SUMMARY:

• Mainframe Systems / Storage with 20+ years of experience in Mainframe Storage Administration and Systems Programming.
• Experienced with all kinds of basic to sophisticated software tools to automate all areas of DASD, catalog and system maintenance, including the preparation for disaster recovery and left all systems more automated than when first arrived.
• Having good experience in working on JCL and TSO/ISPF.
• Having extensive knowledge and experience in working on various Storage Management Subsystems. Main areas of expertise include:
• Dasd Management, Systems Programmer,Capacity Planner
• DFDSS, DFHSM, DFSMS, ACS Routines, ISMF, FDR,HSM Fast Audit,HSM FSR Records.
• ICF Catalogs, Catalog Solutions,Catalog Recovery Plus, TREX, PDSMAN,VOLCAT,Catalog ECS Sharing
• SAS, MXG,SAS GRAPH,Microsoft Power Point,Excel,Word.
• Z/OS, MVS, SCRTOOL, SMP/E, SMF, DCOLLECT, RMF, JCL, PROCS, Clists, IDCAMS, VSAM, IBM Utilities, TSO/ISPF, ISPF Dialogs,CA - Optimizer.
• SDSF,IOF,SAR,WSF/ERD
• CA1(TMS),TLMS,DFRMM,VTS
• Disaster Recovery, Parallel Sysplex, High Availability Lpars, Software Installs and support

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Hardware: IBM 360 MOD30/MOD40, IBM370/125,135, 145, 158, 158AP, IBM 8100, IBM 3033, 3081, 3084, 3090, ES9000, 982, AMDAHL 470, IBM CMOS PROCESSORS R44, R83, HITACHI PILOT 47, ZOS processors, VTS. Experience with various peripherals including XEROX 8700 and 9700 printers, DS8000 Dasd, and TS7700 Virtual Tape library.

Software: OS/MVS, JES2, RJE, VM, DOS/VSE, OS & DOS JCL, POWER, ASAP, COBOL, ASSEMBLER, RPG, DYL260, DYL280, DYL280II, CLISTS, ISPF DIALOGS, ENVIRON1, SYNCSORT, OS/JARS, CA/OPTIMIZER, PLANCODE, PANVALET, PANTSO, PANISPF, TSO, ISPF, WYLBER, CONDOR, FDR, COMPAKTOR, DFDSS, DYNAMT, EPAT, WESTINGHOUSE FASTCOPY, SAVERES, PMTSO, DFHSM, SAS, DFSMS, ACS ROUTINES,, HFDL, XICS, SCRIPT, MF1, RMF, TCAM, PMSS, SMP/E, SMF, CMS, ACF2, RACF, COBOL CONVERSION AID, REPORT WRITER, SPSSX, FORESITE, FOCUS, FSE, PDSE, LIBRARIAN, EDOS/ESF, XPEDITER, GDDM, WSF/ERD, CA1TMS, RMM, FILEAID, VSAMAID, IBMLINK, MVS/XA, MVS/ESA, OS/370, ZOS, ICKDSF, MXG, CATALOG SOLUTIONS, ZOS 1.4, ZOS 1.7,, ZOS1.8, ZOS1.9, ZOS1.10, ZOS 1.12, ZOS 1.13, PARALLEL SYSPLEX, HSM REPORTER, MAINVIEW SRM, SMF Data,TREX, CATALOG RECOVERY PLUS, DCOLLECT,HSM FAST AUDIT, MAXIMO, HP Service Desk., Catalog ECS sharing.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Algonquin, IL

Mainframe Storage Contractor

Responsibilities:

• Cleaning up HSM and DFSMS environments as there are issues.
• Have 10 LPARS under 1 DFHSM environment and they want to split it to 4 environments. Ran HSM expirebv. It freed up over 400000 backup datasets and made over 1000 tapes available for recycle. Recycled the tapes.
• Apparently no recycle process developed as recycled over another 2500 tapes.
• Audited the HSM MCDS and received over 9000 errors. Cleaned up errors.
• Both BCDS and OCDS also had errors which were cleaned up
• Set up DB2 data base logical backups outside of DB2 but recommended they get a DB2 product to back them up. As if you restore DB2 databases outside of DB2, there is major issue because DB2 has it’s own internal catalog.
• Redesigned DFSMS as no management class was being set as no ACS Routine for managemet class. Wrote management class ACS routine and then copied different storage classes to force back into the ACS Routines and set Management Class.
• Cleanup of catalogs as a lot of entries pointing to volumes that do not exist and entries pointing to volumes but the data is not there.
• Micro Focus has no catalog product and no way to forward recover a catalog.
• Micro Focus has HSM journaling turned off so no way to forward recover an HSM control dataset if lost.
• After all my clean up notified Micro Focus that this on going process and if ignored will wind up with the same mess.
• Parallel Sysplex with 10 LPARS and 1 monoplex.
• Contract ended as Micro Focus hired some one locally in Utah

Mainframe Storage Contractor

Responsibilities:

• Support DFSMS, DFDSS, DFHSM, and ICF catalogs.
• Teaching myself REXX to go along with my other programming languages.
• Wrote SAS code against MXG database to identify data that had to move from 1 lpar to another in preparation of Philadelphia, PA to Johns Creek, GA move.
• Installed and used Space Finder to determine DASD bottlenecks.
• Reorganized several catalogs because of problems diagnosed with Catalog Recovery Plus.
• Set up JCL for movement of data to upgrade to current ACS Routine changes in a Sysplex with Lpars environment.
• 4 Sysplexes 45 lpars highest ZOS 1.13.
• Left contract ended.

Mainframe Storage Contractor

Responsibilities:

• Mainframe Storage, DFSMS,DFHSM,DFDSS, ICF Catalogs, Disaster recovery etc.
• Wrote Dasd Usage system and active tape usage reporting system using Dcollect data and Ca1 TMC. It was written in SAS.
• Took data and created Power Point Graphs showing usage.
• IBMLINK research PTFS and install PTFS using SMP/E with receive, apply check and apply to get to target libs and accept check and accept to get to DLIBS.
• Fixed major issues as Confidential had 2 Lpars using shared DASD. The master catalogs are different causing issues with HSM and DFSMS as they are only running one treating it like a shared environment when it really is not because of the issues with the master catalogs.
• Reorganized HSM control datasets which had not been done in 2 years.
• Reorganized HSM small dataset packing datasets which had not been done since 1999.
• Audit of HSM and correct the extensive number of errors.
• Converted various SAS programs to Cobol as Confidential let SAS expire because they were getting off the mainframe.
• Updated disaster recovery documentation as there were some flaws.
• Wrote various TMSGRW programs against the CA1 TMC.
• Monthly SCRTOOL so Confidential could get IBM discounts.
• Mentored and taught storage team mate in India.
• Confidential running ZOS 1.11 on 2 sysplexes and 4 lpars.
• Left Confidential getting off the mainframe.

Mainframe Storage Contractor

Responsibilities:

• Catalogs and Software including: CRPLUS, HSM Fast Audit, DFHSM, DFSMS, CA1.
• Participated in a disaster recovery exercise
• Wrote several SAS programs to automate storage functions.
• Reorganized catalogs as the catalog index was too small.
• HSM cleanup with HSM Fast Audit.
• Wrote SAS application to identify DFSMS changes using DCOLLECT data.
• While there Ford converted from ZOS 1.12 to ZOS 1.13.
• Ford was 3 parallel sysplexs with 16 lpars.
• Left contract ended.

Mainframe Storage Contractor

Responsibilities:

• Disaster Recovery, DFHSM, DFSMS, DFDSS, DFRMM, CA1, TLMS, SAS, etc.
• Major accomplishments were increasing the size of the DFHSM contro datasets, extending volser range of TLMS, and wrote many SAS programs.
• In movement of old ATL to a new ATL, was able to identify all the reasons for tape failures on the ones that failed using SAS utility PROC=TAPELABEL.
• Wrote CA1 TMSGRW and SAS code to generate tape utilities.
• IBMLINK to research PTFS and move to the mainframe, installing with SMP/E to target libraries.
• Over 50 accounts and 300 lpars and numerous sysplexs running different versions of ZOS.
• Mentored and taught junior level storage personnel.
• Left for job with health insurance as year contract was up and was not notified of an extension.

Mainframe Storage Contractor

Responsibilities:

• Conversion of Catalog Soultions to Trex.
• Taught TREX classes
• Removed IMBED and REPLICATE from the catalogs..
• Designed catalog backup methodology using TREX.
• Supported catalog environment for 7 sysplexes and over 100 lpars with about 30 user catalogs on each lpar.
• ECS catalog sharing in the coupling facility.
• High Availability Lpars.
• Built catalog environment for approximately 30 new lpars.
• Wrote SAS programs to support the catalog environment
• Was 3rd level catalog support . Mentored and taught 2nd level support. Taught him SAS and today he is SAS programmer.
• While there State farm converted from ZOS 1.11 to ZOS 1.12.
• 7 sysplexes and 180 lpars when I left.
• Left contract ended due to budgetary reasons.

Senior Systems Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Dasd Management, DFHSM, DFSMS, DFDSS, ICKDSF, DASD tuning, standards and Procedures.
• Redesigned Disaster Recovery Plan and backups as the existing one had never worked. Redesign was successful first time out…
• Developed JCL generator using SAS to automate creating backups, restores and inits for disaster recovery. This created all needed jobs and could be ready for disaster recovery in minutes.
• MXG reporting. From MXG reports created Power Point graphs for management.
• Catalog Solutions to Catalog Recovery Plus conversion.
• Split the single user catalog into multiple user catalogs so that there was not 1 point of failure to take the system down.
• Revamped DFSMS to come up with more meaningful names and used SAS to update records in the control datasets
• Wrote SAS code against HSM FSR records to create reports similar to HSM Reporter so we could get rid of the software and save money.
• Moved mainframe from Jacksonville Florida to Omaha Nebraska in 1 weekend without a hitch.
• While there Crowley upgraded from MVS to ZOS 1.4.
• Left Crowley as Crowley outsourced the mainframe.

Senior Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Dasd Management, DFHSM, DFSMS, DFDSS, ICKDSF, DASD tuning, standards and Procedures, and Disaster Recovery.
• Converted the data Center to DFSMS.
• Created a business case to acquire SAS..
• Wrote SAS code against NDM data proving that EDS had not met response time SLA so the state could take EDS to court.
• Testified in the court case against EDS as a witness.
• Wrote many SAS programs to automate manual functions.
• Mentored and taught the State side storage person.
• Bench Marked Optical Disk.
• While there system was converted to parallel sysplex.
• Left contract ended