VSAM – 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 VSAM – Kevin's coding blog https://kevindurant.be 32 32 IBM MTM 2019: Part Three – Challenge #02 https://kevindurant.be/2019/10/18/ibm-mtm-2019-part-three-challenge-02/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ibm-mtm-2019-part-three-challenge-02 https://kevindurant.be/2019/10/18/ibm-mtm-2019-part-three-challenge-02/#comments Fri, 18 Oct 2019 17:40:33 +0000 https://kevindurant.be/?p=1251 Continue reading IBM MTM 2019: Part Three – Challenge #02 →]]> Bonjour! This time we’re playing a slots game, no, not in a casino. That’s gambling! Gambling is bad! We’re programming our own version, well… fixing someone else’s version of slots. I would like to remind you that I’m not allowed to give the correct solution to part 3 its challenges. I will however guide you a bit through the process and show you what my results are. IBM Master the Mainframe Part...

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]]> https://kevindurant.be/2019/10/18/ibm-mtm-2019-part-three-challenge-02/feed/ 21 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 #12 https://kevindurant.be/2019/09/16/ibm-mtm-2019-part-two-challenge-12/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ibm-mtm-2019-part-two-challenge-12 https://kevindurant.be/2019/09/16/ibm-mtm-2019-part-two-challenge-12/#comments Mon, 16 Sep 2019 17:30:28 +0000 https://kevindurant.be/?p=1137 Continue reading IBM MTM 2019: Part Two – Challenge #12 →]]> 300 readers a day keep the doctor away! I took a 5 day break from blogging but don’t worry. They only send out the badges of part 2 on the 20th of September. There’s still four days to finish part 2 in time. IBM Master the Mainframe 2019 Part Two – Challenge #12 I might have made a mistake in challenge #11 of part 2. Please forgive me It’s a learning blog Let me add a few more smileys to make it...

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]]> https://kevindurant.be/2019/09/16/ibm-mtm-2019-part-two-challenge-12/feed/ 35 IBM MTM 2019: Part Two – Challenge #11 https://kevindurant.be/2019/09/13/ibm-mtm-2019-part-two-challenge-11/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ibm-mtm-2019-part-two-challenge-11 https://kevindurant.be/2019/09/13/ibm-mtm-2019-part-two-challenge-11/#comments Fri, 13 Sep 2019 09:47:09 +0000 https://kevindurant.be/?p=1126 Continue reading IBM MTM 2019: Part Two – Challenge #11 →]]> In challenge 11 of IBM’s Master The Mainframe we’re going to learn a thing or two about VSAM. VSAM is one of several access methods in z/OS. But, more about this on the official challenge page. IBM Master the Mainframe 2019 Part Two – Challenge #11 Here we go again! We need to copy a data member to a new member inside our JCL data set. dslist jcl as primary command from the ISPF primary option...

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]]> https://kevindurant.be/2019/09/13/ibm-mtm-2019-part-two-challenge-11/feed/ 17 IBM MTM 2018: Part Three – Challenge #06 https://kevindurant.be/2018/10/24/ibm-mtm-part-three-challenge-06/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ibm-mtm-part-three-challenge-06 https://kevindurant.be/2018/10/24/ibm-mtm-part-three-challenge-06/#comments Wed, 24 Oct 2018 10:00:27 +0000 https://kevindurant.be/?p=438 Continue reading IBM MTM 2018: Part Three – Challenge #06 →]]> I’ve noticed some other Belgians have reached the wall of fame on mybluemix, nice! All from the same school too! Where are the New Media and Communication students at? Hello? *echo* Come on Kevin! I know, I know, I’m slacking… I had time to make a blogpost yesterday but decided to just watch some Netflix and shut down my brain for a few hours. It was awesome! Well, time to put my brain Billie...

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