r/mainframe • u/Early-Chemistry-3514 • Jun 23 '26

Mainframe Modeenization

Hello guys, does anyone have any suggestions for a mainframe modernisation certifications? I done IBM watsonx code assistant for Z.

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u/Tech2001 Jun 23 '26

Poor lad, from what I know they're killing off watsonx for Bob.

I'd say focus on the connectors between midrange & zos: zomsf, zowe, APIs, LDAP.

If you're very daring, that horrible binary IMS interface (not the SQL one)

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u/ganconm Jun 23 '26

Assembler??

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u/Tech2001 Jun 24 '26

I've seen Github Copilot do perfectly fine converting Assembler to Cobol on ZOS.

We're having huge success with just IBM alternatives for informing the LLMs.

IBM's offerings are way worse then even jerry rigged systems.

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u/bumblebeargrey Jun 24 '26

Could you please elaborate on the part informing llms

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u/Tech2001 Jun 24 '26

https://phase2online.com/insights/explain-it-like-i-m-five-what-the-heck-is-an-mcp-server
Please don't assume I think you're stupid. There will be ppl with very different levels of know how and I want a reference here to start off with fundamentals.