How to set up Mainframe in Raspberry Pi

How to set up Mainframe in Raspberry Pi

🕑 Published : Jun 06, 2020 | 🕣 Updated : Jun 06, 2020 | ⏳ 3 Min read

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In this article we will see how to install Multiple Virtual Storage, more commonly called MVS operating system into Raspberry Pi.

We will use MVS 3.8j Tur(n)key 4- (“TK4-”). This a ready to use OS/VS2 MVS 3.8j system built specifically to run under the Hercules System/370, ESA/390, and z/Architecture Emulator.

Assumption

We assume you have already completed the initial setup of Raspberry Pi. If need instructions on how to do the initial setup of Raspberry Pi, Please read How to set up your Raspberry Pi.

Instructions

Please follow below steps to install MVS in Raspberry Pi

Step 01: Download & Install MVS Turnkey (MVS TK4) Emulation

Login into Raspberry Pi in desktop mode
Download current version of MVS Turnkey from http://wotho.ethz.ch/tk4-/tk4-_v1.00_current.zip. You can do this just by following this link in chromium browser OR using wget http://wotho.ethz.ch/tk4-/tk4-_v1.00_current.zip in a terminal session.
Open a terminal session, then create a directory for mvs and unzip the content to this new directory
```
cd /opt
sudo mkdir mvs
sudo unzip /home/pi/Downloads/tk4-_v1.00_current.zip -d /opt/mvs/
```
Start mvs in unattended mode with the command
```
sudo ./mvs
```
Successful start will give you below message. DO NOT type any thing in this terminal after this. Just minimize the screen and leave this running.

Step 02: Download and Install Terminal

Download a terminal of your choice. You might be familiar with commercial once like PowerTerm TN3270 and Bluezone. Unless you are holding license for a commercial terminal, go a head and download the opensource x3270. x3270 can be installed both on your Raspberry Pi OR windows machine.

Install x3270 on windows machine

Download x3270 Windows Setup .EXE file from http://x3270.bgp.nu/download.html
Install wc3270

Configure wc3270

Open wc3270 and select create new session (new)
Give a name for for the session.
Enter the host name OR IP address of your Raspberry Pi with MVS. Host name did not work in my first try, So I had to use IP address.
MVS is running on port 3270, So enter 3 to change the port number
Update port number to 3270 and click enter
Create the session file and save the desktop shortcut

Step 03: Open MVS Session

Click on the desktop shortcut for the session

Press enter after placing the pointer on first line
Login using HERC01 and CUL8TR
In the TSO menu enter 2 to select the RFP (Robs’s Programming Facility)
You are in the RFP menu now. This should give the feel that we are in mainframes now.
Go back to home screen by pressing F3 and navigate to 1 RFE –> 1 BROWSE –> DATA SET NAME ===> 'SYS2.JCLLIB'. You can try running some test jobs from this library. Today for this article we will try IEBCOPY
Target dataset before execution
Target dataset after execution
From home screen, navigate to 4 QUEUE –> $T PRTN,Q=A –> HO to review the job execution results.