Migrating from mainframes to Open Systems

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Hi All,

We have a ADABAS / NATURAL code base (with CICS screens) talking to DB2 database. Also there are JCL programs running via ESP scheduler.
This complete solution is hosted on IBM’s z/OS (Mainframe).

Our requirement is to re-host this complete solution on UNIX boxes.

I would like to know - at a high level - what would be the steps involved? Also, what are the possible roadblocks that we could encounter during this re-hosting exercise.

I understand this is a quite a huge effort. So any help on this will be highly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
PR

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The effort is not that huge or complicated. The main consideration is converting all your mainframe JCL. You will come across a multitude of minor issues but none should stop the project. Most utilities you might be familiar with on the mainframe have equivalents or near equavilents available on other platforms.