pared
to DB2 V7, for example? Those are profoundly different products.
Anybody got something they want on z/OS that's still missing? Go ahead and
ask your IBM rep. At this torrid pace, you'll probably get it.
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months (if you're lucky),
not for access to, say, the world financial industry's data processing
software market for years or decades.
But if PWD needs to do better -- entirely possible -- is everyone sending
their good arguments to PWD?
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g. :-(
5. Other non-Linux platforms which offer at least some potential
consolidation benefits, such as i5/OS (System i) or UNIX (e.g. AIX and
System p LPARs).
6. CIO acts rationally, or you find a new CIO. :-)
The fundamental problem is that Microsoft Windows isn't particularly power-
or space-
s/
Slack/390: http://www.slack390.org
Gentoo: http://dev.gentoo.org/~vapier/s390/
Gentoo is quite interesting because you actually compile Linux yourself to
install it -- it's a source code only distribution.
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't forget all the test, development,
education/training, and disaster recovery servers in your analysis.
If you've got an inventory of middleware, applications, and services that
these servers provide, along with CPU utilization data (plotted against
time), then it's straig
loperworks
article providing some background here:
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/library/techarticles/0606_antani/0606_antani.html
And there are some WebSphere XD redbooks, such as this one:
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247267.html
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Elardus Engelbrecht asks:
>One little question if I may: Would you post on IBM-MAIN if IBM is making
a
>loss?
I think so, but perhaps my e-mail address wouldn't end with ibm.com. :-)
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timezones and/or
have varying ways of reading IBM-MAIN in varying message order, so we're
not always sure what your "last post" is. Said another way, IBM-MAIN is a
batch-oriented system in a global online world. :-)
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they
cross-compile GCCMVS for z/OS, per the author's wish?
Last but not least, Dignus has their System/C and System/C++ products.
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e server (if
they are unfortunately different entitites) both sync to the same external
time reference (such as NIST dial-up). This might not offer as much
accuracy, but it might be sufficient for certain purposes.
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Should be up on http://www.ibm.com/press in the near future, but here's the
press release copy via Yahoo!:
http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/070523/0256902.html
Gartner calls it as an even 12% year to year growth for System z in 1Q2007.
Again, thank you.
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ment to complete the
clone within X period of time? Will the chosen method continue to meet any
window into the future (since databases usually grow)?
Everybody will have different inputs into this sort of analysis, but it's
important to do the analysis (and reasonably well).
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think that the reassertion of corporate information security policies --
data re-centralization -- is one very important and specific part of that
trend.
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as a z9 BC or
possibly used z890) as a "penalty box." Having an additional frame may
also have other benefits, such as allowing you to bring mainframe DR in
house if you don't have a DR system at present, so there are other factors
to consider.
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(now V9). Another thing that's
changed is that IBM has the DB2 Cloning Tool for z/OS out now. But it's
good background reading, certainly, and (mostly) still very useful.
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27;s probably some
more discussion in the searchable archives.
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e/english/products/lantime.htm
Here's another:
http://www.ntp-systems.com/product_syncserver-s200.asp
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this function is to allow the
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rmation to get going since it's quite
similar. (I did a little searching but didn't find a good C++ invoking
Java example.)
I think we'd all be interested to learn your results, by the way. Sounds
like an interesting project.
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he jar command can create and extract zip files. (jar files are in zip
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t for virtualization -- don't know how they
missed that one -- but System z9 is on the list in the "High-End Server"
category.
One vote per person, please.
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...And the official press release is now available:
http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/070426/0244427.html
The http://www.ibm.com/press Web site should have the press release soon,
too, if anyone has Yahoo! blocked.
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source.com/business/313170_ibmchips26.html
http://news.com.com/IBM+to+wed+game+chip+with+mainframes/2100-1006_3-6179365.html
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ign up for the early
1.9 program and have a very fun LPAR going.
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hat include
>the CU24 instruction will work, as well as decimal floating
>point.
I should have inserted the word "commercial." Does this matter in an
educational setting? No, probably not.
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rticularly SCLM Advanced
Edition) and Rational Clearcase. That should decrease the "sales conflict"
that might have been occasionally present in the past, and I think it's a
good development.
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oy access and benefit from this system. I also like
reading about support from area employers. That 3-way partnership is
tremendously effective.
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CBU act as a DR server to fill in for even a maximally configured 2096 (and
in some scenarios possibly even a z9 EC).
The graphical z/VM feature is intriguing. That should help make Linux
management friendlier and easier for the beginner.
Those bolt-down kits sound like something Japan, California
Colin Phillips writes:
>Now, I'm not going to rebuild a full system of course
Why not?
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d is wonderful to see -- it really made my
day. Although I don't speak for IBM, if I did I'd express our gratitude for
your continued and growing patronage.
(*) I've been dealing with a situation in which a customer's key real world
business metric is +8% per *month*, so there are
Just announced to Wall Street Yet more mainframe double digit growth
amidst declining prices. One of the fastest growing parts of IBM.
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'm not sure which would be
"better.") This sort of ESB approach should be less about programming and
more about flexible integration.
Lots and lots of options.
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Quest? That might suggest Rational ClearCase and
packaged licensing.
Anyway, those are some of the typical decision areas. Please do check for
the latest official information.
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the same phone.
Thus, if you're working on a big project involving, say, 3 months of demos,
you can add the feature for 3 months then take it off again.)
Your mileage may vary, but generally this is all how it works.
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http://www.zjournal.com/index.cfm?section=article&aid=771
CICS Transaction Server 3.2 has an open beta, meaning just about anybody
(with a mainframe) can get the beta version for testing and exploration.
Enjoy.
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ively simple e-mail distribution
list to something else, although this will occur no earlier than 9 years
from now. :-) Half the messages will relate to concerns about outsourcing
to Greenland's booming IT industry. :-)
It'll be fun to watch it all unfold. Let's check back in 10 year
ilable hardware.
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ment than lugging around a laptop.
Getting much warmer, but combine with something Alan recommended and you've
got the idea.
I just found it fascinating/delightful that IBM offers ISVs a 30-day (or
60-day) z/VM-hosted solution for $0 with a price schedule beyond that.
Totally random observation,
ts of RAC because you're on hardware
that protects you. And that's unique. It depends on the workload, but if
your Oracle servers have high-ish rates of simple inserts/updates, that's
probably going to be an excellent match for Oracle RAC on Linux on z if
you have to run Oracl
n't even distinguish between the two for
its certification program, just lumping them together as "UNIX/Linux."
For 100% Microsoft Windows shops, I think you do have a point, but even in
that small universe things are changing.
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t things for z/OS. And for z/VSE, z/TPF, and z/VM.
*Especially* for small mainframe shops. So, should IBM-MAINers be hostile
to Linux on zor the opposite?
Discuss. :-)
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ries/
And that would be zero dollars (for 30 days or 60 days, depending on what
you're doing), with dollar rates published beyond that. Is that a fair
comparison? Beats me.
Anyway, I agree with Alan that it's really important to work with the PWD
people.
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going away. Samsung just announced a 64 GB flash memory "hard drive," I
believe, which fits into a notebook computer in a 2.5 inch form factor. It
might be a little while before flash achieves the rewrite cycles needed for
enterprise storage, but that's a possible f
usiness managers are
rediscovering what everyone knew 20 years ago: your corporate information
is your organization's lifeblood. Mismanage it and your business could be
extinct overnight.
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p. Costs for entry will go up rapidly, and the number of shops
>running your equipment will diminish.
Apparently IBM understands this, so all the above is good news, yes?
Where do these rumors start?
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7;t have one billion dollars. Fortunately the $50 million
-- less than two bucks per line -- should result in code that's easy to
enhance and to test, well documented, accessible (through new channels),
high performance, and business functional. It happens to be COBOL.
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license offering that replaces the
previous z/OS.e and NALC offerings going forward. zNALC provides a special
incentive for running "new workloads" on z/OS.]
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Base
PAR OA16527. (If you search on "OA16527" at ibm.com
you'll find it.) z/OS 1.9 at GA will have this function.
I missed this one a couple weeks ago, so apologies if it's old news.
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true, but now it's
bi-directional.
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leapfrogging in SQL vocabulary, etc., etc.
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Java?
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tware/awdtools/configmgr/
I believe CA has an Endevor plug-in for Eclipse.
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adical,
beneficial impact on the economics of running Java on your mainframe. If
you have any non-trivial Java workload then run, don't walk, and get one or
more zAAPs.
Sounds like an interesting effort, so I hope it goes well.
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lent IBM COBOL runtime specialists, so I'd recommend
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e able to supply it, so
you'll have to find it from another source. As long as you have a valid
license this is apparently OK. Most IBM software doesn't have license
keys, so no obstacle there.
All that said, it's not usually a good idea to buy withdrawn products.
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cription, and I know he is based in California, although I'm not sure if
he's at the Silicon Valley Labs or in one of the other San Francisco area
offices. I think he has the digits 585 in his telephone number."
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;s almost always worth getting a reasonable collection of
labor-saving tools, at least in most parts of the world.
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d TCP/IP (perhaps with
Enterprise Extender).
I think CCL supports Token-Ring -- please double check me on that -- on
mainframe models that support Token-Ring attachment. However, you may wish
to migrate the physical network at the same time you migrate from the
3745s, if possible.
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the
customer. Or price according to the company's stock price. Or CEO's total
compensation. Or whatever. As long as it's publicly reported, verifiable,
and there's somebody else that can exact considerable pain if it isn't
correct, it'll probably work.
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usually called "software subscription." No SCRT reports, no updates -- and
that's a fair bargain for both parties.
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must and
as a real transition vehicle. It'd also totally blow away the VWLC option
-- not allowed with OS/390 on the box -- and, based on the relative size of
the systems, that'd be unfortunate.
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You can check the Command Reference for details on the find command in
order to figure out what's going on with that example and how to modify it
for your particular situation. You can issue USS commands from OMVS (3270)
or via SSH or Telnet login (VT-type emulation), as you prefer.
Hop
ewing the stack. I
can recommend a few. Also take a look at what's not running on the
mainframe today and whether it should.
Aside: I wish Boeing would quote me a price on a cargo shipment aboard the
Dreamlifter. I've got a wide item to ship.
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that merits testing.
Middleware, operating systems, and tools/utilities can also be relevant.
Ronald Reagan said "Trust, but verify" concerning Soviet treaty
obligations, and maybe that's good advice for testing vendor software as
well. :-)
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in V9 and V10 to get a feature update. They
keep V8 out there just in case you're tempted to use IBM as your HOD
server. :-) It's in English (menus, online help), but you can flip the
3270 datastream to Japanese if you want to see how that works.
Disclaimer: I work for the company that pro
IBM Application Time Facility for z/OS -- Isogon's TicToc in the previous
version -- is one such tool that can test arbitrary time changes (such as
Daylight Saving Time):
http://www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/tictoc/
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virus. Game over.)
Chris Mason writes:
>Watching the responses to your post, if seems a popular "offload option"
is
>"to onload".
I think that's right, although I want to be careful and say "never say
never." There are a couple interesting corner so
a particular group of users. Mainframes can handle HTTP(S), HTML, even
AJAX just fine, and none of those acronyms have anything to do with TN3270.
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#x27;s in your same city (and all around
you), so feel free to contact me offline if you'd like some design advice.
Best of luck.
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Timothy Sipples writes:
>... Most X86-based
>Linux distributions include closed source device drivers.
>
Then Tom Marchant writes:
>Really? Sounds like FUD to me. My experience with Linux is
>limited, but I've beeen running Fedora Core for about a year and
>I know th
ot; I think it's time to take the word back
from the marketers and return it to the English language. I use the term
"distributed server" since that's the most neutral-but-descriptive term I
know. Maybe there's a better term.
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ess of whether it's IBM or non-IBM technology.
(That is a very good thing IMHO. CICS, for example, has gotten so modern
in its capabilities that it no longer makes sense to automatically exclude
it from "new workload" criteria.) Pre-existing z/OS.e might be another
issue. (I'
amburgers have a "higher price," but a 2007 dollar isn't worth what a 1980
dollar is.
Again, typical experiences, and your mileage may vary. But if your mileage
does vary, especially considerably, it should vary for good cause. If you
can't find that good cause, I'd recomme
I could in response to the original
question(s). That's all.
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inux installations in the
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nd centralization, more
application functionality, etc.), so that might increase software costs.
(But cost of growth tends to be much more modest on the mainframe relative
to other platforms, which tend to be more straight line.) It also depends
on your software vendors of course: different suppliers
r,
but I think that even includes work that moved from mainframe to UNIX or
Windows in the past.
I'm still digesting all this, but it looks like a positive development.
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How about creating a remote Web-based code compile submission system?
Interesting rainy day project to test your scripting language mettle.
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#x27;s all unified. I think it makes life
easier for the sysprog, too.
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o find the right IBM person, here's a good
list of contacts for mainframe tools/utilities:
http://www.ibm.com/software/solutions/softwaremigration/contacts.html
The "Contact Us" link (or equivalent) on CA, BMC, IDP, Mainstar, IBM, and
other vendor Web sites usually works really well to su
I'm wearing a Lands End tie (seriously) today in your honor, Eric. (It's
Asia. We still wear them.) Congratulations!
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work on z/OS 1.12 is very valuable indeed.
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Interesting article based on an interview with SHARE's President, Martin
Timmerman:
http://www.esj.com/news/article.aspx?EditorialsID=2301
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you've done to mitigate these risks
(perceived or real) for people just starting down the path of Parallel
Sysplex.
Thanks again -- this feedback is much appreciated.
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mpany X can't affect Company Y and vice versa.)
So what are your favorites in this role? System Logger LOGREC? RACF
database caching? JES2 checkpoint in the coupling facility? MQ shared
queue?
Thanks for any advice.
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to do with these two
state contract wins. :-) Here's the AP story:
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/061129/apfn_ibm_indiana_programs.html?.v=1
Personal opinions.
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Based
r thing we sometimes forget: efficiency gains can
benefit both taxpayers and staff salaries. Somebody also had smart politics
in mind with that 5%+ raise, I think. :-)
This Texas case is really interesting, and it will be fun to watch.
Personal opinions.
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>>Timothy Sipples writes:
>Howard Brazee writes:
>>Does a state government, even one as big as Texas, actually need 31 data
>>centers and 7,000 servers scattered around 1,300 locations? If I were a
>>taxpayer in that state I'd be at least curious. What are all
e government.
Larry Olson, the CTO, says in the article that $1.2 billion in state IT
spending over 7 years will decline to "under $1 billion" with this
contract. Mike Gross, VP of the Texas State Employees Union, wants the
legislature to delay the deal and questions Olson's figu
I will be out of the office starting 11/21/2006 and will not return until
11/28/2006.
I will have limited access to e-mail starting late Monday night Japan time,
November 20, 2006, since I will be taking vacation during the Thanksgiving
holiday. I expect to be back online no later than Tuesday mo
er the support business for it.) And Assembler.
I'll have to read the fine print, but the z/OS.e Web site says that the
COBOL, PL/I, and FORTRAN compilers are not eligible. Maybe that still
leaves BASIC, Pascal, RPG, and REXX compilers as options, but that's not an
issue for me.
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A recognized tool for professional development.
Please visit http://www.ibm.com/university/zseries for more information on
the IBM Academic Initiative for System z.
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://www.bustech.com/products/zdasd-3990-controller.asp
http://www.luminex.com/products/virtualblue/3990.htm
For a home mainframe that might work. For business use it's another
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reference, that'd be great. Even the Wall Street Journal has reported on
this issue lately.
They are real factors (electricity, floor space, cooling), although the
impact will vary depending on your geography and circumstances. Those
things aren't getting any cheaper, though.
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y November 24, 2006.
Limited seating, so please register early.
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ee a lot of them. I
think you're onto something, though. My suspicion is that STP will be more
popular since it's an integral feature rather than "yet another box." That
idea runs counter to Radoslaw's basic point that more boxen is no big deal.
But it's a very real p
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