Re: JCL, Cobol and "Call Parameters"

CG<Carl.Gehr.ButNoSPAMStuff@xxxxxxxxx> 01/26/07 9:53 AM >>>
Frank Swarbrick wrote:
michael.bierenfeld@xxxxxx<michael.bierenfeld@xxxxxx> 01/26/07 5:12 AM

You're converting from VSE to Micro Focus? Traitor!
As an act of compassion :-)

Oh, one other comment. I believe Micro Focus has a product that will
allow
you to keep you VSE JCL. You might try contacting them.

I will keep this as an option. I have contacted a company which has
some sort of JCL-Interpreter. The MF/Stuff is somwhat to tightly
integrated into their stuff. This would lead from one addiction to
another.

Seriously, though, I have to ask what type of VSE workload do you have
that
you are migrating to MF and Unix? Are you migrating just batch
applications, or CICS applications as well? If CICS, what are you using
on
the Unix side to run them? Mainframe Express MTO?

We're not looking to move off of VSE, but sometimes (often) VSE
seriously
pisses me off...

Frank

Just curious: What level of VSE are you using? Have you checked the
new z/VSE V4.1?
http://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/rep_ca/3/897/ENUS207-003/ENUS207003.PDF

I'm not a VSE person. I deal with z/OS exclusively. I'm just curious,
and sometimes the most recent IBM announcements to not always make it to
the people who need it most.

Most of the new features of 4.1 are "system" type stuff. No new COBOL stuff
(other than Y2K stuff nothing major in over ten years). No new CICS stuff
(nothing in at least five years).

Anyway, we are on v 2.7, but going to 3.1 "any day now". Hopefully soon
followed by 4.1, but I won't get my hopes up.

Frank


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Frank Swarbrick
Senior Developer/Analyst - Mainframe Applications
FirstBank Data Corporation - Lakewood, CO USA
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