As mentioned in the overview blog , there are some new features in APAR OA64880/PTF UJ93165 that are not disruptive to existing ODP users. This blog provides the details. OMEGAMON® Data Broker Updated Zowe™ cross-memory server While you must update the Zowe server...
We all have received a new release of openSUSE Leap 15.5 this month! It includes also, that a Java 17 for Linux is available for the architecture s390x. You can run it on openSUSE Leap 15.5, SLES 15 SP5 and on openSUSE Tumbleweed, which is our rolling release. You can download the latest...
Instana provides a terrific application performance monitoring capability, that is now enhanced with the inclusion of z/OS traces and metrics. This integration comes via Instana Observability for IBM z/OS . The metrics are provided through the connection with the OMEGAMON Data Provider that...
Ansible for IBM Z User Spotlight Series In this series we shine a light on the people who make the Ansible community thrive. We share the inspiring stories of users who combine experience, skill, and curiosity to shape strategies, influence organizations, and take our tools to new heights. ...
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Later this year we will be ordering z/OS 3.1 as part of our upgrade from z/OS 2.4. For us, this is an event that happens once every 3-5 years so being engaged in this process is a golden opportunity if you are fairly new to z/OS. Even less frequently is how often we create new z/OS LPARs on...
IBM introduced PDSE Member Generations almost 20 years ago and yet today many of the utilities from IBM, and other vendors, still do not fully support them. This blog is a warning if you do use them (and I'm a BIG advocate for using them). 1. Deleting a PDSE member that has has generations...
Each month, z/Action! meets some of the world's most innovative companies as they share how they're expanding horizons and driving success with IBM zSystems. This month we welcome Mainline Information Systems' Dusty Rivers. He’s Mainline’s senior director for zSystems -- and an IBM Lifetime...
There are times that a z/OS systems programmer, application developer, operations analyst, etc. may need to find where a particular PROC resides. Unless there is a JCLLIB DD in the JCL then the PROC will reside in a PROCLIB library defined via the JES2 (or JES3) configuration. To find where...
How useful is to use Db2 Stored Procedures for z/OS?/DSNACICS Most Stored Procedures expose Db2 objects like Db2 table information. But what about information stored in VSAM files? Some data centers still use these resilient files to store their business data. According to IBM'PDFs you can...
What keeps you up at night? Is it the sheer volume of data? Manual recovery processes? Mainframe skills and application knowledge gaps? Silos of responsibility? If so, you’re not alone. These are among the operational resilience challenges Gartner identified in a 2022 report. ...