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IBM COBOL for Linux on x86 1.1 is now generally available

By Roland Koo posted 2 days ago
IBM COBOL for Linux on x86 1.1 is the latest addition to the IBM COBOL compiler family. It is designed for developing and modernizing applications for Linux on x86 and hybrid cloud environments where applications can seamlessly share data and logic with critical applications running on z/OS. Start exploring COBOL for Linux on x86 with this product overview video . Visit the IBM COBOL for Linux on x86 product page to get a quick overview of the product, its business values, and the key features. You can also find information there about the two flavours of COBOL for Linux on x86: an on-premises offering which includes the COBOL compiler and runtime, ...

MMAP private allocator for Java (PJ46404)

By Jim Johnston posted 2 days ago
MMAP private allocator for Java introduces a new 64-bit heap area that Java applications can allocate from. This support has the following benefits: Smaller Java application memory footprint Reduction in memory requirements to support Java Smaller Java system dumps to the file system New diagnostic statistics that provide configuration insight A system scoped Keypoint A configuration, MAXMMAP, was created to limit the size of the new area that affects all Java applications using the support. The default value is zero, which means the MMAP private allocator for Java is disabled. If the Java application depletes the 64-bit allocations from the MMAP ...

z/VSE Newsflash April 2021

By Jens Remus posted 2 days ago
Overview: Important z/VSE 6.2 APARs/PTFs IBM Knowledge Center is now IBM Documentation Miscellaneous Important z/VSE 6.2 APARs/PTFs APAR PH29953 “MISSING DATA AFTER DLZ004I WRITE ERROR” fixes a possible loss of data in DL/I VSE in situations in which DL/I VSE message DLZ004I (I/O-error) occurred. APAR PH29950 “DL/I UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS FOR DATABASE RECOVERY” improves the DL/I VSE Log Print and Batch Backout utilities to allow database recovery in situations in which DL/I VSE messages DLZ004I (I/O-error) or DLZ005I (out-of-space) may occur. Please see the z/VSE Service and Support - Corrective Service web page for complete ...

How to fix “Unable to proceed to zOSMF homepage” error with “Your connection is not private” message

By ZHI LI posted 2 days ago
Overview of the problem When connecting to z/OSMF, you might see a warning message “Your connection is not private” in your browser. Along with this message, the browser also provides a reason code like NET::ERR_CERT_INVALID for your reference. Many people have seen this message and have clicked the “proceed to HOSTNAME (unsafe)” link directly without knowing what it means. The message won’t be shown since next time you visit z/OSMF in the same browser. However, sometimes the browser doesn’t provide you a link to proceed, as shown below. User gets blocked and may have to switch to another browser to use z/OSMF. So is there a way to proceed to z/OSMF when ...

Using a Trust Authentication Interceptor (TAI) to allow selected unauthenticated requests

By Will Meyerink posted 2 days ago
Where z/OS Connect EE is configured for basic authentication, but selected requests do not present the required credential, a Trust Authentication Interceptor (TAI) can be developed, configured and deployed with a z/OS Connect EE server to allow selected unauthenticated requests to be processed. For example, where an API gateway component has already authenticated requests that presented a credential, such as a client certificate, and no associated credential is available for the onward request to z/OS Connect EE, a TAI can be developed to identify such requests and allow them to be processed under a fixed application or task identity. Requests that do not match ...

Accelerate digital transformation with IBM Wazi Developer

By Min Huang posted 2 days ago
Lifestyle has changed since the emergence of COVID-19. People are staying home, working remotely from home, shopping online and so on. Although some industries such as accommodation are struggling due to the pandemic, it also brings new business opportunities to meet the in-home needs stimulated by the pandemic, for example, remote work environment, online training, and online medical care etc. To grasp the new business opportunities, IT technologies support is needed to deliver digital services rapidly. If your workloads and applications are running on IBM Z®, you can also use the cloud native technologies to quickly develop and deliver your hybrid applications ...

Why I Named My Dog Z

By Debbie Kestin-Schildkraut posted 3 days ago
Yes, I really did name my dog Z. In February of this year, I started my new job on the IBM Z Ecosystem team, and I bought a new labradoodle and named her Z. Anyone that knows me knows that I’ve always embraced my career passionately, and I find ways to intertwine my work passions with my life passions. #geekalert! Did you know that IBM Z was named for the systems’ availability? Z stands for zero downtime. Just like a puppy who has boundless energy!! I started my IBM career working in ecosystem marketing for the Systems side of things - - PCs, laptops, enterprise and midrange servers – and moved on to work on initiatives across our software brands, ...

A smarter and smoother customer due diligence with Amlet

By Andrea Danielli posted 3 days ago
Business Challenge Crime flourishes in complex systems, plaintful of grey areas where to hide illegal actions. As a complex system par excellence, the financial and banking sector presents many relevant risks, which needs to be addressed specifically. Indeed, money laundering is a highly impactful threat to democracies , as it allows organized crime to create a subterranean economy able to destroy social fabric, and to gain prizes from criminal activities. To give a snapshot, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) estimates that between 2 and 5% of global GDP is laundered each year, meaning between 715 billion and 1.87 trillion euros ...

Experiência do ensino em Mainframe na FatecRL - Santos

By Anesio Fernandes Freire posted 3 days ago
Para iniciar este assunto sobre o ensino do Mainframe, gostaria de voltar um pouco no tempo e fazer um breve relato do primeiro curso da Fatec que foi aberto em Santos, em 1985 onde foi criado o curso de Processamento de Dados (PD), com a finalidade de formar profissionais com conhecimentos em desenvolvimento em linguagem comercial e científica, para operar, dar manutenção e implantar sistemas informatizados. Com o mercado profissional ainda aquecido em relação à procura de profissionais com conhecimentos em Mainframe, no curso de PD existia uma disciplina com o nome de Linguagem de Programação III, onde se ensinava a linguagem Cobol. Em 2002 realizamos uma ...

IBM Webinar: Are you making the most of your z/OS Transactional Runtimes?

By JACQUI SHAWLEY posted 3 days ago
With business focused on their #digitaltransformation and planning as they look to deploy #hybridcloud solutions, just how to they approach unlocking the value of existing application and data assets built in #CICS and #IMS . Join us on April 22 at Noon EDT for this #ibm webinar as we look at the capabilities, use cases and successes of those already adopting #cloudnative #DevOps and moving towards positioning CICS and IMS at the core of their future strategies. Register now at ibm.biz/runtimes-0422 #cloud #IBMZ #webinar #future

Selfie-free messaging, with IBM Developer for z/OS

By William Alexander posted 3 days ago
Have you ever noticed that all your favorite apps have their own messaging capability built right in to the app? We all use SMS text messages on a daily basis to communicate with friends and family. But we can also send messages using What's App, Facebook messenger, Instagram Direct Message, etc. Why should your favorite Integrated Development Environment (IDE) be any different? Back in the days, when all mainframe application developers were using TSO an operator could send broadcast messages and be sure that everyone received them. These messages were often used to alert developers about upcoming events such as scheduled system maintenance. However, ...

IBM Webinar : Are you making the most of your z/OS Transactional Runtimes?

By JACQUI SHAWLEY posted 3 days ago
With business focused on their #digitaltransformation and planning as they look to deploy #hybridcloud solutions, just how to they approach unlocking the value of existing application and data assets built in #CICS and #IMS . Join us on April 22 at Noon EDT for this #ibm webinar as we look at the capabilities, use cases and successes of those already adopting #cloudnative #DevOps and moving towards positioning CICS and IMS at the core of their future strategies. Register now at ibm.biz/runtimes-0422 #cloud #IBMZ #webinar #future

Optimization opportunities for your Tailored Fit Pricing journey

By Andrew Bowker posted 4 days ago
Many enterprises face a conundrum when it comes the mainframe. There's pressure to innovate and build new applications while feeling constrained by capacity, performance, and operating budgets. As IBM clients continue to adopt Tailored Fit Pricing and the tooling to support it , they become more empowered with insights to understand how their workloads are impacting operational costs. Tailored Fit Pricing brings new opportunity. Under the traditional Monthly License Charge (MLC) model, aka the 'Rolling 4 Hour Average' (R4HA), the focus for optimization was solely on the peak 4 hours of the month. But with Tailored Fit Pricing, where every MSU ...

Issue customized commands on multiple nodes in IBM Service Management Unite

By Ting Chen posted 4 days ago
After you issue an MVS or NetView command on z/OS systems, do you want to render the command output and view it directly on web pages? Here comes the dashboard! In the latest IBM Service Management Unite v1.1.8.2, a new dashboard ‘Command Center’ is designed for you to issue customized commands in parallel on multiple nodes and view the command output in the dashboard. In the IBM Service Management Unite console, click Administration > Command Center to open the dashboard. In this dashboard, The Nodes widget displays all the known z/OS nodes in your environment. The Issue Commands on Multiple Nodes widget provides you the ability to ...

Provision z/OS network resources using Cloud Provisioning and Management and Ansible

By Hiren Shah posted 5 days ago
IBM Cloud Provisioning and Management for z/OS (CP&M) provides integrated infrastructure in z/OS to support automated and repeatable processes for middleware configuration and consumer-driven provisioning of middleware as a service. CP&M can speed up z/OS application environment provisioning significantly, thus improving the application developer’s agility and efficiency. For details, see the CP&M content solution page: https://www.ibm.com/support/z-content-solutions/cloud-provisioning/ A key component of Cloud Provisioning and Management is the pre-defined resource pools from which resources are obtained during z/OS application environment provisioning. ...

Trusted Key Entry (TKE) Wizards

By Sneha Kanaujia posted 5 days ago
Have you ever wondered what the Trusted Key Entry (TKE) product is or what the fastest way is to learn about it? If so, read on. But before you can talk about Trusted Key Entry, you have to understand the basics of Hardware Security Modules (HSMs) on IBM Z and LinuxONE servers. IBM sells FIPS-evaluated Hardware Security Modules, or HSMs. You may know them as the Crypto Express cards or modules. They are installed in IBM Z and LinuxONE servers. Each HSM has up to 85 domains. Each domain has a set of master keys and settings that control what services or capabilities may be used by applications. HSMs are mission critical when running applications or various offerings ...

Hot off the press! IBM ZD&T V13.1

By Luis Carlos Silva posted 5 days ago
Announcing IBM Z Development and Test Environment (IBM ZD&T) V13.1. We thought V13.0 and V13.0.1 were good but we could do even better. So today, we are excited to announce the release of V13.1. IBM Z Development and Test Environment V13.1 supports cloud integration to speed up the environment provision time to private or public cloud. Even though the first deployment to the cloud still takes the same amount of time as deploying an image on-premises, the subsequent deployment or provision can be done in less than 30 minutes. OpenStack is the first cloud infrastructure to be supported, followed by public and private clouds So, what’s new? IBM Z Development ...

Integrate IBM Z for End-toEnd Hybrid Application Observability

By Tim Brooks posted 6 days ago
Any AIOps adoption effort that proceeds without the mainframe is incomplete. Why? Today the mainframe (IBM Z) is used by 71% of Fortune 500 companies, handles 90% of all credit card transactions and runs some of the worlds most mission critical applications because of the platform’s inherent benefits of scale, speed, security and resiliency. To take advantage of the promises of AIOps you need to take a holistic approach, which includes IBM Z. This involves the aggregation and correlation of anomalies, subsystem situations and end-to-end transaction tracing – from mobile to mainframe. The growing complexity of hybrid applications and the evolution of platforms ...

IBM Z Service Management Suite 2.1.0 documentation is available now!

By Yu Li posted 6 days ago
IBM Z Service Management Suite 2.1.0 documentation is available on April 9, which brings the following new features: IBM Service Management Unite 1.1.8.2 IBM Service Management Unite 1.1.8.2 provides the following key new features. For more information, see What's new in V1.1.8.2 (April 2021) . A new dashboard Command Center is provided to issue your customized commands in parallel on multiple nodes. An easier way is provided to set automation resources to the Available state if the subsystem's UPMSG has been missed. IBM Z OMEGAMON Integration Monitor 5.6.0 The functions previously contained in IBM OMEGAMON Dashboard Edition on z/OS will be provided ...

Announcing IBM COBOL for Linux on x86

By Roland Koo posted 9 days ago
As organizations embrace digital transformation, implementing a hybrid cloud infrastructure strategy significantly improves agility, flexibility, and optimization for the development and deployment of business-critical applications. If you are currently running or developing COBOL /CICS applications on x86 Linux with a third party, you can now support them on an OpenShift environment with IBM COBOL for Linux on x86 and IBM CICS TX on Cloud 11.1. A hybrid cloud strategy is emerging as a popular choice where some non-performance critical COBOL/CICS applications can be modernized and deployed on cloud platforms and be integrated with performance critical COBOL/CICS ...

Meet the latest IBM Service Management Unite V1.1.8.2

By Ting Chen posted 9 days ago
IBM Service Management Unite V1.1.8.2 is generally available today, bringing the following enhancements: A new dashboard 'Command Center' is provided to issue your customized commands in parallel on multiple nodes. In the 'Command Center' dashboard, sample commands INGLIST and INGAMS are preconfigured. You can simply select nodes and click button 'Run INGLIST' or 'Run INGAMS' to issue the command on the selected nodes. In addition, you can customize commands and create your own buttons based on your needs. For more information, see How to: Issue customized commands on multiple nodes . An easier way is provided to set automation ...

#031【z/OS V2R3/V2R4変更点】SISFLOADデータセットをLPALST連結する場合のSTEPLIB指定（SDSF/SDSFAUXアドレス空間）

By Shigeki Kimura posted 9 days ago
SDSFのSISFLOADデータセットがLPALST連結されている場合、SDSF、SDSFAUXアドレス空間のSTEPLIBでSISFLOADデータセットを明示指定する必要性は、z/OSリリースに応じて異なります。 【z/OS V2R1、V2R2 SDSFの変更点】 z/OS V2R1、V2R2に対するSDSF APAR PI43902 （SDSFAUXアドレス空間のサポート）以降、 SISFLOADデータセットがLPALST連結されている場合、SISFLOADデータセットをSDSFAUXアドレス空間のSTEPLIBに対して明示指定 する必要があります。 ※さもないと、SDSFAUXアドレス空間の初期設定時に行われるCSVDYLPA （Dynamic LPA）処理が失敗 HSF0067E CSVDYLPA add for module HSFSRVRM failed RC=00000004 RSN=00000401 DIAG=20004001 【z/OS V2R3 SDSFの変更点】 z/OS V2R3では、 SISFLOADデータセットがLPALST連結されている場合、従来のSDSFAUXアドレス空間に加え、SDSFアドレス空間のSTEPLIBに対しても、SISFLOADデータセットを明示指定 する必要があります。 ※さもないと、SDSFアドレス空間の初期設定時に行われるCSVDYLPA （Dynamic LPA）処理が失敗 ...

z/OSMF performance measurement reference for using Zowe CLI to drive z/OSMF

By Na Tian posted 9 days ago
Statement: The performance results in this publication are not z/OSMF performance claims. It only represents the results in this test in my environment. You may get varied results depending on the used environment, such as hardware configuration, software configuration, and workloads. Hardware environment: Machine type-models: 8561 – T01 Model capacity: 7E5 Processor number: 1 dedicated GCP Central storage: 8G Software environment: z/OS version: z/OS 2.4 z/OSMF version: 2.4 Java version: Java 8 SR5 FP30 Liberty_zos version: 20.0.0.3 Test driver: https://github.com/plavjanik/zowe-zosmf-perftest-driver ...

Business Impact of Modernizing Your IBM Z Platform Versus Replatforming

By Lee Sullivan posted 10 days ago
By Jeff Winter, Chief Marketing Officer, Rocket Software Many CIOs think the only way they can achieve their AI, hybrid cloud, and IoT goals is to switch to x86 systems on-premises or in the cloud. But is that really the right strategy? A new IDC white paper entitled The Quantified Business Benefits of Modernizing IBM Z and IBM i to Spur Innovation shows how businesses that remain on these "legacy" platforms and take advantage of the hardware and software innovations have better business outcomes quantitatively and qualitatively than those that choose to replatform. Based on a customer survey of hundreds of IBM Z users, this research reinforces why ...

The new ABO Assistant is now available!!

By Chandni Dinani posted 10 days ago
IBM® Automatic Binary Optimizer for z/OS® (ABO) is a unique cutting-edge optimization technology to optimize your COBOL applications without the need for build compiler migration or any source recompilation. ABO directly optimizes program modules compiled with VS COBOL 1.3 to COBOL 4.2 and preserves the exact behavior of the original applications. ABO is an efficient and cost-effective solution to reducing CPU usage, processing time, and operating costs when running your business-critical COBOL applications on z/OS. COBOL applications usually consist of many modules. Instead of optimizing all modules upfront, a better approach is to iteratively identify and ...

PEGASI health data concern solved with IBM Hyper Protect

By Alejandra Schmalbach posted 10 days ago
With the pandemic taking most of the community and health entities of the globe unprepared, there is a rising concern on how -and if even if- health data is being collected in a responsible and trustworthy way. We at PEGASI identified this concern five years ago and developed a solution that helps healthcare service providers, both in the public and private sectors, to collect and analyze data in order to generate early alerts of endemic diseases, epidemic outbreaks and common diagnoses on a regional basis. When shifting to the hybrid cloud, one of the challenges we faced was how to ensure data security and privacy. Due to the participation of many stakeholders ...

Women Countering Traditional Myths & Stereotypes about Tech

By Salma Abbass posted 11 days ago
With the end of women’s month, let us all celebrate the women who touched human life with their accomplishments in the tech sector. Let us spread the inspiration to the next generation of ambitious young women who are eager to learn new digital skills and prepare them to continue contributing to the world of STEM. We would like to highlight the historical foundation of the contributions of women in tech, the current tech environment for women, and touch on how we can all improve for the future. I hope this piece will both energize and inspire you as much as they have inspired all of us at IBM Z. History of female accomplishments in tech: Women ...

Ten Tips You May Not Know about z/OSMF Desktop UI

By XIAO ZHEN ZHU posted 11 days ago
z/OSMF Desktop UI was introduced in June 2018. It delivers the new looking and feel for z/OSMF and also integrates utilities to help with some z/OS daily operations. Here are 10 tips might help you to better leverage z/OSMF Desktop capability: 1. Quickly locate a task icon You can type the first character of the task or icon name on the desktop, and the icons starting with the characters will be focused iteratively. If the wanted one is found, just clicking the enter key and the task will open. 2. Type ahead searches of a data set, file, and directory. The z/OSMF Search widget is the place to interact with data sets and USS files. By inputting keywords in the ...