Re: JES3 to JES2 Migration (was JES2 to JES3 Migration)

2016-02-04 Thread John Baker
Cheryl, you may want to check out our help in this area (as well as the numerous other benefits of ThruPut Manager that you know and love :-) http://www.mvssol.com/papers.htm See the paper entitled: ThruPut Manager and JES3: Bringing the best of JES3 to JES2 installations. See you at Share!

Re: JES3 to JES2 Migration (was JES2 to JES3 Migration)

2016-01-20 Thread Jackson, Robin W. Contractor
@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: JES3 to JES2 Migration (was JES2 to JES3 Migration) Yes, Lizette - I meant to say JES3 to JES2. Thanks! Has anyone who has done this have an estimate of the amount of time it might take, and the effort? Cheryl -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List

Re: JES3 to JES2 Migration (was JES2 to JES3 Migration)

2016-01-20 Thread Cheryl Watson
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: JES3 to JES2 Migration (was JES2 to JES3 Migration) I do not, but wish that I did. I am in a JES3 environment right now and have been in JES2 environments my entire 30+ year career. I will be closely monitoring this thread. I have been reviewing

Re: JES3 to JES2 Migration (was JES2 to JES3 Migration)

2016-01-15 Thread Roach, Dennis
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: JES3 to JES2 Migration (was JES2 to JES3 Migration) Yes, Lizette - I meant to say JES3 to JES2. Thanks! Has anyone who has done this have an estimate of the amount of time it might take, and the effort? Cheryl -Original Message- From: IBM

Re: JES3 to JES2 Migration (was JES2 to JES3 Migration)

2016-01-15 Thread Scott Barry
gt;From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On >Behalf Of Lizette Koehler >Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2016 9:08 PM >To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU >Subject: Re: JES2 to JES3 Migration > >Cheryl, > >I am guessing you meant the subject to say JES3 t

Re: JES3 to JES2 Migration (was JES2 to JES3 Migration)

2016-01-15 Thread Jerry Whitteridge
on List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Cheryl Watson Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2016 6:14 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: JES3 to JES2 Migration (was JES2 to JES3 Migration) Yes, Lizette - I meant to say JES3 to JES2. Thanks! Has anyone who has done this have an e

Re: JES3 to JES2 Migration (was JES2 to JES3 Migration)

2016-01-15 Thread Klaus Stanislawiak
JES2 supports 8-character job class names as of z/OS 2.1, also explained in the Redbook I mentioned earlier today. I suggest to review that Redbook first, and then the latest SHARE Orlando presentations by Tom Wasik "What's new in z/OS 2.2 JES2". Conversion should be easier today than a few

Re: JES3 to JES2 Migration (was JES2 to JES3 Migration)

2016-01-15 Thread Mike Schwab
lf Of Cheryl Watson > Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2016 8:14 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: JES3 to JES2 Migration (was JES2 to JES3 Migration) > > Yes, Lizette - I meant to say JES3 to JES2. Thanks! > > Has anyone who has done this have an estimate of th

Re: JES3 to JES2 Migration (was JES2 to JES3 Migration)

2016-01-15 Thread Ed Jaffe
On 1/15/2016 7:10 AM, Roach, Dennis wrote: The other issue is the class structure. JES2 uses an one character class on the JOB card. JES3 used the class on the JOB card or an eight character class on the //*MAIN JECL statement. Both JESes now support eight-character job classes on the job

Re: JES3 to JES2 Migration (was JES2 to JES3 Migration)

2016-01-15 Thread Art Gutowski
In a past life, a group of sysprogs entertained the idea of migrating as a cost savings measure. The JECL and JOB CLASS changes were the least of our worries. Exits could be written to translate and map. As others have pointed out, 8-character JES2 JOB classes may reduce the need for custom

Re: JES3 to JES2 Migration (was JES2 to JES3 Migration)

2016-01-14 Thread Cheryl Watson
: Thursday, January 14, 2016 9:08 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: JES2 to JES3 Migration Cheryl, I am guessing you meant the subject to say JES3 to JES2 migration??? The one challenge I see is the JCL is different between the two environments. JES2 use /* (eg. /*ROUTE) and JES3 uses

Re: JES3 to JES2 Migration (was JES2 to JES3 Migration)

2016-01-14 Thread Klaus Stanislawiak
Cheryl. You may want to take a look at the IBM® Redbook® "JES3 to JES2 Migration Considerations": http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/abstracts/sg248083.html?Open And new functions (Job Execution Controls) have been introduced with z/OS 2.2 JES2. They are not yet mentioned in the Redboo