Re: yipeee!

From: Mark A <ma_at_switchboard.net>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 07:18:26 -0700
Message-ID: <6L5Wb.291$yg2.14090_at_news.uswest.net>


"Bernard Dhooghe" <nomen_at_attglobal.net> wrote in message news:25959da8.0402100601.2f9999d9_at_posting.google.com...
> I'm very favorable biased towards DB2 and AIX (based on support
> experience, you can have trust) but I would not choose to migrate to
> CICS on AIX.
>
> DCE fades away, I can't believe CICS on AIX is -anymore?- a strategic
> product (for IBM).
>
> If leaving VSE, I would not reincarnate it on AIX with CICS, even in
> an intermediate step.
>
> I also believe log-shipping is a very reliable way to have a
> replication side; a database can reside multiple times on a system
> based on the redirected restore principle, so the recovery site can
> even be a development system also.
>
> In UDB 8.1 LUW the shadow database maintained with log-shipping
> remains in roll-forward pending state. Using a snapshot capability of
> a storage engine, a copy of the shadow can be validated.
>
> Bernard Dhooghe
>
Obviously CICS is not a strategic product. But if one wants to move off the mainframe and not change the application, then it "might be" a viable solution. Received on Tue Feb 10 2004 - 15:18:26 CET

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