Mainframe, MVS and zOS Discussion

This is new information But why would we use GDG for PDS, if we have use it ever?

Interview process should be mostly similar. I have many of my friends who were gone to onsite and then changed their companies there. They were not very good technically, just fine.

From applications perspective, the only slim opportunity to reduce cost would be to identify the peaks in 4 hr rolling average of the month, then if it is associated to one type of work, spread the work and reduce the peak. That's the the only possibility. Then what is the correct way of reducing t...

Yes, "-" is allowed in the dataset names in mainframes. But I have not seen it too many times.

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If I know the CICS program name, how can I find the transaction-id for the that program?

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If there is a new 88 level variable is added in a copybook then should we recompile all the cobol programs using that copybook or is it ok not to compile them? Please help.

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Does any body has experience with AFP printing here? I need sample of PAGEDEF for printing free form letters with header and footer. If someone has some sample code, it might help greatly.

We're more than 500 now!

It's been a while but thanks.

Got this link also: http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/zos/v ... Fi5031.htm

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What is difference between Catalog and VTOC? When they both hold data set information - what different information do they store? Can one be replaced with other?

Good Luck on the achievement. This site sounds rather friendly.