RE: Any converts from VSE?

["Weatherly, Howard" <hweatherly@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Will,

While we have not directly converted fromVSE, I have used VM/VSE for
many years and know both platforms. You will of course need to
convert/get rid of /replace the ALC/BAL programs, COBOL will come over
fairly cleanly however there are differences in all of the usual
suspect areas that will need to be looked at. CICS is also ok as long
as you are not doing very complex stuff. If you use DB2 that will come
over ok as well there are some exceptions here which most likely will
not cause a problem.

As with any other conversion, you will need to create a conversion
game plan and stick to it with as few changes as possible. You must
control changes! Try at all cost to avoid any enhancements no matter
how sound and logical anyones argument is to do so! Tackle a few
simple conversions first and get some successes under your belt,
refine your plan according to the results. Eliminate programs that are
no longer used, substitute AS/400 utilities where possible, and most
importantly enjoy your new platform, you made the correct choice!

______________________________________________________________________
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Howard Weatherly

hweatherly@dlis.dla.mil
howard.weatherly@ctg.com
hweath@ibm.net

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 <<Any converts from VSE?>>

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• Subject: Any converts from VSE?
• From: Will Townsley <wtownsle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 09:25:43 -0400

Hi all,

I am the Director of an IBM VSE data center. We have been
operating with VSE (mainframe operating system) for 25 
years. Given the growing capability/complexity of VSE and
our relative marginal growth (k12 education) I have been
considering the possibility of conversion to another
platform. I would like to know if anyone else out there 
listening has specifically made the conversion from VSE 
to AS/400 or know someone who tried and gave up.

We currently write all of our own applications in COBOL with
a little bit of Assembler for batch and interactive (CICS). 
Moving to AS/400 would give us the opportunity to buy packaged
software when appropriate and move to a less complicated
environment?


Will Townsley
Director Data Processing
BCISD

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