Cobol - Using IBM MF SCLM?

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Using IBM MF SCLM?

klshafer@att.net

2007-01-31, 6:55 pm

Hi, Folks,

I've been tasked by my manager to look at Software Configuration
Manager (SCM) products for our Z/OS / COBOL / CICS / DB2 shop which is
maintaining and enhancing a legacy app of 1 million + LOC.

Have any of you encountered IBM's Software Configuration and Library
Manager (SCLM) product? IBM says it is _free_ with Z/OS, and is
Option 10 under ISPF. (It does not appear on our ISPF menu,
doubtlessly because it was not installed at ISPF configuration time.)

Here's a two page writeup from IBM:
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/software.../ISPFs_SCLM.pdf

Thoughts on how it compares to Endevor and other mainframe SCM
systems? Any thoughts or experience in converting over PDS's of
source, COPYLIBs, and JCLs into SCLM or any other SCM product?

I have some experience with PVCS in the client/server world, having
used it on a few projects, including a migration of a legacy MVS COBOL
app to client/server via CICS/NT and something called Interspace for
the middleware. PVCS worked pretty well. IBM says that SCLM can work
with both the 3270 screen interface (which we would probably use), but
also with a web interface if you couple it with something called SCLM
Suite (unsure if that is free too; probablyu not?)

Here's a couple of other docs I found on IBM that may be of
interest...

White Paper on SCLM for Z/OS: IBM's Best Kept Secret
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/awd...y/tr292194.html

The huge SCLM Guide and Reference (7MB .pdf) - is publication
SC34-4817-06)
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/software...bs/ispzsc51.pdf

Thanks,
Ken

Richard Brady

2007-02-01, 6:55 pm

klshafer@att.net wrote:
> Hi, Folks,
>
> I've been tasked by my manager to look at Software Configuration
> Manager (SCM) products for our Z/OS / COBOL / CICS / DB2 shop which is
> maintaining and enhancing a legacy app of 1 million + LOC.
>
> Have any of you encountered IBM's Software Configuration and Library
> Manager (SCLM) product? IBM says it is _free_ with Z/OS, and is
> Option 10 under ISPF. (It does not appear on our ISPF menu,
> doubtlessly because it was not installed at ISPF configuration time.)
>
> Here's a two page writeup from IBM:
> ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/software.../ISPFs_SCLM.pdf
>
> Thoughts on how it compares to Endevor and other mainframe SCM
> systems? Any thoughts or experience in converting over PDS's of
> source, COPYLIBs, and JCLs into SCLM or any other SCM product?
>
> I have some experience with PVCS in the client/server world, having
> used it on a few projects, including a migration of a legacy MVS COBOL
> app to client/server via CICS/NT and something called Interspace for
> the middleware. PVCS worked pretty well. IBM says that SCLM can work
> with both the 3270 screen interface (which we would probably use), but
> also with a web interface if you couple it with something called SCLM
> Suite (unsure if that is free too; probablyu not?)
>
> Here's a couple of other docs I found on IBM that may be of
> interest...
>
> White Paper on SCLM for Z/OS: IBM's Best Kept Secret
> http://www-306.ibm.com/software/awd...y/tr292194.html
>
> The huge SCLM Guide and Reference (7MB .pdf) - is publication
> SC34-4817-06)
> ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/software...bs/ispzsc51.pdf
>
>
> Thanks,
> Ken
>
Ken,
You might want to try newsgroup bit.listserv.ispf-l instead of
comp.lang.cobol.

Richard Brady

klshafer@att.net

2007-02-01, 6:55 pm

On Feb 1, 10:31 am, Richard Brady <rrllbrr...@worrlldnet.att.net>
wrote:
> klsha...@att.net wrote:
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> Ken,
> You might want to try newsgroup bit.listserv.ispf-l instead of
> comp.lang.cobol.
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> Richard Brady

Ahhh, yes! I took a look and got 146 hits on a search for SCLM! I
will do a "survey" of those posts and enter here at comp.lang.cobol
any tidbits I find that are particularly relevant to large IBM
mainframe COBOL systems, say, as it might pertain to "builds".

Thanks!

Ken

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