Re: Converting assembler to COBOL help

2022-07-10 Thread Mitch Mccluhan
Hello, There is a vendor BP that does this sort of thing with an automated tool. Mitch -Original Message- From: W Mainframe <01304632a58d-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Sat, Jul 9, 2022 9:23 am Subject: Re: Converting assembler to COBOL

Re: What not to do on a z/OS system...

2022-01-19 Thread Mitch Mccluhan
of 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 when

Re: What not to do on a z/OS system...

2022-01-19 Thread Mitch Mccluhan
.  So much fun!  Of course, this was before true operating systems. Mitch McCluhan -Original Message- From: Seymour J Metz To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU 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 jobs that we

Re: Is the mainfrrame cloud more reliable? was Re: AWS is down.

2021-12-13 Thread Mitch Mccluhan
...and IBM has multiple zCloud sites.  I've toured the one in Boulder, and it is amazing. Mitch -Original Message- From: Bfishing To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Mon, Dec 13, 2021 11:19 am Subject: Re: Is the mainfrrame cloud more reliable? was Re: AWS is down. IBM does offer

Re: Mainframe Modernization

2021-10-20 Thread Mitch Mccluhan
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

Re: IBM JCL Expert preview in today's announcement letter

2021-10-08 Thread Mitch Mccluhan
Domenic, Tell me more, please. Mitch Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS On Friday, October 8, 2021, 8:05 AM, Domenico D'Alterio wrote: Hello List, I see that the IBM announcement

Re: Control-M

2021-09-22 Thread Mitch Mccluhan
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

Re: even an old mainframer can do it

2021-08-18 Thread 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 -Original Message- From: Tony Thigpen To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Wed, Aug 18, 2021 7:52 am Subject: Re: even an old mainframer

Re: Static CEEPCALL to COBOL 5/6

2021-08-17 Thread Mitch Mccluhan
. Regards, Mitch McCluhan -Original Message- 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

Re: TWS replacements

2021-07-10 Thread Mitch Mccluhan
….go with IWS. Mitch Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS On Saturday, July 10, 2021, 11:35 AM, IBM user wrote: STONEBRANCH Does anyone have anything to say about Stonebranch? - Original message - From: Radoslaw Skorupka <0368479ca34d-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> To:

Re: Mainframe t-shirt store

2021-05-13 Thread Mitch Mccluhan
...it gets to the point to checkout/pay, and it freezes.  Must not be running on a mainframe!! Mitch -Original Message- From: PINION, RICHARD W. To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Thu, May 13, 2021 12:58 pm Subject: Mainframe t-shirt store If you haven't seen this, then check it

Re: JCL checkers?

2021-03-12 Thread Mitch Mccluhan
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

Re: JCL checkers?

2021-03-11 Thread Mitch Mccluhan
...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

Re: [External] Re: JCL checkers?

2021-03-11 Thread Mitch Mccluhan
Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Mitch Mccluhan [005d889cebf0-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu] 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 execution

Re: [External] Re: JCL checkers?

2021-03-11 Thread Mitch Mccluhan
Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of 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 before it deleted

Re: [External] Re: JCL checkers?

2021-03-11 Thread Mitch Mccluhan
...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

Re: [External] JCL checkers?

2021-03-11 Thread Mitch Mccluhan
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

Re: JCL checkers?

2021-03-11 Thread Mitch Mccluhan
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.

Re: JCL checkers?

2021-03-11 Thread Mitch Mccluhan
...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

Re: TWS replacements

2021-01-24 Thread Mitch Mccluhan
...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

Re: CA Broadcom Replacement Software

2020-12-10 Thread Mitch Mccluhan
performed at a number of mainframe sites around the globe. Mitch McCluhan -Original Message- 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'sTPX

Re: JCL examination prior to execution

2020-09-22 Thread Mitch Mccluhan
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 -Original Message- From: Mark Jacobs <0224d287a4b1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Tue,

Re: z13s to z15 Mainframe

2020-08-17 Thread Mitch Mccluhan
Hello, We have been involved in a number of these Mitch -Original Message- From: Charles MacNiven <0325e5af57fe-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> 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: "Everyone wants to retire mainframes"

2020-06-09 Thread Mitch Mccluhan
re's no such thing as The Cloud - it's just someone else's > computer... > > > Regards – Grant. > > > > > DTCC Public (White) > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf > Of Mitch Mccluhan > Sent: 09 June 2020 13:51 &g

Re: "Everyone wants to retire mainframes"

2020-06-09 Thread Mitch Mccluhan
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

Re: 2 Spaces after periods [was: RE: Rexx parse using period as placeholder]

2020-02-28 Thread Mitch Mccluhan
Boomer? -Original Message- 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

Re: 2 Spaces after periods [was: RE: Rexx parse using period as placeholder]

2020-02-28 Thread Mitch Mccluhan
I VOTE FOR 2 SPACES!!!  Is that loud enough?  It has ALWAYS made reading, easier. Mitch -Original Message- 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

Re: leaving early

2019-10-16 Thread Mitch Mccluhan
...why did this go out to this group? -Original Message- From: Nai, Dean To: IBM-MAIN Sent: Wed, Oct 16, 2019 3:16 pm Subject: leaving early 1 hour comp. Dean Nai Senior z/OS Systems Programmer Technical Services Group Department of Information Technology State of New Hampshire 27

Re: Test Data Generator

2019-07-15 Thread Mitch Mccluhan
...check out Daisy from RES, Srl.  www.res-it.com/en.  http://www.res-it.com/resgroup/brochure/eng/DaisySuite%20ENG.pdf Mitch McCluhan -Original Message- From: Baron Carter To: IBM-MAIN Sent: Mon, Jul 15, 2019 8:07 am Subject: Test Data Generator Looking for a test data generator

Re: JCL "diagramming"?

2018-03-29 Thread Mitch Mccluhan
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 -Original Message- From: Mike Schwab <mike.a.sch...@gmail.com> To: IBM-MAIN <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU&g

Re: JCL "diagramming"?

2018-03-29 Thread Mitch Mccluhan
...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 <john.archie.mck...@gmail.com> wrote: This is a weir

Re: JCL Convertor

2017-07-28 Thread Mitch Mccluhan
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 -Original Message- From: Paul Gilmartin <000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> To: IBM-MAIN <

Re: JCL Convertor

2017-07-26 Thread Mitch Mccluhan
and J-MAN from RES does even more. Mitch Mccluhan mitc...@aol.com On Wednesday, July 26, 2017 Lizette Koehler <stars...@mindspring.com> wrote: Sounds like you are validating access and a few other things. Trying to prevent JOB failures during production by preprocessing. I know JCL+

Re: JCL Convertor

2017-07-26 Thread Mitch Mccluhan
ITschak: What are you trying to do? When you say "available products", which ones are you referring to? Regards, Mitch McCluhan mitc...@aol.com -Original Message- From: ITschak Mugzach <imugz...@gmail.com> To: IBM-MAIN <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> Sent:

Re: Displacement of ASG View Direct and PRO/JCL

2017-05-31 Thread Mitch Mccluhan
...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

Re: Migration of Mainframe to other plat form

2017-05-04 Thread Mitch Mccluhan
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 -Original Message

Re: Migrating Cobol

2017-03-26 Thread Mitch Mccluhan
...contact me. We've done it a number if times. Mitch Mitch Mccluhan mitc...@aol.com On Sunday, March 26, 2017 James Wellingtin <jameswelling...@gmail.com> 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 ar

Re: Is it really possible to migrate Mainframe to Cloud ??

2017-01-12 Thread Mitch Mccluhan
Absolutely!! Mitch McCluhan mitc...@aol.com -Original Message- From: Peter <dbajava...@gmail.com> To: IBM-MAIN <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> Sent: Thu, Jan 12, 2017 10:02 am Subject: Is it really possible to migrate Mainframe to Cloud ?? Hi Just found this link t

Re: remote system support (i.e. the data center is 2 states away from you).

2016-09-27 Thread Mitch Mccluhan
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...@aol.com

Re: remote system support (i.e. the data center is 2 states away from you).

2016-09-27 Thread Mitch Mccluhan
to be an integral part of the support team. Regards, Mitch McCluhan mitc...@aol.com -Original Message- From: John McKown <john.archie.mck...@gmail.com> To: IBM-MAIN <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> Sent: Tue, Sep 27, 2016 10:57 am Subject: remote system support (i.e. the data

Re: Limit on the number of concatenated datasets

2016-08-22 Thread Mitch Mccluhan
Joe, There is one, yes. I believe it is 256. Advice from everyone else? Regards, Mitch McCluhan mitc...@aol.com -Original Message- From: Reichman Joseph <joseph.reich...@irs.gov> To: IBM-MAIN <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> Sent: Mon, Aug 22, 2016 10:38 am Su

Re: Delta Outage

2016-08-09 Thread Mitch Mccluhan
Linda: I agree!! Mitch McCluhan mitc...@aol.com -Original Message- From: Linda <linda.lst...@comcast.net> To: IBM-MAIN <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> Sent: Tue, Aug 9, 2016 5:45 pm Subject: Re: Delta Outage Apparently Delta needs a couple of mainframes and GDPS or

Re: IBM sold TWS (IWS) ???

2016-07-12 Thread Mitch Mccluhan
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 -Original Message- From: zMan <zedgarhoo...@gmail.com> To: IBM-MAIN <

Re: IBM Acquiring EZSource Code Analysis Tools

2016-06-03 Thread Mitch Mccluhan
It's primarily used in EMEA at this time. Mitch Mccluhan mitc...@aol.com On Friday, June 3, 2016 Rob Schramm <rob.schr...@gmail.com> 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 <sipp...@s

Re: GDG creation tracking

2016-05-09 Thread Mitch Mccluhan
The Docet and J-Man tools from RES (www.res-it.com) can do this quite easily. Regards, Mitch McCluhan mitc...@aol.com -Original Message- From: Jake Anderson <justmainfra...@gmail.com> To: IBM-MAIN <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> Sent: Mon, May 9, 2016 5:29 am Subject:

Re: Why sort (was Microprocessor Optimization Primer)

2016-04-07 Thread Mitch Mccluhan
...hey Wayne. Mitch Mccluhan mitc...@aol.com On Thursday, April 7, 2016 Wayne Bickerdike <wayn...@gmail.com> 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

Re: Grace didn't coin the term "bug"?

2016-03-15 Thread Mitch Mccluhan
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 <alan.fi...@bluecrossmn.com> wrote: This? https://www.google.com/search?q=grace+hopper+bug+picture=1600=760=isch=hd3

Re: Grace didn't coin the term "bug"?

2016-03-15 Thread Mitch Mccluhan
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 <ponce...@bcs.org.uk> wrote: AFAIK The original Grace Hopper 'bug' was an actual bug - some kind of moth. There could be a photo of it somewhere. R

Re: IBM RDEz

2016-03-08 Thread Mitch Mccluhan
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 -Original Message- From: Steve Beaver <st...@stevebeaver.com> To: IBM-MAIN <

Re: Conversion from Unisys Cobol file definitions to zOS

2016-01-12 Thread Mitch Mccluhan
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 <thomas_amb...@keybank.com> To: IBM-MAIN <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.

Re: Anyone got any ancient DASD manuals?

2016-01-06 Thread Mitch Mccluhan
Mike, Did you ever get your information? None of my sources responded. Mitch McCluhan mitc...@aol.com -Original Message- From: Mike Ross <tmfdm...@gmail.com> To: IBM-MAIN <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> Sent: Sat, Jan 2, 2016 9:31 pm Subject: Anyone got any ancient DASD

Re: ASG ZEKE Responding to program generated messages

2015-12-22 Thread Mitch Mccluhan
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 <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> Sent: Tue, Dec

Re: Conversion from SAG Adabas and Natural to something else

2015-10-31 Thread Mitch Mccluhan
...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 <sipp...@sg.ibm.com> To: IBM-MAIN <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> Sent: Sat, Oct 31, 2015 4:20 am Subject: Re: Convers

Re: submit restriction

2015-08-05 Thread Mitch Mccluhan
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) dave.robin...@ge.com To: IBM-MAIN IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Wed, Aug 5, 2015 9

Re: Scheduling software

2015-05-17 Thread Mitch Mccluhan
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 sipp...@sg.ibm.com To: IBM-MAIN IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Sun

Re: Scheduling software

2015-05-15 Thread Mitch Mccluhan
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

Re: COBOL 4.2 support

2015-04-22 Thread Mitch Mccluhan
...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 stars...@mindspring.com To: IBM-MAIN IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Wed, Apr

COBOL 4.2 support

2015-04-22 Thread Mitch Mccluhan
Good morning. Does anyone know how much longer COBOL 4.2 will be supported? Mitch Mccluhan mitc...@aol.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu