SG24-2043 - VSE to OS/390 Migration Workbook |
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In 1997 and 1998, Gilbert Saint-Flour joined a team of IBM experts in Endicott to put their experience together and develop a document to help VSE installations with their migration to OS/390. This 600-page Redbook, released in October 1998 as SG24-2043 - VSE to OS/390 Migration Workbook, includes a wealth of information about VSE to MVS conversions in general, and the mass-conversion method in particular.
The Workbook makes numerous references to the MVS Migration System (MVS-MS), a now-discontinued IBM Program Offering, but does not mention the Prism Conversion System (Prism-CS) or MS-Tools, two software products mostly developed by Gilbert Saint-Flour during the 1990s.
Over 40 IBMers and three non-IBMers participated to the redaction of this manual. Gilbert Saint-Flour was one of the most heavily-involved persons who, among other things, influenced the team to include a significant amount of text about the conversion of the VSE JCL to MVS JCL, which is the most important task during these conversion projects. As a result, Gilbert Saint-Flour is the only non-IBMer whose name is listed on the cover page of this redbook.
Historical Background
Prior to the VSE to OS/390 Migration Workbook, IBM published several documents on the subject:
- GC24-6000 DOS to OS Implementation Guide
- GC24-5082 DOS/VS to OS/VS Management Planning Guide
- GC24-5095 DOS/VS to OS/VS1 Implementation Guide
- DOS to MVS Migration Structured Support Plan (SSP)
- GH19-6403 DOS to MVS Migration General Information Manual
- GG24-1524 DOS to MVS Migration Structured Support Plan - General Information Manual
- GG24-1525 DOS to MVS Migration - Sample Migration Network
- GG24-1526 DOS to MVS Migration - Sample Events and Activities
- GG24-1527 DOS to MVS Migration - Sample Project Manager's Guide
- GG24-1528 DOS to MVS Migration - Sample Conversion Team User's Guide
- GG24-1529 DOS to MVS Migration - Standards Design Guide
- G320-0131 Structured Support Plan - DOS and MVS Differences Guide
- GG66-3113 VSE to MVS Differences and Migration Guide, Written by Dan Ebaugh of the Washington Systems Center
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