Future Speakers

(subject to change)

May 3, 2016 - The Payments Ecosystem; a webinar by Phil Smith of HPE Data Security

June 7, 2016 - TBD

We need ideas and volunteers for future speakers. Presentations don’t have to be fancy, just informative and interesting. Even a 5 or 10 minute talk can start an interesting interaction. Contact Ron Pimblett by phone as noted below.

2015-2016 SPARTA

Board of Directors

Randy Springs - President

BB&T                  (919) 745-5241

3200 Beechleaf Court, Suite 300

Raleigh, NC 27604

Ron Pimblett - Vice President

MDI Data Systems 919-426-6518

866-634-3282

Raleigh, NC 27609

Mike Lockey -  Secretary

Guilford Co. Information Services  336-641-6235

201 N. Eugene St.

Greensboro, NC 27401

Tommy Thomas - Treasurer

LabCorp                  336-436-4178

3060 S. Church St.

Burlington, NC 27215

Ed Webb -  Communications Director

SAS Institute Inc.  919-531-4162

SAS Campus Drive

Cary, NC 27513

Meetings

Meetings are scheduled for the first Tuesday evening of each month (except no meeting in January), with optional dinner at 6:15 p.m. and the meeting beginning at 7:00 p.m.

These monthly meetings usually are held at LabCorp’s Center for Molecular Biology and Pathology (CMBP) near the Research Triangle Park (see last page). Take I-40 to Miami Boulevard and go north. Turn right onto T.W. Alexander Drive. Go about a mile or so. Then turn right into LabCorp complex and turn Left to the CMBP Building (1912 T.W. Alexander Drive). In the lobby, sign in as a visitor to see Tommy Thomas. Tommy will escort you to the conference room.

Call for Articles

If you have any ideas for speakers, presentations, newsletter articles, or are interested in taking part in a presentation, PLEASE contact one of the Board of Directors with your suggestions.

Newsletter e-Mailings

The SPARTA policy is to e-mail a monthly notice to our SPARTA-RTP Group. The newsletter is posted to the website about five (5) days before each meeting so you can prepare. The SPARTA-RTP Group is maintained by Chris Blackshire; if you have corrections or problems receiving your meeting notice, contact Chris at chrisbl@nc.rr.com.

October 2015 “CBT Tape” Shareware Online

The directory and files from the latest CBT tape V490 (dated October 26, 2015) are available from www.cbttape.org.

If you need help obtaining one or more files, contact Ed Webb at SAS (see Board of Director’s list for contact info).

Minutes of the April 5, 2016 Meeting

•Meeting was called to order at 7:00 PM by Randy Springs, the SPARTA President.

•The meeting was held at a LabCorp conference room in RTP, N.C.

•Eleven (11) people were present of which Nine (9) are 2015 members.

•Everyone in the room introduced themselves, told where they worked, and briefly described their job functions or their job hunting challenges.

•The minutes for the March meeting were approved as published in the April 2016 newsletter.

•The Treasurer's report was read by Tommy Thomas. The current balance of $407.02 as appeared in the April newsletter was approved as read.

OLD BUSINESS

•Articles are needed for this newsletter. If you want to write an article for this newsletter, please contact Ed Webb. Keep in mind that you don't really need to write the article, it can be an article that you read that you would like to share with the membership.

•The SPARTA Web site is available at http://www.spartanc.org. Please send any comments or suggestions about the Web page to Mike Lockey. Be sure to check the Web site every once in a while to see any new or changed information.

•Tommy reminded everyone to leave the LabCorp conference room clean.

•Future Speakers and Topics (subject to change based on internal politics, budget, the weather):

If you have suggestions about speakers and topics, contact Ron Pimblett (919-833-8426).

•The next SPARTA monthly meeting will be on Tuesday, May 3, 2016 at LabCorp in RTP.

•Food for the May 3 meeting will be Pizza.

•The 2016 dues are due ($30) starting in March 2016. Please pay Tommy Thomas.

•Thanks to LabCorp and Tommy Thomas for hosting the meeting.

•There are currently 66 people on the SPARTA-RTP email list.

•Send any e-mail address changes to Chris Blackshire so he can update the SPARTA-RTP Listserv. You will be added by the moderator (Chris = SPARTA-RTP-owner@yahoogroups.com) sending you an invitation to Join the list.

NEW BUSINESS

• We need to think about getting more corporate sponsors for 2016.

• The April 2016 meeting will be an officer elections meeting.

• We need to start planning for a new meeting place when Tommy retires in 2017.

•The business portion of the meeting ended about 8:04 p.m.

PRESENTATION

SHARE 126 Key Points Of Interest by Ed Webb of SAS

• SHARE 126, March 2016 (Feb 28-March 4, 2015), San Antonio, Texas

• Agenda

- Why Go to SHARE?
- Odds and Ends
- Best Sessions That I Attended
- Sessions of Interest
- Migrating to z/OS 2.2
- Best Session That I Did Not Attend
- SHARE Status

• Why Go To SHARE?

- IBM review of z/OS 2.2 functions and late-breaking news
- IBM’s committed to satisfy 20% of SHARE Core Technology Top 75 Requirements in z/OS 2.2
- -Delivered 27, Rejected 7, Planned 7 of Top 82
- Networking with peers and IBM developers and executives re-energizes your z work back home

• Odds and Ends

- Oct. 2013, IBM postponed requiring Secured FTP connections for z/OS software and service delivery
- - See February 2013 SPARTA Newsletter for FTPS setup
- - Added HTTPS support to SMP/E (available now)
- - New Target is 1st Qtr 2016
- August 2015 Hot Topics #29 magazine is a Great Reference for z/OS V2R2 Topics
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/os/zos/library/hot-topics/hot-topics.html
- Request for Enhancements (RFE) for new suggestions or requirements to IBM
- - http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/
- - ISPF is now under Systems and Servers
- SHARE is still working with IBM to connect its Requirements system to RFE
- - Announced for May 2016
- IBM z13 HMC is last one to support Classic Interface

• Best Sessions That I Attended

• Closed BOF Mainframe “Open Source” Install by Multiple ISVs and IBM
- Goal: “easy [for] our customers to get our products up and running”
- Started in 2013, Product ServerPac is available for 90-92% of IBM Products for z
- z/OSMF is on 6 month feature cycle
- - March 2016
- - September 2016

• Session 18356: New Sub-capacity Reporting Tool (SCRT) by Andrew Sica of IBM
- Classic SCRT difficult to support (15+ years old)
- - Barrier to implementing new pricing models
- SCRT "classic" V23R7 Available March 10, 2016
- - Only new products and processors
- SCRT "Java" V23R13 Available March 10, 2016
- - New directions, pricing models
- - //SPECIAL DD with Generate_Detailed_Data
- - Recommend 64-bit Java version

• Session 18455: SDSF Product for z/OS 2.2 with PI43902 by Gary Puchkoff of IBM
- z/OS 2.2 (UI90032) and 2.1 (UI90031, UI33849)
- - Need UI35089 (2.2) or UI35090 (2.1) for SDSFAUX
- For z/OS 2.2 and 2.1, six month cadence of new optional features
- - 12/2015, 6/2016, 12/2016 ** subject to change
- Prefix is HSF as well as ISF
- - Rocket Software is the “Development Partner”
- New SDSFAUX Server
- - Started and Stopped by SDSF task
- Systems Data Sets
- - (parmlib, apf, linklist, lpa, smf, search, sysplex)
- SDSF RACF Class requires RACLISTing
- z/OS 2.2 Only
- - uses some zIIP for some CPU intensive work
- - provides row numbers

• Session 18459: z/OS 2.2 User Experience by Micheline Bissell of Aetna
- DASD required about same as 2.1
- Problems
- - DB2 UA77692 V11
- - Dino Software products T-Rex and Teradon
- New Functions of Interest
- - JES2 Checkpoint Autotuning Enabled in z22
- - TCP/IP Autonomic Tuning
- - F zFS,FSINFO plus operands
- - GDGE LIMIT and keyword EXTENDED

• Session 18088: ISPF Hidden Treasures, New Features by Sam Reynolds (IBM RTP)
- z/OS 2.2 stuff
- - ISPTCM updated to remove obsolete commands
- - - copy, form, format, list, merge, pascalvs
- - VIIF VIEW Interface Service
- - 3.17 File Systems menu like ishell FS menu
- - - collapsed list, can be expanded
- - Global PACK DISABLE in ISPF Config
- - Set F4 to ZEXPAND for expanded Command Line
- - UDLIST /etc to go directly to a directory
- - - UDLIST options “Enter z/OS UNIX Commands in Command Field"
- - - / on Command Line see Unix Commands (like TSO Commands)
- - Set up ZSTART or MYSTART with multiple START commands
- - Check ISPCONFG for SCROLL_LIMIT
- - - make it 9999999
- - UNDO Storage Size in ISPCONFG
- - - SETUNDO ON and FORCE

• Session 18011: MVS Core Technologies Project by Scott Engleman of IBM
- z/OS Directions
- - Continuous delivery for z/OS 2.2
- - zEvent Mobile App Beta
- - z/OS SMF Real-Time Services
- - Apache Spark for z/OS
- - MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication) for z/OS
- - z/OSMF toolkit enhancements
- - z/OSMF "always on" in 2017
- - - Services always available
- - - Leverage UI's across other z/OS components
- - - Leverage Workflows such as Migration
- - z/OS Hot Topics
- - - WP102609 WSC Tech Doc about Apache Spark
- - - Flash10857 IBM HTTP Server Apache migrations
- - - - by Marna Walle

• Session 18015/16: Migrating to z/OS 2.2 (part 1 and 2) by Marna Walle of IBM
- KC4z uses WAS Liberty from z/OSMF
- IBM HTTP Server (Apache) 9.0
- - Apache 2.2 (Ported Tools 8.5) now is 2.4 (z/OS 2.2)
- PARMDD and REGIONX cannot be in your System Symbols because now are JCL keywords
- PI25913 If UNIT on REFORMAT or INIT then VERIFYOFFLINE is default (ICKDSF)
- z/OS 1.9 End of Service was Sept. 30, 2010
- z/OS 1.10 End of Service was Sept. 30, 2011
- - Two more years (until Sept. 2013) for a fee
- z/OS 1.11 End of Service was Sept. 30, 2012
- - Two more years (until Sept. 2014) for a fee
- z/OS 1.12 End of Service was Sept. 30, 2014
- z/OS 1.13 End of Service is Sept. 30, 2016
- z/OS 2.1 End of Service is Sept. 30, 2018
- z/OS 2.2 End of Service is Sept. 30, 2020

• Session 18476: Live Streaming SMF Data for Operational Insights by Elpida Tzortzatos of IBM
- New Real-Time SMF services on top of existing buffer technology
- Record SMF records only to real-time resource
- - Coexist with logger and old SMF processing
- In beta now, 3Q2016 availability
- Special LOGSTREAM
- Use cases of SMF Real-Time
- - Detect extensive memory consumption using SMF 30
- - Monitor volume of data sets and files accessed per user in a given time period and raise alerts for above normal rates
- SPARK (for SMF analysis) - AV 1Q2016
- - Mainframe Data Service for Apache SPARK z/OS (free, pay for Service and Support)
- - - Maps SMF record formats
- - Looking for corporate "sponsors"

• Best Session That I Did Not Attended

• Session 18900: An 18 Year Old Buys A z890 by Connor Krukosky
- First Computer at 18 Months Old
- Aspiring Electrical Engineer
- Has Collected Vintage Computers for 2-3 Years

• SHARE Status

- SHARE Attendance Trending Upward
- - 1,090 Attendees in San Antonio (SHARE 126, March 2016 - 1,203 Onsite)
- - 892 in Orlando, (SHARE 125, August 2015 - 1,062 Onsite)
- - 890 in Seattle, (SHARE 124, March 2015 - 1,004 Onsite)
- - 622 in Pittsburgh, (SHARE 123 August 2014 - 1,133 Onsite)
- - 524 in Anaheim, (SHARE 122, March 2014 - 1,049 Onsite)
- - 638 in Boston, (SHARE 121, August 2013 - 1,337 Onsite)
- - 579? in San Francisco, (SHARE 120, March 2013 - 1,100 Onsite)
- - 527 in Anaheim, (SHARE 119, August 2012 - 1,007 Onsite)
- - 612 in Atlanta, (SHARE 118, March 2012)
- - 600+ in Orlando, (SHARE 117, Aug 2011)
- - 673 in Anaheim, (SHARE 116, March 2011)
- - 250+ Member Companies
- SHARE Execforum
- - Once a Year
- - Returned in San Antonio with 64 Attendees
- SHARE Live! Recorded Sessions in San Antonio
- - 140+ registered by week’s end (New Record! Again!)
- SHARE Monthly Webinars between Conferences
- - Registration required but free
- - Some vendor sponsored
- SHARE Affiliate Rate is $99 Per Year (no voting)
- SHARE Select Membership (Annual Corporate) includes SHARE Live! and Archived Sessions
- No Backpacks Given Away for San Antonio
- - Tablet cases instead like Orlando
- SHARE 127 is July 31-August 5, 2016 in Atlanta
- SHARE 128 is in San Jose, California
- SHARE Mobile App for iOS and Android
- - Late Availability for San Antonio
- - Needs work
- - Old Vendor could not deliver new requested functions
- Submit Your Proposal to Speak at SHARE in Atlanta by April 16, 2016
- SHARE Proceedings Access Needs SHARE Userid (Userid is free)
- - Go to www.share.org

• Contact Information
Ed Webb
SAS Corporation
Email: Ed.Webb@sas.com
Work 919-531-4162

• The presentation and meeting ended about 9:00 P.M.

Treasurer’s Report for April 2016

contributed by Tommy Thomas

The balance in the account is $572.42 as of April 25, 2016.

SPARTA Financial Report
3/01/2016 through 4/25/2016

Items of Interest

SPARTA Schedule and Menu for 2016

contributed by Tommy Thomas and Chris Blackshire

May 3, 2016 - Pizza
June 7, 2016 - Chicken
July 12, 2016 - Subs (avoid July 4 holiday)
Aug 2, 2016 - BarBQ
Aug 30, 2016 - Durham Bulls (your choice of food at the game)
Oct 4, 2016 - Pizza
Nov 1, 2016 - Chicken
Dec 6, 2016 - Subs

Remember DOS/VSE - It's Still Going in z/VSE V6!