I would have been busy "Update JES2 Exits" seems to be popular in every one 😊 JES2 was the last subsystem I inherited from departing/retiring staff.
Since we were are a University, our mainframe was connected via TCP/IP for a very long time, I think even pre Z/OS. Our first method was via RS/6000 acting as a router. That was good a good skill set, I've been a AIX/Solaris/Linux admin since the mainframe. Thanks for the tips. ________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of Mike Schwab <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2018 3:50:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: How far out of date are my skills Go through the z/OS migration guides. On Sun, Apr 22, 2018 at 3:37 PM, Wayne Bickerdike <[email protected]> wrote: > Shouldn't be hard to catch up. SMPE installation you may need to skill up > on USS zFS file systems. Installation is from internet or ftp to a zFS pax > file etc. > > CICS changes have been incremental nothing very different. > > On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 5:27 AM, Rugen, Len <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I left the Z/OS world at the version 1.6 after nearly many years of >> mainframe OS and CICS work . I see adds for telecommute Z/OS support, how >> far out of date are my skills? What should I read up on to stay current? >> >> >> I know that as we moved along in Z/OS and previous version, 95% of what we >> continued to use was old, some new features were exploited, but never all >> of them. Most of the change was in hardware support. I don't miss pulling >> bus and tag cables under the floor :-) >> >> >> I didn't leave the mainframe, it left me. :-) >> >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> > > > > -- > Wayne V. Bickerdike > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
