Great #TerminalTalk episode with Joe Bostian & Chad McIntyre about #Python 🐍 for #IBM z/OS!

It's been a fascinating journey to watch what it takes to get a properly running Python on a totally different operating system than most of us are familiar with.

https://www.terminaltalk.net/e/joe-bostian-and-chad-mcintyre-python-and-open-source-update/ #zOS #IBMZ

Inside the war India doesn’t want the world to see

From bombings to beheadings, ethnic violence has engulfed Manipur for the last two months. Facing an internet blackout and little word from prime minister Narendra Modi on the crisis, Namita Singh reports from a state that has been pushed to the brink of civil war.

#manipur #ManipurViolence #ManipurRapes #meiteis #kukis #zos #majoritarianism #BJP #NarendraModi #ManipurUnrest #HumanRights #displacement #InternetShutdowns #india

https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/india/india-war-internet-blackout-b2383002.html

21-member delegation of INDIA alliance heads to Manipur

The MPs from 16 parties of the Opposition bloc will visit relief camps and violence-hit areas in the northeastern state.

#manipur #ManipurViolence #INDIAAlliance #opposition #ManipurRapes #meiteis #kukis #zos #majoritarianism #BJP #NarendraModi #ManipurUnrest #HumanRights #displacement #india

https://scroll.in/latest/1053463/21-member-delegation-of-india-alliance-head-to-manipur

CBI takes over Manipur sexual assault case investigation

The Central Bureau of Investigation is already probing six cases related to violence in Manipur.

#manipur #ManipurViolence #ManipurRapes #CBI #meiteis #kukis #zos #majoritarianism #BJP #ViolenceAgainstWomen #ManipurUnrest #HumanRights #india

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/cbi-takes-over-manipur-sexual-assault-case-investigation/article67134692.ece

‘If we are reunified, our people will be safe’: Manipur clashes reignite demand for Zo homeland

The demand goes back several decades.

#manipur #ManipurViolence #zos #kukis #chins #KukiZos #mizos #mizoram #tripura #assam #myanmar #bangladesh #BirenSingh #zoramthanga #ZoUnification #BJP #UnionGovt #india

https://scroll.in/article/1052857/if-we-are-reunified-our-people-will-be-safe-manipur-clashes-reignite-demand-for-zo-homeland

I signed up for the #IBM #zDevelopmentTest environment trial - I can only imagine how many layers of #virtualization are happening right now as my sandboxed browser is connected to a virtual #Win10 looking box, to configure a virtual #zOS machine on a remote virutal #Linux machine- Curious how it compares to the actual #ADCD /zOS experience on bare #amd64

Frustration... Am I becoming dumb? I am unable to make #Python #ibm_db driver to work on #zOS
I mean using the driver from within z/OS to connect to the database. It works from my laptop.

Manipur: Twitter account of Indigenous Tribal Leaders Forum blocked

The ITLF alleged that the recent blocking of the ITLF Media Cell Twitter account an attempt to stifle the already marginalized Kuki-Zo tribal voice.

#manipur #ManipurViolence #ITLF #kukis #KukiZo #zos #twitter #censorship #SocialMedia #india

https://www.indiatodayne.in/manipur/story/manipur-twitter-account-of-indigenous-tribal-leaders-forum-blocked-596866-2023-06-17

bash on z/OS? The port has been chugging along for a while, but a couple weeks ago some key changes were brought into the upstream development branch! https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/bash.git/commit/?h=devel&id=a629483b0ee2975d9a869ea5240ad5ef3a339b00

Learn more about this porting adventure from Igor Todorovski: https://igortodorovskiibm.github.io/blog/2023/06/13/bash-on-zos/ #mainframe #zos #bash

"Time to port man to z/OS! How hard could it be?" a fascinating journey of the complexities of bringing man to z/OS by @mikesfulton

Does EBCDIC come up? You bet it does 😅

https://makingdeveloperslivesbetter.wordpress.com/2023/05/29/the-wonderful-world-of-man-uals/ #zOS #mainframe

#IBM starts renting cloudy bare metal #Linux almost-#mainframes
The #inuxONE #servers use the same #Telum processor IBM packs into its #z16 #mainframe but are designed solely to run Linux – Big Blue’s own #zOS is not allowed.
https://www.theregister.com/2023/04/21/linuxone_bare_metal_ibm_cloud/

@Haydar
Or are you that dellusional to expect devs to support yet another services subsystem?

Yet another init system??

Or to even waste the time to implement a testing routine for some distro that at best has less than 0,1% market share among linux distros???

I'd rather support #Solaris, #AIX & #zOS instead of even thinking about non-#systemd #Linux distros.

Writing MQTT client which subscribes data from topic in REXX on #zos … EBCDIC translations and varied length fields everywhere. Finally started to show reasonable output😀👍

RT @HSB_Forum
Hey @polizeiberlin, bei aller Witzelei, aber es gibt nun mehr Anhalte dafür, dass eure #EGZentral mal näher in die #DirZeSo (https://www.berlin.de/polizei/dienststellen/landespolizeidirektion/direktion-zentrale-sonderdienste/) gucken sollte. Da scheinen bei #ZOS & #GEF mehr Leute ein "Problem" zu bilden. Ich käme allein auf mind. fünf.
Cc @Innensenatorin https://twitter.com/Patrick_J_BER/status/1618183972592447488

"When starting out writing load tests for z/OS, I chose Locust for its more straightforward Python-based syntax"

Neat demonstration of using #Locust + z/OSMF for load tests on z/OS: https://medium.com/theropod/swarming-stressed-servers-open-source-load-testing-on-z-os-mainframes-with-locust-42a1d5e3363e #IBM #zos #mainframe #softwaretesting

A community of contributors, led by Mike Fulton of #IBM, have been working on porting the latest open source tools to IBM z/OS ⭐️ It's a consolidated effort that includes a lot of tools and it has been a pleasure to watch it grow since it launched over the summer.

In his article about the work the group has been doing, he provides a simple example of how useful these tools can be: https://makingdeveloperslivesbetter.wordpress.com/2023/01/17/life-is-easy-with-good-tools/ #zos #mainframe #opensource

You in to mainframes? (who isnt?) Make sure you check out this #shmoocon talk: https://shmoocon.org/speakers/#mainframes

I'm super excited for it!

Mainframe Hacking for CICS and Giggles

Jan Nunez and Jay Smith

Mainframe systems continue to drive global economic activity despite the “legacy” label they are often associated with. In fact, mainframes are responsible for business-critical functions across 70 percent of Fortune 500 companies. If you have ever withdrawn cash at an ATM, done your taxes online, or booked a flight for your next holiday, you have likely interacted with a mainframe. As with all business-critical systems, ensuring they are secure is imperative. One of the core components of many mainframe shops is the use of CICS, a platform for hosting applications. This component is something that has been largely overlooked in previous talks, which tend to focus on the z/OS operating system. Attendees will learn about how CICS applications work, how to adequately test and secure them as well as the numerous vulnerabilities that exist in poorly developed CICS applications.

#zOS #CICS #vulnerabilities

@Scmbradley You have a table in this document, page 100.
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/sites/default/files/2022-09/SA22-7871-11.pdf

It might not be exactly what you look for but it's been useful for me in the past.

#ebcdic #zOS

Non-#zOS folks, you may move along.

DSS quandary. I’m sure it’s the wrong combination of keywords somewhere.

I am copying data sets between unconnected systems using logical DUMP/RESTORE. The problem I’ve hit is that the RESTORE is looking for the same source volumes, which don’t exist on the target. My workaround is to use OUTDDNAME and just allocate a known data set.

I have tried NULLMGMT/STORCLAS but that doesn’t help.

What’s the magic keyword to tell the RESTORE to allocate using SMS and discard the volume?

Thanks in advance!

"It's time we dive into the zos_copy module redesign that became available with Ansible® Core 1.4.0."

Nice. #IBM #zOS #ansible #zsystems #mainframe

https://community.ibm.com/community/user/ibmz-and-linuxone/blogs/demetrios-dimatos1/2022/12/06/ansible-zos-copy-module-architecture