migrations, macaroni and guacamole
Feb. 19th, 2010 07:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sergebroomLast year, I had proposed a project to migrate some of our processing from another group’s unix server to our own unix machine. The original design was rather convoluted, but it had been put together in 1995, when database links were not common and possibly not as secure. The situation has changed, so I put together a new design that is much more streamlined, and as you know, Bob, the more elements to a machine, the greater the likelihood that it’ll break. So, by September 1, 2009, I had completed and tested the whole thing. It had been with great pride that I brought this up during our weekly meeting that day, only to have the head of our user group dismiss the whole thing and besides there was nobody to validate. That was quite a letdown. The whole thing languished and languished and languished. I had pretty much given up on it, then the merger we’re currently going thru gave me an opening. It still took some pushing and convincing, but the main user finally gave the go-ahead yesterday.
Back in November, my manager told me to migrate our two mainframe-based processes to our unix server. Again, this is something that had been set up in 1995, with different technological opportunities. This time though, yours truly had written the original COBOL programs and the JCL. Strong sturdy stuff that never broke down, I’ll have you know, but upper-management wanted everything in one platform. That made sense because I’m the group’s only person with any mainframe expertise and if someone threw me under a bus, they would have a problem. One of those processes will soon be rendered obsolete by the merger so we’re leaving it alone. It was interesting, converting the remaining antediluvian process into something more nimble. It also feel strange because I am basically retiring my mainframe skills. That being said, I still have to get a user assigned to validate this project’s results, but I completed my own testing today.
As a reward to myself, I had some mararoni & cheese for supper. And there’s a bag of guacamole chips with my name on it.
Back in November, my manager told me to migrate our two mainframe-based processes to our unix server. Again, this is something that had been set up in 1995, with different technological opportunities. This time though, yours truly had written the original COBOL programs and the JCL. Strong sturdy stuff that never broke down, I’ll have you know, but upper-management wanted everything in one platform. That made sense because I’m the group’s only person with any mainframe expertise and if someone threw me under a bus, they would have a problem. One of those processes will soon be rendered obsolete by the merger so we’re leaving it alone. It was interesting, converting the remaining antediluvian process into something more nimble. It also feel strange because I am basically retiring my mainframe skills. That being said, I still have to get a user assigned to validate this project’s results, but I completed my own testing today.
As a reward to myself, I had some mararoni & cheese for supper. And there’s a bag of guacamole chips with my name on it.
