Mainframe, MVS and zOS Discussion

Hi, I have a very basic question on CICS web-services, what are CICS Web Services? What is that thing which we could not do if they were not available to us? I looked at documentation but that does not seem to answer this question specifically or I seem not to understand this. Would appreciate if yo...

Thanks zum13 for the great explanation, this helps a lot. I have a question on CICS web-services also, but I think I should create a new thread for it.

Thanks Anuj and Robert. That project was scrapped though we started working on it again.

SSH didn't work. Our mainframe sandbox is ZD&T. Will that make a difference?

zum13Hello. There are other utilities available that are designed for the handling of VSAM files which are attached to larger products intended to make the files more usable and accessible from ISPF. Compuware's FileAid is a good example of this. While better known for the ISPF interface, it does c...

Robert Sample" wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 8:19 pm Why on earth would you want to do this?  IDCAMS is easy to use and efficient.  You could write a program to do the copy, but you'd have to write a program for every single copy you want to do -- use IDCAMS.

Thanks Robert. This blog from this website also helps me: https://zmainframes.com/zlog/check-poin ... planation/

Hi,

Could any one answer this question

How do you use checkpoint in cobol program?

Thanks Robert. Never thought a DNS look-up could be required in mainframes too.

Thanks zum13. This is working, will do more test.

I asked one of my known, he said run any command of CICS in batch, capture the return code, if it fails, region is down, like you said.

Is it common to run CICS commands in batch? Even if not, how can we run a CICS command in batch?

Usually 2 to 3 weeks they take. You should write an email to the hiring HR, they should help you.

Thanks zum13, this helps a lot. Understood.

How does this lookup for IPv4 and IPv6 applies to mainframes? Do they?

Thanks zum13.

But this is very expensive specially when you earn in rupees. Not sure if we can ever create an environment for personal learning.

I think you can not SSH to mainframes.

Hi,

What is a "DNS lookup"?

I am going through some of the topics I discussed here in past and got a question on this one: viewtopic.php?p=19219#p19219

What does "DNS lookup" mean?

Thanks Robert. I was looking for this information and got to this topic, again. I have bit odd question, how can we really try to become more knowledgeable with RACF. I am a programmer and would like to learn and practice about RACF but my company won't allow that. As I work from offshore and they d...

Thanks Robert. I tried downloaded GnuCOBOL, installing it and I can not make it work. Instructions are not very clear. Could you or someone guide on how to install GnuCOBOL on laptop?

Is there no way using which we can check if the CICS region is down or up, in batch?

Good day

I have one query
How to check if a job needs to run when the cics region is up or down if is having IMS data base?

Thank you for your detailed explnation, really helpful.

Is it possible to test such cases on personal computer as these days I am on bench and don't have mainframe access.