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The latest version of the Rocket Terminal Emulator (formerly Rocket BlueZone) delivers a variety of improvements for end users and administrators, improving usability, efficiency and security. This blog highlights key updates and provides links to several videos so you can explore these topics in more detail. How do you see your organization taking advantage of these capabilities?  Best Regards, Haseeb------------------------------Haseeb JawadRocket Software------------------------------

If you have a new setup with iCluster and want to test the integrity of your backup system before running a switch test, use the simulator to check the environment. The simulator does not affect the production system, work can carry on there uninterrupted, the clever stuff is done on the backup system, where the staging store exists. Starting the simulator marks the position on the journals and then stops the group apply jobs on the backup, so all transactions replicated from production are held in the staging library. Users then log on to the backup system to run tests and record any issues or problems that occur. Ending the simulator then rolls the journal positions back and the apply jobs are started.You see some latency until everything is caught up. We recommend the simulator is run for maybe 2 to 3 hours (i.e. not days) as it will take longer to roll back. Also, the simulator can be run as many times as needed, and once full confidence in the backup is reached, you can move on to

When configuring iCluster on a new cluster, we recommend that each Group has it's own Staging Store library as well as its own journal & receivers. This will improve overall performance and make maintenance and fire-fighting any issues easier.So, for example, before creating new Group STOCKAPP we would do the following (names are just suggestions): create staging store library STKSTAGE create journal receiver STK0000001 in library AAAJRNLIB (journal receiver threshold - 3500000) create journal STKJRN in library AAAJRNLIB (Minimize entry specific data *FLDBDY) ------------------------------d broadbridgeRocket Software------------------------------

Following on from my question around 7zip archive formats, I've downloaded and tried unzip on a sample file I've been provided with. The file ends with .zip, so I figured I'd give it a go.Unfortunately, I get the message: skipping: 20201211001505.dat  need PK compat. v4.6 (can do v2.1) Is telling me that the archive is in a format that's not supported? From what I can see unzip -v gives:UnZip special compilation options:COPYRIGHT_CLEAN (PKZIP 0.9x unreducing method not supported)SET_DIR_ATTRIBSYMLINKS (symbolic links supported, if RTL and file system permit)TIMESTAMPUNIXBACKUPUSE_EF_UT_TIMEUSE_UNSHRINK (PKZIP/Zip 1.x unshrinking method supported)USE_DEFLATE64 (PKZIP 4.x Deflate64(tm) supported)VMS_TEXT_CONVPASSWD_FROM_STDIN[decryption, version 2.11 of 05 Jan 2007]Or am I confusing myself with unrelated version numbers?Thanks, Andy------------------------------Andy Stylesz/Series System ProgrammerLloyds Banking Group------------------------------

Hi, my name is Chris Rizza and I am the Product Manager for the Rocket MV Databases. UniVerse 11.3.2 was launched in early 2020, but in case you missed it, here is the overview video highlighting some of the major performance, usability and security improvements we have made.  In this video, myself and Advanced Technical Support Engineer, @Neil Morris, highlight and demo the following features:  New Features Sequential File I/O replication UTC Date Time Geospatial support  Security OpenSSL 1.1.1 features Self-Signed/Default Root Certificates demo  Python Python v3.7 Windows, Linux, AIX, Solaris Python performance improvements  External Database Access Support for MySQL and PostgreSQL Datetime field support EDA file size reduction  Supportability Linux 8 certification #MVU #UniVerse #NewRelease #Upgrade #Security #Performance ​​​​​​​​​​------------------------------Christine RizzaMV Product ManagerRocket Software------------------------

Hi, my name is Zain Master, Rocket Software Senior Product Manager, and in this session, I present an MVIS product overview including: ·         MVIS Features / Capabilities ·         Why MVIS is the future of U2REST & Web DE ·         MVIS Roadmap ·         MVIS Trial Software & Additional Resources to get you ready for upcoming hands on sessions   Since this video was published, I have transitioned over to managing MV Experiences. @Hernando Borda has taken over the product management of MVIS.  If you have any questions, please reach out to him directly.#MVU #MVIS #Modernization #NewRelease   ​​​​​------------------------------Zain MasterRocket Software------------------------------

As this issue is trending on our support Knowledgebase (in the Rocket Community), I thought I would share it here with some extras.If you would like more info on emails from CorVu Schedules please let me know.Sending email notifications from CorVu CorBusiness, especially from a Scheduled task is a powerful way to distribute business info to users, including those who may not have CorVu installed. The emails generated from a scheduler task can contain attachments of pdf, html, csv or other outputs generated from a CorVu query or report. You can also choose between plain text or HTML for the body message, which allows you to insert formatting and web-links to the files generated by your scheduler tasks. This way you can send users html links to the scheduler generated output instead of sending huge Excel files or PDFs to clog up their email systems and inboxes.The popular issue at the moment is how to use MS Outlook in Office 365 to send your CorVu emails via a secured smtp. Enhanced sec

This short video explains some of the key improvements made to Rocket Terminal Emulator 10.1. Administrators will find it easier than ever to leverage the full feature set of the product thanks to improved in-product tutorials, documentation and help content, assuring end user productivity and quality is optimized.  Join me in our January 28th webinar to learn more, or feel free to ask a question below.     ------------------------------Tommy HueberRocket Software------------------------------

We have the Visual Cobol IDE running on our Windows desktops but our Cobol programs run, via Dev Hub, on a remote server (in our case, an AIX server).  The challenge we face is how to integrate our source code repository, Rational Team Concert, with our IDE.  Typically, we set up Eclipse to have a local workspace on our computer desktop and that workspace is what Rational Team Concert is using to keep our files in sync with source code control. But, with Cobol running on AIX, the project files need to be on the remote box which, of course, isn't where Rational Team Concert expects them.  Our current solution is that our developers, via the Visual Cobol IDE, manually "drag" (or copy) the files between the Rational Team Concert-controlled workspace and the remote project area on the remote server.  This isn't ideal! Is anyone using Visual Cobol with Dev Hub while using a source code repository?  If so, how have you integrated them to work t

This wizard will transfer Passport sessions, key pads, color schemes, hotspots, Power Pads, FTP profiles, and toolbar schemes into the new Rocket Terminal Emulator session schemes, making it easy to take advantage of all the new functionality available.  ------------------------------Leonard JacobsSr Systems EngineerRocket Software------------------------------

The latest release of Rocket Terminal Emulator Web Edition (Formerly Blue Zone Web) includes support for file transfer. This video serves as an introduction to that feature. I welcome your questions or input. ------------------------------John BradySales EngineerRocket SoftwareSt. Charles IL781.684.2619------------------------------

The latest release of Rocket Terminal Emulator Web Edition (formerly BlueZone Web) includes mainframe printer support. This video provides a brief demonstration featuring "defining printer sessions" in the Administration Console. Happy to answer any related questions you have. ------------------------------Mark PerilloRocket Software------------------------------

I installed the most recent version of the curl tool and all works fine with the exception of using PKCS12 personal certificates. When I specify the parameters --cert /u/johnson/curl/fred.12:secret --cert-type P12 I receive message curl: (58) could not parse PKCS12 file, check password, OpenSSL error error:06065064:digital envelope routines:EVP_DecryptFinal_ex:bad decrypt.  I know the password is correct because if I move the file to Windows for example, I am am able to successfully import the PKCS12 certificate.with the same password into a trust store. Is there another step I need to do differently to provide the password on z/OS?

We've been on PeopleSoft since 2004 and have the MicroFocus compiler/runtime for our Linux platform. The area I support, Student Financials, has nearly a million lines of Cobol code. Since 2004 management has allowed me to also install MicroFocus Cobol 3.1 for many years, then 5.1, now Visual Cobol 4.0 on a Windows 10 machine.  This has been excellent and has allowed me to debug line by line the code that is executed on the Linux platform.  For instance, the Tuition Calculation is composed of 30 Cobol programs 10 levels deep.   I've always been able to connect to the Oracle database, sign in, and debug any program. It's been a learning curve to figure out Visual Studio, but I'm able to compile our Tuition Calculation Cobol stack and begin debugging it. PeopleSoft manages access to the backend database by Cobol subroutines, being able to use Oracle, DB2, etc.   The PeopleSoft subprogram, PTPSQLRT.cbl, is respon

Aldon Report Manager provides real-time visibility and reporting of the software development process. It generate the reports necessary for simplified audit compliance while managing timely software delivery.   The 1.8.2 release is a minor update with a focus on the user experience.   Highlights of this release include:   ·        Displaying the Report parameters window a second time for the same report no longer refreshes the page again ·        When a report is open and the user changes to another report, the Report parameters pop-up now correctly displays parameters for the current report ·        The Customize window no longer appears twice for the same report   The release notes can be found here: https://docs.rocketsoftware.com/nxt/gateway.dll/RKBnew/report%20manager/v1.8.2/rm_rel_notes_v182.pdf?f=templates&fn=document-frameset.htm ------------------------------Stephen AldousRocket Software------------------------------

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Hello,We run our application on Linux accessing local directory resources.Currently we decide to use some shared directory resources on a NAS but when we run the program and we try to open files on the directory in the NAS we are getting this file status error: 9/065 or 9A.Can anyone help to understand what can be happening?Thank you. 

Set course for … Micro Focus Universe 2021 We are thrilled to announce that Micro Focus’ premier customer and partner event – Micro Focus Universe - is back for 2021! Make time in the week of March 22nd, and join us online at our showcase global event. As you would expect, Micro Focus Universe 2021 is going to be fully virtual, building on the success of our fabulous 2020 edition. In fact, this will be our fourth year running the Micro Focus Universe event format, and we are delighted to see the attendance and feedback just gets better and better. We hope you can join us in March!  All Things Modernization at the AMC track For our COBOL and Mainframe community, we are thrilled to announce the return of our very popular Application Modernization and Connectivity (AMC) Track. We are excited to be able to offer this comprehensive set of sessions for our AMC community.  Prior year AMC tracks were very popular, so be sure to secure your spot soon. We will be exploring the vital r

Conda is a powerful, secure, and easy to use system for downloading and installing software to z/OS Unix System Services and has been chosen as the standard system for Rocket to deliver its z/OS ports of popular open source tools and languages.  Watch this video to learn about conda features and see some short demonstrations of how easy it is to use on z/OS. ------------------------------Peter FandelRocket Software------------------------------

Hi,I have the following code in eg. a button detail-trigger.vTreeRepr = $fieldvalrep(rubtrad.myent) ;do something with vTreeRepr $fieldvalrep(rubtrad.myent) = vTreeRepr rubtrad.myent = "1" ;Set to begin of tree, as here "1" is the first key-value. If the tree is big this doesn't work fully out, as the scroll bar isn't set to the top of the tree, although the "cursor" is set to the first node.Leaving away $fieldvalrep(rubtrad.myent) = vTreeRepr, its working correctly. So making another button and doing two clicks will work.I found some kind of bug report about this, but the problem was then using $valrep, which now seem to work, however I can't use that. There was also a workaround using the Asynchronous Interrupt-trigger, but it didn't work with $fieldvalrep, ie. one should trick Uniface by setting rubtrad.myent = "1" in the Asynchronous interrupt-trigger and do a postmessage.(Unfortunately I can't find that bug-report anymore.)Has anyone had the same problem,

I need someone to help me through setting up EDA replication on a UV/Windows server connecting to SQL Server.  The documentation doesn't seem to make sense and I can't figure out how to make it work.------------------------------Kevin KingPresidentPrecision Solutions, Inc.------------------------------

Hi all.Hope someone could share some light on this for me.I'm calling an API in Python using Basic to fire the call ( WooCommerce ) I then receive a JSON Response in the below format [ { "id": 799, "name": "Ship Your Idea", "slug": "ship-your-idea-22", "permalink": "https://example.com/product/ship-your-idea-22/", "date_created": "2017-03-23T17:03:12", "date_created_gmt": "2017-03-23T20:03:12", "date_modified": "2017-03-23T17:03:12", "date_modified_gmt": "2017-03-23T20:03:12", "type": "variable", "status": "publish", "featured": false, "catalog_visibility": "visible", "description": "<p>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu libero sit amet quam egestas semper. Aenean ultricies mi vitae est. Mauris placerat eleifend leo.</p> ", "short_description": "<p>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac

Hi all, We have a internal project proposal that wants to extract 7Zip formatted archives directly on the mainframe. I thought I'd seen somewhere that gzip might support that, but I can't now find any reference to it, so I'm beginning to think I dreamt it. Anyone know if gzip does support 7Zip, and if it doesn't, know of anything that does support it natively under z/OS?Many thanks, Andy.

I downloaded the git 2.26 .bz2 file, used bunzip2 on it and then tried tar -xvf git* and I get this:when under uid(0):tar: FSUM7147 ././@PaxHeader link to : EDC5129I No such file or directory. tar: FSUM7147 ././@PaxHeader link to : EDC5129I No such file or directory. tar: FSUM7147 ././@PaxHeader link to : EDC5129I No such file or directory. when under my uid:tar: FSUM7147 ././@PaxHeader link to : EDC5129I No such file or directory. x libexec/git-core/git-remote-testsvn, 15638528 bytes, 30544 tape blocks tar: FSUM7171 libexec/git-core/git-remote-testsvn: cannot set uid/gid: EDC5139I Operation not permitted. x libexec/git-core/git-mv symbolic link to git tar: FSUM7171 libexec/git-core/git-mv: cannot set uid/gid: EDC5139I Operation not permitted. x libexec/git-core/git-replace symbolic link to git What's the correct way to untar this file?I need to install in it's own filesystem (directory) so miniconda isn't the solution.------------------------------Lionel Dycklbdyck--------------------

Hi All,Mark Woodhall suggested I join this forum, so here I am.I used Corvu versions 4.0 to 5.1 over a period of about 10 years, including 2 years work for Corvu as a consultant with the Sydney and London offices.If you have any Corvu questions, feel free to message me and I will help if I can!RegardsMark Tiller------------------------------Mark TillerDeveloperHyperdyne Systems------------------------------