Mainframe CICS Monitoring Revolution Underway

Submitted by MOFSADMIN on Tue, 2009-12-01 07:25
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Today, 1st December 2009, Matter of Fact Software launched PlexSpy Application Status Monitor.

PlexSpy is set to revolutionise the support processes surrounding CICS on the mainframe.

VSAM read error

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Hi,

In my first BLOG i would like to discuss the difficulties i'm facing.

every one's suggestion,advise and solution are mostly welcome. i would like to receive all of you valuable
suggestion on CICS and VSAM.

I need a solution for problem i'm facing with VSAM key with CICS.

i'm facing this problem since last 1 yr.for which i'm not being able
to sleep properly in night.If any one helps me or little advise how to
process then i'll be ever grtful.

Here is the problem:

i've a software name MVS workbench.

CICS Explorer 1.0.0.2 is now available for CICS TS V4.1 or V3

Submitted by pcs305 on Mon, 2009-10-12 10:57
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If you are a licensed user of CICS Transaction Server for z/OS (CICS TS) V4.1, or CICS TS V3, you can now download an updated version of the IBM CICS Explorer. Version 1.0.0.2 provides various bug fixes so you should install it at your earliest convenience. It also provides CICS System Definition (CSD) support to the CICS Explorer for CICS TS 4.1. Updates to the CICS tools plug-ins for the CICS Explorer are also now available.

Young Developers Get Old Mainframers’ Jobs

Submitted by pcs305 on Mon, 2009-10-12 10:29
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Since the 1980’s, PC’s and UNIX machines were supposed to have taken over the computing world, relegating mainframes to the scrap heap alongside rotary-dial telephones, suitcase-size boom boxes, and Plymouth Reliants. Indeed, most mainframes from that era have been consigned to the scrap heap – only to be replaced by bigger and faster mainframes.

Today the number of mainframes is estimated to be 10,000. Since 2000, the processing power of mainframes has quadrupled in terms of MIPS. According to IBM, the top 25 world banks run mainframes, 80% of the world’s corporate data resides or originates on mainframes, and 71% of global Fortune 500 companies are mainframe clients.

And what about those applications that were supposed to have been migrated off mainframes?

Read full article at Datamation

The Five Critical Elements to Mainframe Data Access

Submitted by pcs305 on Thu, 2009-09-24 14:45
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In today’s customer-centric enterprise, regulatory mandates, globalization, and corporate mergers and acquisitions are accelerating the demand for real-time information. Yet the vast majority of enterprise information remains buried deep in legacy databases used by applications running on the mainframe. Accessing these information-rich wells of mainframe-based legacy data has long been a challenge.

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