Problem Statement
Major Automobile manufacturing company was looking to migrate mainframe systems to open systems and reduce TCO and have a more agile platform. Their aim was no change in source code or business logic, no change to end user’s usability, and do the migration in a short time with a controlled budget and low operational cost for the target environment.
Business Challenge
- Successful Migration within a year with a 50% TCO reduction.
- No changes to source code or end-user functionality except for the printing system. Improved user response in the target system.
- Easy to maintain hardware and opened the possibility for automating a lot of work.
- Multi-node architecture for high availability and scalability.
The Solution
Environment Prior/After Rehosting
Existing
- Software Environment: MVS, CICS, COBOL, ZOS DB2, Assembler, JCL, VSAM, MQ.
- 4359 Batch jobs, 8933 Cobol.
Target Solution
- OpenFrame, Tmax (TP-Monitor), Tibero, OpenStudio, MQ client for distributed environment, DB2 LUW.
Industry
Manufacturing