Solix, Sun (StorageTek Lifecycle Director), and Hewlett-Packard (OuterBay), among others, in no particular order. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Ente

Re: Dataflow analysis tools?

2009-03-18 Thread Timothy Sipples
reports that I think you're looking for. ASG's Alliance or becubic products, or MicroFocus's Revolve, might also be able to do what you describe, and there are probably other examples. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan

Re: IBM-MAIN Digest - 16 Mar 2009 to 17 Mar 2009 (#2009-76)

2009-03-17 Thread Timothy Sipples
hat may offer a solution: Informatica (via one of its Applimation products I suspect), Solix, Sun (StorageTek Lifecycle Director), and Hewlett-Packard (OuterBay), among others, in no particular order. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving I

Re: Is there a Web enabled TN3270 on z/10's running z/OS 1.9

2009-03-17 Thread Timothy Sipples
cada, Platypus Partners, GT Software, illustro Systems, and many, many more. (Apologies in advance if I haven't mentioned someone's favorite.) - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pacific E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.co

Re: Consolidation

2009-03-13 Thread Timothy Sipples
I am assuming a "reasonably well balanced" Parallel Sysplex, with enough workloads eligible to run on either member at any given time. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pacific E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com

Re: Time Change (Sync)

2009-03-12 Thread Timothy Sipples
butes which may have cost benefits elsewhere in the organization. Your situation may vary, but it's important to run a full and realistic analysis. You may have done that already, but perhaps these comments are at least useful to others. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterpris

Re: Time Change (Sync)

2009-03-11 Thread Timothy Sipples
Mark Steely writes: >We are z/OS V1R9 on a z/10 2098-N01 processor. We have 2 >CPU's both z/10 2098 - not sysplex. Naive question (and hopefully still related to your core question): why no Parallel Sysplex? - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Bas

Re: Cost of CPU Time

2009-03-11 Thread Timothy Sipples
ing 1 transaction per hour (representing an entire business) to 2 transactions per hour isn't the same as doubling 2,000 per second to 4,000. (And, again, don't forget batch. Unfortunately too many people do, but that's the business lifeblood stuff like billing/accounts receivable.)

Re: Cost of CPU Time

2009-03-11 Thread Timothy Sipples
pplication at market open is running on infrastructure that is largely idle at 6:00 p.m. You might have 1,000+ little mainframes rather than one, basically. OK, hopefully that wasn't confusing. :-) - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in

Re: IMS based email

2009-03-05 Thread Timothy Sipples
http://www-01.ibm.com/software/data/ims/imsjava/xmldb.html You might also want to ask on the IMS-L mailing list.. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pacific E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ib

Re: Synchronize time

2009-03-05 Thread Timothy Sipples
or that instance of z/OS where it's running. One would also have to do a bit of thinking before authorizing such a clock-adjusting program. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in To

Re: Synchronize time

2009-03-04 Thread Timothy Sipples
...But if the question is, is there a way to synchronize Windows/UNIX server clocks *from* a System z time source without STP, the answer is yes. You can do that using NTP, which is available in both z/OS and Linux on z. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based

Re: DB2 Basic

2009-03-01 Thread Timothy Sipples
s, that's a pretty good start. :-) - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pacific E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / sig

Re: FTP alternative needed

2009-02-28 Thread Timothy Sipples
r automatically turns two real-time systems into a batch process.) So is file transfer really what you want, in 2009, for this particular business function? Or is it reason #729 why the mainframe gets unfairly accused of being old fashioned/obsolete? - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterpr

Re: USS and C

2009-02-25 Thread Timothy Sipples
pect him or her to have at least some (increasing) familiarity and competence with z/OS UNIX System Services. I don't know exactly why the original poster asked the question, but I took a guess and assumed it had to do with a "should I learn it?" question. To which I answer, yes, absolutely.

Re: USS and C

2009-02-24 Thread Timothy Sipples
n back out the door very quickly. It's a nonsensical statement. My personal opinions. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pacific E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com --

Mantissa Presenting at SHARE (March 6, 2009)?

2009-02-20 Thread Timothy Sipples
Now this is interesting http://www.mantissa.com/SHARE-conference - - - - - Timothy Sipples Consulting Enterprise Software Architect IBM Japan, Ltd. e99...@jp.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: Secure FTP Server software vendors

2009-02-20 Thread Timothy Sipples
"Dumb" question, but what sort of information would you be FTPing? - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pacific E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com

Re: VPS/TCPIP & RICOH Printers & Bidirectional

2009-02-11 Thread Timothy Sipples
built JetDirect-like server. Is it possible something (firewall, router) is blocking UDP? And/or port 9101? I guess some printers need that/use that. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Consulting Enterprise Software Architect IBM Japan, Lt

Re: Crypto-DASD?

2009-02-11 Thread Timothy Sipples
. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pacific E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email

Re: VPS/TCPIP & RICOH Printers & Bidirectional

2009-02-11 Thread Timothy Sipples
nse. (I wasn't sure whether you're talking about LPD or JetDirect when you said that.) Have you tried the BIP PJL bidirectional reporting, to see if that works properly? That might work instead -- and provide more detailed printer error conditions back to z/OS anyway. - - - - - Timothy Sippl

Re: Here's what IBM pays an IOS developer

2009-02-10 Thread Timothy Sipples
rtise a higher salary. (Or not fill the job.) Or the applicant would negotiate a higher salary. So they'd learn pretty fast. There are two sides to any market: supply and demand. Anybody got any better data on median salaries, including field-specific and region-specific median salaries?

Re: z/Linux, Was SAS, now Oracle (why?)

2009-02-09 Thread Timothy Sipples
s, do be sure to pass it along. The preferred format is something at least very close to: "If you do X, I'll do Y, else I'll do Z." - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pacific E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com

Re: z/Linux, Was SAS, now Oracle (why?)

2009-02-09 Thread Timothy Sipples
for z/OS implementation. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pacific E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access i

Re: insanity? process SMF with Java on non-z?

2009-02-04 Thread Timothy Sipples
n the IBM-MAIN house? :-)] - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pacific E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive a

Re: MQ Interface for ADABAS/Natural

2009-01-25 Thread Timothy Sipples
ist (or similar) already installed? 4. What sort of non-functional characteristics are there (message volumes, importance/criticality, security, etc.), at least broadly speaking? Are these non-functional requirements evolving, or is there some expectation of that? That'll do for now. Hope that help

Re: 64-bit COBOL

2009-01-23 Thread Timothy Sipples
requirements into IBM -- along the lines of the questions I listed? Many thanks. Speaking only for myself. Occasionally with humor and wit (of varying quality). - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pacific

Re: Media conversion providers?

2009-01-23 Thread Timothy Sipples
before, say, December 31, 2008? It's a rather important issue -- corporate data archiving, retention, protection, and access -- don't you think? - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pa

Re: AIX gets 64 bit COBOL but still none for Z/os ...

2009-01-22 Thread Timothy Sipples
iously posted capture these sorts of questions pretty well, don't they? So the answer is still the same as before, isn't it? :-) Which is, tell IBM what you want (and in what priority) so that IBM can do the best and right thing(s). SHARE is a really good vehicle to do that. Speaking only

Re: Multiple FTP servers?

2009-01-21 Thread Timothy Sipples
r is copying, with all the possible disadvantages associated with copying. So it's always a good idea to at least contemplate the question, "why am I copying?" and whether you can provide alternative, on-line access. (You almost always can.) - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Ent

Heartland Payment Systems: Largest Data Breach in History?

2009-01-21 Thread Timothy Sipples
incident is eerily similar to the Cardsystems incident in 2005, only bigger. It's probably worth mentioning (again) the IT industry's unique system integrity statement, available exclusively with z/OS: http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/racf/zos_integrity_statement.html - - -

Re: Netview Access Services (NVAS) and Mixed-case Passwords

2009-01-19 Thread Timothy Sipples
ok at APAR PK16580 for more information. Here's a Web link that should work: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK16580 IBM Session Manager, starting with Version 2.1, also supports mixed case passwords. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Base

Re: AIX gets 64 bit COBOL but still none for Z/os ...

2009-01-15 Thread Timothy Sipples
s, for example. In particular, customers who are more highly satisfied tend to remain customers (or even become bigger customers), so customer satisfaction is terribly important. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based

Re: AIX gets 64 bit COBOL but still none for Z/os ...

2009-01-13 Thread Timothy Sipples
oth technical and non-technical, the better. Yes, as alluded to previously in this thread, LE is very much a technical factor here. Any path (how, and thus partly when) to 64-bit is customer-driven, not religious or political. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Ar

Migrating to z/OS 1.10 Webcast

2009-01-08 Thread Timothy Sipples
eat, but I expect a replay will be available as well. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Consulting Enterprise Software Architect IBM Japan, Ltd. e99...@jp.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send

Re: the Z/10 and timers.

2009-01-07 Thread Timothy Sipples
performances in order to add a little a color to the picture. Also any information about cross-machine clustering, if any, in that era. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / As

Re: Usage of Transactional VSAM Services

2009-01-07 Thread Timothy Sipples
oftware/htp/cics/vt I mention it for completeness as another path to concurrency, but knowing what I know about your situation I tend to think VSAM RLS, DFSMStvs, and/or SYSB-II are going to be most suitable. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based

Re: the Z/10 and timers.

2009-01-07 Thread Timothy Sipples
ad-core CPUs down into even notebook computers? That's more evidence of reaching that brick wall. Every CPU vendor is struggling with that, but some reached the wall earlier (and harder) than others. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting E

Re: Anyone using JAVA 6.0 on z/OS?

2008-12-12 Thread Timothy Sipples
M has started posting IMS V11 documentation, and it says Java 5 "or later.") - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pacific E-Mail: timothy.sip

Re: Z10 using zos 1.7

2008-12-12 Thread Timothy Sipples
ustry is annual.) - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pacific E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions

Re: Curiousity: largest parallel sysplex around?

2008-12-12 Thread Timothy Sipples
Maybe, but you probably see the point. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pacific E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff

Re: Anyone using JAVA 6.0 on z/OS?

2008-12-12 Thread Timothy Sipples
d write as much Java as you want. You have everything you need to get started, right now, at no charge. And you may never need anything more. In fact, there are some wonderful advantages to writing and running Java in places like CICS and IMS. (For one thing, exploiting the huge invested value

Re: z10 power problem notification

2008-12-09 Thread Timothy Sipples
eries/swprice/scrt/ In case the page numbers drift over time, look for the section entitled "Incorrect billing -- unusual situations where customers must provide alternate MSU values." - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Ba

Re: Drop hardware maintenance contract

2008-12-09 Thread Timothy Sipples
I referred to one way those risks could be mitigated at least somewhat: good DR., - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pacific E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For

Re: Drop hardware maintenance contract

2008-12-09 Thread Timothy Sipples
paper story or two about a city donation to Sacramento State or SCC, to train students for high-tech enterprise computing jobs.) Everybody wins, including especially the city's economy. Am I naive? I sure hope not. Good luck! - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architec

Re: z10 power problem notification

2008-12-04 Thread Timothy Sipples
Edward Jaffe writes: >"Support Center" meaning IBM after the unit phoned >home? This "communication problem" sounds like an >important issue that should be corrected going >forward... To the original poster, was the machine able to phone home? Just one fan lost

Re: IBM 2066-002 Adding Spare CP as IFL

2008-12-04 Thread Timothy Sipples
p me your z800. Just let me know when you're ready, and I'll send you my shipping address. Many thanks in advance. :-) - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pacific E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---

Re: Withdraw from marketing and EOS deltas

2008-12-02 Thread Timothy Sipples
feeling I'm going to get beat, and probably quickly. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pacific E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN s

Re: TCP/IP

2008-11-30 Thread Timothy Sipples
t serves pretty well. Or you could say "the non-z/OS UNIX world," or perhaps "the UNIX world (ex-z/OS)." - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pacific E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -

Re: Mainframe Hosted BLOGs and WIKIs

2008-11-24 Thread Timothy Sipples
sitting next to the System z machine. It was doing nothing particularly useful and had an exhibit card saying basically that. :-) Just a little more folklore to share with you all. (And many thanks to the IBMers who put it all together. It was brilliant.) - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting

Re: Interesting CS Course Syllabus

2008-11-21 Thread Timothy Sipples
I put that excerpt from the syllabus on The Mainframe Blog, Lindy. Thank you so much for sharing that. I laughed out loud. http://mainframe.typepad.com - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pacific E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED

IBM PR: More Than 5,000 Customers Moved to IBM Systems from HP, Sun and EMC

2008-11-21 Thread Timothy Sipples
neral Business and Public Sector." One critical differentiator: IBM highlights specific reference examples of many different migrations to IBM servers. IBM also has a new "Migrate to IBM" Web site here: http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/migratetoibm - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM C

Re: "The Register" article on HP replacing z

2008-11-18 Thread Timothy Sipples
21499.html Doesn't HP realize that their credibility is at stake? What else did they misrepresent? - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pacific E-Mail: [EMAIL

Re: z/OS V1R10 & COBOL

2008-11-17 Thread Timothy Sipples
bm.com/software/support/lifecycle/customfeed.jsp - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pacific E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff /

Re: PROJECTCPU, Vendors and SRBs

2008-11-17 Thread Timothy Sipples
feature in another recent thread here. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pacific E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / arch

Re: "The Register" article on HP replacing z

2008-11-17 Thread Timothy Sipples
zIIP") and "accelerator" you'll get plenty of hits. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pacific E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN

Re: Ancient IBM Drive Rescues Apollo Moon Data

2008-11-16 Thread Timothy Sipples
This story seems a little strange. I believe the IBM 729 Mark V writes standard 7-track (6 bits plus parity) 1/2 inch reel tape at 800 bpi. This isn't THAT hard to read. For example, UCAR can read such tapes (and routinely does, apparently): http://www.cisl.ucar.edu/services/tapedrives.jsp Here'

Re: "The Register" article on HP replacing z

2008-11-13 Thread Timothy Sipples
as I was working on the technical bits of a final bid proposal to a potential new z/OS licensee. So I'm really having fun at your expense. :-) - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pacific E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---

Re: Mainframe Jobs Considered Recession Proof

2008-11-13 Thread Timothy Sipples
nframes measure things and tell you exactly where you got it wrong. Some developers get offended by that. :-) - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pacific E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---

Re: Mainframe Jobs Considered Recession Proof

2008-11-13 Thread Timothy Sipples
tremely low, there's basically zero immigration, and you can guess what the demographic trends are. Automakers are not going to be happy with the Japanese domestic market, to pick one example. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in

Re: COBOL compiler versions

2008-11-12 Thread Timothy Sipples
mpiler is. (It contains something called the COBOL Modernization Utility.) - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pacific E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For I

Re: Removing Fortran frm LPAR

2008-11-12 Thread Timothy Sipples
Just to echo what everyone else is saying, VS FORTRAN is licensed per-machine, not per-LPAR. Your work may already be done, in other words. I concur with the advice to ask an IBM rep. He/she should be able to tell you what impact (if any) there would be if you take a certain action. There are a fe

Re: good practise to run linux on mainframe

2008-11-12 Thread Timothy Sipples
Anyone with a System z10 can download z/VM Evaluation Edition for 90 day trial here: http://www.vm.ibm.com/eval - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pacific E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Crazy(?) thought - run z/Linux binaries on z/OS UNIX

2008-11-12 Thread Timothy Sipples
e and a RAM disk; NFS should work over fine eth0 if the network part is running.) I wouldn't worry about console output either initially: just SSH into the zUML image over the network. If someone gets that far, the rest is possible. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software

Re: Crazy(?) thought - run z/Linux binaries on z/OS UNIX.

2008-11-11 Thread Timothy Sipples
(or virtualized hardware) services for I/O, memory, and CPU. (Mapping I/O is most of the effort.) Interesting project! - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pacific E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -

Re: Configure Physical CP Offline - SOLVED

2008-11-09 Thread Timothy Sipples
mention it, I wonder if the system would throttle up the two surviving cores if "?" is a letter other than Z. At least that could be done using Capacity On Demand offerings like Capacity Backup (CBU). This is all rather esoteric, but it does seem a possible justification. I'm still

Re: Phased Maintenance

2008-11-05 Thread Timothy Sipples
great topic to raise here in order to share wisdom. But while we might quibble about the details, conceptually it's really the only way to operate nowadays if you care at least somewhat about high quality, cost-effective service delivery. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Sof

Re: Efficient conversion of GMT to/from local time from COBOL?

2008-10-30 Thread Timothy Sipples
ly to anyone in your organization in their applications, regardless of language or environment? If you do not want to reinvent a common function, chances are excellent others have the same issue. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Se

Re: Sysplexing to the new z10s

2008-10-29 Thread Timothy Sipples
, I think you had the right idea, but it just needed a bit of elaboration. Hope this helps. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pacific E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: TN3270 for iPhone

2008-10-23 Thread Timothy Sipples
Pod touch access to mainframes would be very handy, especially for sysprogs. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pacific E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Fo

Re: Observations and Questions About Our Platform

2008-10-23 Thread Timothy Sipples
>That may explain the menu structure of automatic call >directors, but it doesn't explain a human operator asking >whether I'm running DOS, OS/VS1 or OS/VS2 when I call in >a TSO issue :-( Oh dear. Really? - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Ar

Re: Favorite Way(s) for COBOL as HTTP Client?

2008-10-23 Thread Timothy Sipples
will take PMRs on it, so it's supportable. If anyone still has other ideas, though, please feel free to volunteer them. Thanks everybody. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asi

Re: Any equivalent of Strobe by IBM

2008-10-22 Thread Timothy Sipples
today. :-) - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pacific E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send

Favorite Way(s) for COBOL as HTTP Client?

2008-10-22 Thread Timothy Sipples
vorite (again, given these restrictions). Along the lines of #1 and #2 there are probably Perl and Python avenues as well. Anybody got any better (or at least different) ideas? Yes, I know this is rather easy in CICS Transaction Server (EXEC CICS WEB ...), for example. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM C

Re: IBM PR: IBM Launches Next-Generation Mainframe for Midsize Customers

2008-10-21 Thread Timothy Sipples
h Performance FICON for System z": http://www.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/25586.wss Details forthcoming on that I assume. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pacific E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -

IBM PR: IBM Launches Next-Generation Mainframe for Midsize Customers

2008-10-20 Thread Timothy Sipples
Introducing the System z10 Business Class: http://www.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/25584.wss - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pacific E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Reminder: Order z/OS 1.9 Now - Last Call

2008-10-18 Thread Timothy Sipples
all. z/OS 1.10 is now available. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pacific E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / arch

Re: IBM's 3Q2008 Earnings Results

2008-10-18 Thread Timothy Sipples
eal curious, and that'd probably have to be under Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) even if IBM is willing to say. But there are new customers, yes. And not only in the so-called "growth markets" (to anticipate your next question). - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise So

Re: Using RACF for Single Signon ( logon )

2008-10-18 Thread Timothy Sipples
ammers. And, as the "single sign-on" universe grew within our company, employees themselves became some of the best marketers because they wouldn't tolerate that odd application that didn't participate. (That's called a "network effect."), Hope a

Re: IBM PR: System z Announcement Webcast on October 21, 2008

2008-10-18 Thread Timothy Sipples
principle than "use as much as you want (internal use/employees only/some other condition) until the next renewal," which we're talking about here. "Site license" or (better) "multi-site license" is perhaps more precise. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM

Re: Observations and Questions About Our Platform

2008-10-17 Thread Timothy Sipples
r, the vendor is trying to clear the riff raff out of the way right away on the odd chance you're a VIP trying to stumble in through the service entrance. :-) - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Arc

Re: question about Oracle on the mainframe

2008-10-17 Thread Timothy Sipples
= 4). Four z10 IFLs, however, would be 3 Oracle processor licenses (4 * 0.75 = 3). - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pacific E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: IBM PR: System z Announcement Webcast on October 21, 2008

2008-10-16 Thread Timothy Sipples
watch out! :-) And remember that software licensing is but one cost ingredient. In many consolidation cases it's not even the most significant one. Hope that background helps. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-P

IBM's 3Q2008 Earnings Results

2008-10-16 Thread Timothy Sipples
lease keep letting IBM know how to do even better. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pacific E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / si

IBM PR: System z Announcement Webcast on October 21, 2008

2008-10-16 Thread Timothy Sipples
ights old myths and perceptions – it’s not just for banks and insurance companies - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pacific E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: MSU in z10

2008-10-15 Thread Timothy Sipples
As for the impact of "Technology Dividend(s)" in your particular situation, that varies. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pacific E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --

Re: Emulators

2008-10-08 Thread Timothy Sipples
ize awards are open to residents of the U.S. and Canada only. There is no charge to participate. The System z Remote Development Program is another option if you qualify, although there is a monthly fee for this. Details here: http://www-304.ibm.com/jct09002c/isv/spc/rdp.html - - - - - Timothy S

Re: zIIP eligible products?

2008-10-01 Thread Timothy Sipples
Also, IBM Scalable Architecture for Financial Reporting (SAFR) benefits from zIIP: http://www.ibm.com/systems/safr System Data Mover (SDM) benefits (z/OS Global Mirror). More to come. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan

Re: WebSphere 7.0

2008-09-28 Thread Timothy Sipples
It should be available now. I see WebSphere Application Server V7 for z/OS when I look at the ShopzSeries product catalog. Look for product number 5655-N02. I see it in both CBPDO and ServerPac. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM

Re: Program that can monitor CPU usage

2008-09-28 Thread Timothy Sipples
s/zmc - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pacific E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROT

Re: Article on z/OS on Intel, sort of.

2008-09-24 Thread Timothy Sipples
does not include all the systems that compete against IBM mainframes. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pacific E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM

Re: Senior project title about MF

2008-09-24 Thread Timothy Sipples
ing IBM, Dignus, SAS) because needs vary. For any open source work the best project outcome would be to make sure the work is fed back into the mainline project source, so that it stays current. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan /

Re: Senior project title about MF

2008-09-24 Thread Timothy Sipples
Scalix, Zarafa, etc.) - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pacific E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instruc

Re: z890 model upgrade

2008-09-23 Thread Timothy Sipples
physical machines via the secondary market I suppose. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pacific E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / a

Re: z890 model upgrade

2008-09-23 Thread Timothy Sipples
u can see the numbers. Transparency is a good thing, because it helps people make good business decisions. The trouble is, an awful lot of other things in IT and business are much less transparent. The solution is to gain more transparency over those other things., - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM

Re: Porting a new operating system

2008-09-18 Thread Timothy Sipples
for other processor architectures (including even X86). So read all that very carefully. The license does seem to allow running OpenVMS (for non-commercial purposes) under SIMH under Linux on System z (for example). So perhaps your best bet is just to share SIMH z/Architecture binaries with the rest of t

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