On Tue, 5 Feb 2013 11:05:04 -0600, Paul Peplinski <[email protected]> wrote:
>Hello, > >Am I the only one who misses the rationale behind the z/OS installation and >maintenance of SAS 9.2 (and now 9.3) using the Software Depot? I imagine it >would be more palatable if it was straight foward and error free. Also, has >anyone evaluated (or converted to) the World Programming System (WPS) with any >success? > >Paul As an alternative to the Software Depot itself, you have the option now to order a 3590 cartridge for a SAS z/OS install. See the SAS.COM support site. Also, there have been discussions about the challenges with the SAS Software Depot and with SAS z/OS being an after-thought early-on. Recommend going forward with the Software Depot approach, setup your zFS for SAS, and work through the challenge - it gets easier with each new maintenance/version upgrade. And if it's frustrating enough, let SAS Tech Support know about it, for future consideration. Regarding WPS replacing SAS, each SAS environment could be somewhat unique, exploiting various SAS components, either optional or part of SAS Base -- as usual, YMMV. Yes, there are successful WPS sites, who converted from SAS -- will depend on complexity and workload-size. Consider using the WPC/WPS supplied code analyzer to inspect your SAS programming/users suitability with WPS as an alternative solution. For consideration, the MXG software operates under WPS. And in my personal experience the WPC/WPS tech/dev guys have been very responsive to clients/prospects interested in some type of new function support. Scott Barry SBBWorks, Inc. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
