Re: Downsizing? - OPS?

2020-02-10 Thread Gibney, Dave
age- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On > Behalf Of Tony Thigpen > Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2020 4:58 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Downsizing? - OPS? > > Dave, > > After reading the responses for a few days, I think you are getting some > good

Re: Downsizing? - OPS?

2020-02-08 Thread Tony Thigpen
Dave, After reading the responses for a few days, I think you are getting some good comments concerning all the long-term issues. I know, I have done this more than once. The company I work for has been doing this for about 30 years. We first take the customer to our floor, then we migrate

Re: Downsizing? - OPS?

2020-02-07 Thread Timothy Sipples
Clark Morris wrote: >Unless the z system is totally isolated from the >Internet, staying current on maintenance is a >necessity. There are security and other risks with or without "isolation" from the Internet. - - - - - - - - - - Timothy Sipples I.T. Architect Executive Digital Asset & Other

Re: Downsizing? - OPS?

2020-02-07 Thread Brian Westerman
Hi, Syzygy, Inc. has a complete automation suite which was primarily designed to allow sites to reduce head count in Operations and Technical Support (systems programming) which is installed at over 300 z/OS sites and the license is less than 10% of IBM or CA's product costs. That automation

Re: Downsizing? - OPS?

2020-02-07 Thread Clark Morris
Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2020 11:21 PM >> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU >> Subject: Re: Downsizing? - OPS? >> >> I assume you mean Broadcom CA OPS/MVS. Here are some suggestions, in >> no particular order: >> >> * If you already have NetView, and if your nee

Re: Downsizing? - OPS?

2020-02-07 Thread Al Ferguson
-Original Message- >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On >> Behalf Of Al Ferguson >> Sent: Friday, February 07, 2020 9:48 AM >> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU >> Subject: Re: Downsizing? - OPS? >> >> Another solution might be to use System REXX in

Re: Downsizing? - OPS?

2020-02-07 Thread Gibney, Dave
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Re: Downsizing? - OPS?

2020-02-07 Thread Cieri, Anthony
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Re: Downsizing? - OPS?

2020-02-07 Thread Al Ferguson
alf Of > Gibney, Dave > Sent: Thursday, February 6, 2020 8:00 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Downsizing? - OPS? > >The direction is clearly set. My z/OS 2.1 installation is heading for a > sunset, sometime in the next several years. The Student Systems were ERP

Re: Downsizing? - OPS?

2020-02-07 Thread Lionel B Dyck
st On Behalf Of Gibney, Dave Sent: Thursday, February 6, 2020 8:00 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Downsizing? - OPS? The direction is clearly set. My z/OS 2.1 installation is heading for a sunset, sometime in the next several years. The Student Systems were ERP's to cloud syst

Re: Downsizing? - OPS?

2020-02-07 Thread David Spiegel
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Downsizing? - OPS? I assume you mean Broadcom CA OPS/MVS. Here are some suggestions, in no particular order: * If you already have NetView, and if your needs are fairly simple or at least amenable to NetView, then that might be enough. * If you are primarily

Re: Downsizing? - OPS?

2020-02-07 Thread Gibney, Dave
for continuing paying for mainframe software at current levels. > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On > Behalf Of Timothy Sipples > Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2020 11:21 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Downsizing? - OPS? >

Re: Downsizing? - OPS?

2020-02-06 Thread Timothy Sipples
I assume you mean Broadcom CA OPS/MVS. Here are some suggestions, in no particular order: * If you already have NetView, and if your needs are fairly simple or at least amenable to NetView, then that might be enough. * If you are primarily or exclusively Db2-oriented in what you need, then

Re: Downsizing? - OPS?

2020-02-06 Thread Ed Jaffe
On 2/6/2020 5:59 PM, Gibney, Dave wrote: I eventually need to leave WSU (in about a year) with a system that can coast 3 to 7 years with minimal skilled care. They plan to run z/OS 2.1 for 4-8 MORE years from today?? Its three-year extended service contract (if they purchased one) ends

Downsizing? - OPS?

2020-02-06 Thread Gibney, Dave
The direction is clearly set. My z/OS 2.1 installation is heading for a sunset, sometime in the next several years. The Student Systems were ERP's to cloud systems not quite a decade ago. The remaining (HR/Financial/Etc.) are scheduled for migration to Workday (again, in cloud) July 1.