My submission for the Master the Mainframe 2018 final challenge.
The final challenge is very different from the previous action based challenges with specific instructional guidance. The final challenge is the opportunity to explore the environment and think about what you would present to demonstrate your expanding z/OS technical ability. Have fun and work on the final challenge as time permits. You have months to complete the challenge.
-Requirements-
Final challenge creativity is NOT a matter of quantity
Final challenge creativity is a matter of quality and simplicity**
Achieving quality and simplicity can take a lot of work
** Elaboration on quality and simplicity related to applied challenge creativity:
Discover and report on interesting technical details about the system
Create several independent reports
Rexx is used to write report output
Rexx input can be any combination of output from:
+ z/OS commands
+ JES2 commands
+ SDSF commands
+ TSO commands
+ Data from any data source
All reports should be a quick read and educational to someone new to the contest system
Full sentences are NOT required but are acceptable
Samples are provided
You will be reviewing a lot of samples to help you prepare for the challenge