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Linux on IBM Z and LinuxONE Open Source Software Report: January 2025

Linux on IBM Z and IBM LinuxONE use the s390x hardware architecture to run various Linux distributions, including SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES), Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), and Ubuntu. Tens of thousands of software packages are tested and dis..

Renewed Java Certificates for the Advanced Storage Management Suite

The Tivoli Enterprise Portal (TEP) is used as a graphic user interface for several of the Advanced Storage Tools for z/OS. It is the same interface used for the OMEGAMON products. The TEP leverages JAVA files, which are signed with a certificate for sec..

The modern mainframe: A computing powerhouse in the AI era

IBM Z|Meredith Stowell|Feb 26, 2025

Imagine all of Amazon’s daily transactions in the US—roughly 12 million orders—processed in just 12 seconds?1 That’s what a modern mainframe makes possible. With the ability to process more than 1 million transactions per second, today’s mainframe is a ..

z/OS Connect 3.0.90 now available

z/OS Connect 3.0.90 now available z/OS Connect 3.0.90 is now available with enhanced versions of the z/OS Connect API toolkit, IBM z/OS Connect Operator and the z/OS Connect CASE package bundle file. For more information, see PH64884: z/OS Connect V3.0..

Deploying end-to-end Machine Learning pipeline with low latency

Introduction In the past couple of years, IBM Z and LinuxONE systems are optimized for Enterprise AI, integrating hardware-accelerated inferencing and a specialized software stack for seamless deployment of AI workloads. Enterprise AI workloads require..

The Data Set File System (DSFS) for the New, and not so New, to z/OS

IBM's z/OS Data Set File System (DSFS) The Data Set File System (aka DSFS) is part of z/OS since z/OS 2.5 and provides a game changing approach for the shell (aka UNIX) applications to access z/OS datasets and the z/OS JES2 (and JES3) SPOOL. This means ..

Call for Speakers: WAVEZ In-Person Event (Spring 2025)

🚀 About the Event The upcoming WAVEZ Spring 2025 Event is a dedicated event for those in the formative years of their mainframe careers. We have designed this in-person event for an audience of aspiring mainframers, including students, interns, appren..

WAVEZ UK Spring 2025 In-Person Event

📅 Date: April 8th, 2025 📍 Location: Barclays Technology Centre, Radbroke, Knutsford WA16 9EU 🎟 Limited Capacity: 80 Attendees | 💰 Free to Attend (Lunch & Refreshments Provided) 🚀 About the Event The WAVEZ Spring 2025 Networking & Learning Event is ..

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COBOL|Frank Swarbrick|Feb 26, 2025

According to https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cobol-zos/6.4?topic=functions-structuring-user-defined, "Currently, the SQL, CICS, and JAVAIOP facilities cannot be used with user-defined functions due to the need to include the user-defined function definition..

CBTView has been updated to version 2.00 with support for curl as a way to access the CBTTape files. Here is the full list of enhancements: The update is available at https://github.com/lbdyck/cbtview and soon in CBTTape File 043 at Latest Updates Enjoy

Some slick updates to RACFADM at https://github.com/lbdyck/racfadm and soon https://cbttape.org on the updates page in file 417. This open-source tool makes it a LOT easier to administer the z/OS RACF environment with its easy to use interface and grea..

Feb 25, 2025

Hello, How are you? I hope you 're very well. Now I 've a problem which states that ( If I have 3 systems in sysplex , system A, B and system C. If I configured system A and System B to have the same master key and the same CKDS, PKDS AND TKDS. System C..

Feb 23, 2025

I'm still a novice, I have this doubt: What routing protocols are included in z/OS (OSPF, ISIS, RIP, etc.)? Is it possible to add one separately (e.g. an owner such as EIGRP)? Thanks for the info:-)

Feb 22, 2025

Good day. I would like to know what is the next course I should take from z/OS if I complete the following: Introduction to IBM z/OS Introduction to z/OS Commands and Panels on IBM Z Introduction to System Programming on IBM Z Where can I see levels o..

Welcome to the System Z ecosystem, you will find the ride challenging and enjoyable if you put in the effort to learn, and keep learning (which is no different from any career). Part of being in an ecosystem is the community - this IBM Z and LinuxONE Co..

Feb 20, 2025

Hi IBM Support Please assist, we would like to configure z/OS Connect to show the incoming API request sent to z/OS Connect server and the client ID of the user who sent the request. Please provide guidance on how to configure this on the server.xml fil..

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