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31-Mar-2006 03:20:19.231325 GMT,11437748080940,9,Q:1:::::A:::1.0:1:1:0::::R:Computer Services Outsourcing (some say we started it, but I was n't here then so I'll defer on that question)
31-Mar-2006 03:20:19.232774 GMT,11437748080940,9,Q:1:::::C:Senior Infrastructure Specialist
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31-Mar-2006 03:20:19.242303 GMT,11437748080940,9,Q:2:::::C:We have lots of mainframes where I am, but they're all pretty boring.  The boxes I ticked above relate to a new IBM mainframe app that was migrated from a Unisys platform about 6 months ago.  It has a web front-end - no WAS, but CICS directly talking to midrange web servers.
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31-Mar-2006 03:20:19.251753 GMT,11437748080940,9,Q:2:::::C:We have lots of mainframes where I am, but they're all pretty boring.  The boxes I ticked above relate to a new IBM mainframe app that was migrated from a Unisys platform about 6 months ago.  It has a web front-end - no WAS, but CICS directly talking to midrange web servers.
31-Mar-2006 03:20:19.259724 GMT,11437748080940,9,Q:3:::::A:?0=0?1=0?2=0?3=0?4=0?5=0?6=0?7=0?8=0?9=0?10=0?11=0?12=0?13=0?14=0::1.0:2.0:1:0::::R:?xxx?1?xxx?xxx?xxx?xxx?6?xxx?xxx?xxx?xxx?xxx?xxx?xxx?xxx
31-Mar-2006 03:20:19.261170 GMT,11437748080940,9,Q:3:::::C:Mostly we don't migrate stuff off mainframes, but occasionally a client will do so.  The boxes above relate to a particular client moving a single customer-facing app onto a Unix box.
31-Mar-2006 03:20:19.268623 GMT,11437748080940,9,Q:4:::::A:::1.0:1:1:0::::R:It was deemed more cost-effective to move this app onto Unix.  I'm not so sure, but that's what the stated reason was.
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31-Mar-2006 03:20:19.278244 GMT,11437748080940,9,Q:2:::::C:We have lots of mainframes where I am, but they're all pretty boring.  The boxes I ticked above relate to a new IBM mainframe app that was migrated from a Unisys platform about 6 months ago.  It has a web front-end - no WAS, but CICS directly talking to midrange web servers.
31-Mar-2006 03:20:19.285661 GMT,11437748080940,9,Q:5:::::A:::1.0:1:1:0::::R:Unix - AIX I think, although it could be Solaris.
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31-Mar-2006 03:20:19.295352 GMT,11437748080940,9,Q:2:::::C:We have lots of mainframes where I am, but they're all pretty boring.  The boxes I ticked above relate to a new IBM mainframe app that was migrated from a Unisys platform about 6 months ago.  It has a web front-end - no WAS, but CICS directly talking to midrange web servers.
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31-Mar-2006 03:20:19.304831 GMT,11437748080940,9,Q:3:::::C:Mostly we don't migrate stuff off mainframes, but occasionally a client will do so.  The boxes above relate to a particular client moving a single customer-facing app onto a Unix box.
31-Mar-2006 03:20:19.312952 GMT,11437748080940,9,Q:2:::::A:?0=0?1=0?2=0?3=0?4=0?5=0?6=0?7=0?8=0?9=0?10=0?11=0?12=0?13=0?14=0::1.0:2.0:1:0::::R:?xxx?xxx?xxx?3?xxx?xxx?6?xxx?xxx?9?10?11?xxx?xxx?xxx
31-Mar-2006 03:20:19.314479 GMT,11437748080940,9,Q:2:::::C:We have lots of mainframes where I am, but they're all pretty boring.  The boxes I ticked above relate to a new IBM mainframe app that was migrated from a Unisys platform about 6 months ago.  It has a web front-end - no WAS, but CICS directly talking to midrange web servers.
31-Mar-2006 03:20:19.344048 GMT,11437748080940,2,Test Question mfusage2 mfusage2.006
31-Mar-2006 03:38:55.344105 GMT,11437748080940,9,Q:6:::::A:::undefined.0:1:1:0::::R:Mainly it's I/O throughput.  
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<BR>A second major benefit is the toolset - the others can't compete with the wide array of automation/monitoring/management products.
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<BR>Relability/Availablity/Serviceability is also a consideration.  We've touted Sysplex for yonks, but had no nibbles.  Just recently we may  have heard that finally the RAS of Sysplex will be exploited, but I've heard that before so I'm not counting my chickens yet.
31-Mar-2006 03:38:55.373486 GMT,11437748080940,2,Test Question mfusage2 mfusage2.007
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31-Mar-2006 03:47:40.135620 GMT,11437748080940,9,Q:7:::::A:::2.0:1:1:0::::R:We have several mainframes.  one runs a very large Bank, another two run very large federal Govt departments.
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<BR>In total, I would estimate around 2-3 million individual end-user-driven transactions daily from all our mainframes.  That's probably a low estimate.
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<BR>The people served are basically the whole of Australia (21 million people) - even the kids use ATMs or internet banking these days.
31-Mar-2006 03:47:40.143758 GMT,11437748080940,9,Q:8:::::A:::2.0:1:1:0::::R:We don't really have any mainframes like this.  There are a couple of small LPARs on a couple of our mainframes that would qualify, possibly only several thousand TSO transactions for sysprog development.  
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<BR>Sysprogs are about two dozen people here.
31-Mar-2006 03:47:40.151848 GMT,11437748080940,9,Q:9:::::A:?0=0?1=0?2=0?3=0?4=0?5=0?6=0?7=0?8=0::2.0:1:1:0::::R:?xxx?xxx?xxx?xxx?xxx?5?xxx?xxx?xxx
31-Mar-2006 03:47:40.153656 GMT,11437748080940,9,Q:9:::::C:We have nine active mainframes in one city, another in another city, and two more in each of three other cities (these three cities are overseas, but we manage their capacity planning).<BR>Two of the 9 mainframes here have IFLs and ICFs (one of each on each box).  Another five of the nine here have ICFs.  We don't have any zAAPs or zIIPs yet - the latter may come into play when we understand them better.
31-Mar-2006 03:47:40.185838 GMT,11437748080940,2,Test Question mfusage2 mfusage2.010
31-Mar-2006 03:50:26.523251 GMT,11437748080940,9,Q:10:::::A:::4.0:1:1:0::::R:We measure lots of things.  Cost per MIPS, cost per LPAR, cost per CICS region/DB2/IMS/MQSeries subsystem, FTE per MIPS, downtime per year (scheduled and unscheduled).
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31-Mar-2006 03:56:25.599347 GMT,11437748080940,9,Q:11:::::A:::3.0:1:1:0::::R:Give us all your I/O - we won't drop any.
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<BR>We are Always On.
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31-Mar-2006 03:56:25.607635 GMT,11437748080940,9,Q:12:::::A:::3.0:1:1:0::::R:There's not a lot of good news here, sadly.  Basically we get some occasional recogition when things don't go badly after they're expected to not go badly, and if they go badly we always get a kicking.
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<BR>That's the price you pay for always being On, I suppose.
31-Mar-2006 03:56:25.615646 GMT,11437748080940,9,Q:13:::::A:::3.0:1:1:0::::R:Drop the price.  Don't stop dropping them either, IBM, or you'll lose out.
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31-Mar-2006 03:58:27.232312 GMT,11437748080940,9,Q:16:::::C:peter.bishop@eds.com
31-Mar-2006 03:58:27.239798 GMT,11437748080940,9,Q:14:::::A:::undefined.0:5.0:1:0::::R:Not Familiar.
31-Mar-2006 03:58:27.247899 GMT,11437748080940,9,Q:15:::::A:::undefined.0:1:1:0::::R:Sorry to be late responding, I don't read z/Journal as often as I should, and only just saw the article from last year (Oct 2005 IIRC).