ISPF – Kevin's coding blog https://kevindurant.be Improving my programming skills step by step. You're invited! Sun, 26 Apr 2020 11:09:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.14 https://kevindurant.be/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/cropped-faviconround-32x32.png ISPF – Kevin's coding blog https://kevindurant.be 32 32 IBM MTM 2019: Part Three – Challenge #10 https://kevindurant.be/2019/11/19/ibm-mtm-2019-part-three-challenge-10/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ibm-mtm-2019-part-three-challenge-10 https://kevindurant.be/2019/11/19/ibm-mtm-2019-part-three-challenge-10/#comments Tue, 19 Nov 2019 10:17:04 +0000 https://kevindurant.be/?p=1372 Continue reading IBM MTM 2019: Part Three – Challenge #10 →]]> Hi people! Thanks for all the help by the way! You guys are awesome! And again, I’m sorry to the commenters, I have about 40 comments, 8 e-mails and some PMs on Slack still waiting for help with their challenges. I don’t have enough time to solve the challenges, write blogs and answer everything. I sincerely wish I could help everyone! I’ll do my best to answer the ones I can! I have noticed Akos...

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]]> https://kevindurant.be/2019/11/16/ibm-mtm-2019-part-three-challenge-09/feed/ 29 IBM MTM 2019: Part Three – Challenge #03 https://kevindurant.be/2019/10/18/ibm-mtm-2019-part-three-challenge-03/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ibm-mtm-2019-part-three-challenge-03 https://kevindurant.be/2019/10/18/ibm-mtm-2019-part-three-challenge-03/#comments Fri, 18 Oct 2019 21:29:49 +0000 https://kevindurant.be/?p=1265 Continue reading IBM MTM 2019: Part Three – Challenge #03 →]]> Logging, the most important part of any piece of software and also the paper industry. Today we’re going to take a look at some handy logging tools in the mainframe. IBM Master the Mainframe Part Three – Challenge #03 From SDSF we need to enter the primary command ulog. We should see SDSF ULOG CONSOLE in the upper left corner of our screen. Do you remember how to get to the SDSF panel?

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]]> https://kevindurant.be/2019/10/18/ibm-mtm-2019-part-three-challenge-03/feed/ 12 IBM MTM 2019: Part Two – Challenge #15 https://kevindurant.be/2019/10/05/ibm-mtm-2019-part-two-challenge-15/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ibm-mtm-2019-part-two-challenge-15 https://kevindurant.be/2019/10/05/ibm-mtm-2019-part-two-challenge-15/#comments Sat, 05 Oct 2019 13:09:09 +0000 https://kevindurant.be/?p=1207 Continue reading IBM MTM 2019: Part Two – Challenge #15 →]]> Bonjour! This is probably the hardest part 2 challenge. That’s probably why it’s the last one. Ahh, what am I saying? Shouldn’t we get to work? I’ve been getting a lot of e-mails and contact form submissions for this post so I’ll try my best to make this blogpost as clear as possible. Maybe something less interesting, but I’ve sped up my blog by removing some sharing buttons and other useless...

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]]> https://kevindurant.be/2019/10/05/ibm-mtm-2019-part-two-challenge-15/feed/ 17 IBM MTM 2019: Part Two – Challenge #14 https://kevindurant.be/2019/10/05/ibm-mtm-2019-part-two-challenge-14/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ibm-mtm-2019-part-two-challenge-14 https://kevindurant.be/2019/10/05/ibm-mtm-2019-part-two-challenge-14/#comments Sat, 05 Oct 2019 11:52:21 +0000 https://kevindurant.be/?p=1191 Continue reading IBM MTM 2019: Part Two – Challenge #14 →]]> Namaste! Yes yes, I’m late! But I’m here to help you finish challenge #14, right now. There’s a couple of things I have to say about this post, I have recorded some configuration work because there’s a lot of screenshots on the official assignment page. I advise you to just follow the mybluemix page for the first 2 steps. Ooh btw, this is my 50th blogpost! IBM Master the Mainframe 2019 Part Two –...

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]]> https://kevindurant.be/2019/10/05/ibm-mtm-2019-part-two-challenge-14/feed/ 11 IBM MTM 2019: Part Two – Challenge #13 https://kevindurant.be/2019/09/26/ibm-mtm-2019-part-two-challenge-13/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ibm-mtm-2019-part-two-challenge-13 https://kevindurant.be/2019/09/26/ibm-mtm-2019-part-two-challenge-13/#comments Thu, 26 Sep 2019 18:49:51 +0000 https://kevindurant.be/?p=1140 Continue reading IBM MTM 2019: Part Two – Challenge #13 →]]> Challenge the 13th, spooky. Now now, don’t be scared. I’m here to help. Let’s learn a thing or two about the system utilities z/OS has to offer. Besides that, let’s also fix some JCL syntax errors our intern Kevin has made. It’s been 10 days! Sorry for that, IRL and work has left me with no spare energy to do all this. I have noticed I gained a lot of e-mail subscribers and I would like to give...

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]]> https://kevindurant.be/2019/09/26/ibm-mtm-2019-part-two-challenge-13/feed/ 25 IBM MTM 2019: Part Two – Challenge #05 https://kevindurant.be/2019/09/10/ibm-mtm-2019-part-two-challenge-05/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ibm-mtm-2019-part-two-challenge-05 https://kevindurant.be/2019/09/10/ibm-mtm-2019-part-two-challenge-05/#comments Tue, 10 Sep 2019 09:08:48 +0000 https://kevindurant.be/?p=988 Continue reading IBM MTM 2019: Part Two – Challenge #05 →]]> HELLO THIS IS A CHALLENGE ABOUT JCL. JCL IS WRITTEN IN ALL CAPS. SO PUSH THAT CAPSLOCK BUTTON AND JOIN THE JCL CLUB. Today we will learn a bit more about JCL. JCL stands for Job Control Language. Read more about JCL or you can view a video about JCL. IBM Master the Mainframe Part Two – Challenge #05 As this is just a series of commands and IBM has provided a lot of screenshots I will just make a...

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]]> https://kevindurant.be/2019/09/10/ibm-mtm-2019-part-two-challenge-05/feed/ 16 IBM MTM 2019: Part Two – Challenge #04 https://kevindurant.be/2019/09/10/ibm-mtm-2019-part-two-challenge-04/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ibm-mtm-2019-part-two-challenge-04 https://kevindurant.be/2019/09/10/ibm-mtm-2019-part-two-challenge-04/#comments Tue, 10 Sep 2019 08:44:57 +0000 https://kevindurant.be/?p=979 Continue reading IBM MTM 2019: Part Two – Challenge #04 →]]> Welcome welcome fellow mainframer. You have stumbled upon my blog and you seem to need help or either you need a good read. Or maybe you’re bored? Or maybe you’re interested in what I do all day? Hey, who will tell? Again the following disclaimer: the earlier challenges won’t have much screenshots as they are already provided by IBM. I will probably guide you more through the more difficult...

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]]> https://kevindurant.be/2019/09/10/ibm-mtm-2019-part-two-challenge-04/feed/ 8 IBM MTM 2019: Part Two – Challenge #03 https://kevindurant.be/2019/09/09/ibm-mtm-2019-part-two-challenge-03/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ibm-mtm-2019-part-two-challenge-03 https://kevindurant.be/2019/09/09/ibm-mtm-2019-part-two-challenge-03/#comments Mon, 09 Sep 2019 23:17:31 +0000 https://kevindurant.be/?p=968 Continue reading IBM MTM 2019: Part Two – Challenge #03 →]]> Moshi moshi, Kevin-des! In this challenge we will get more familiar with IBM’s productivity facility. Does this mean we will get more productive? Well, inside a mainframe, YES! Outside the mainframe? Not so much. IBM Master the Mainframe Part Two – Challenge #03 If you’re interested in viewing a video that explains the ISPF panel you can view this 8 minute video. You can do the challenge...

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