The ABCs of IBM® z/OS® System Programming is a 13-volume collection that provides an introduction to the z/OS operating system and the hardware architecture. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced system programmer, the ABCs collection provides the information you need to start your research into z/OS and related subjects. If you would like to become more familiar with z/OS in your current environment, or if you are evaluating platforms to consolidate your e-business applications, the ABCs collection serves as a powerful technical tool.

This IBM Redbooks® publication, Volume 8, shows you how to:

The content of the volumes is as follows:

Volume 1: Introduction to z/OS and storage concepts, TSO/E, ISPF, JCL, SDSF, and z/OS delivery and installation

Volume 2: z/OS implementation and daily maintenance, defining subsystems, JES2 and JES3, LPA, LNKLST, authorized libraries, SMP/E, Language Environment®

Volume 3: Introduction to DFSMS, data set basics storage management hardware and software, catalogs, and DFSMStvs

Volume 4: Communication Server, TCP/IP, and VTAM®

Volume 5: Base and Parallel Sysplex® , System Logger, Resource Recovery Services (RRS), global resource serialization (GRS), z/OS system operations, automatic restart management (ARM), Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex™ (GDPS® )

Volume 6: Introduction to security, RACF, Digital certificates and PKI, Kerberos, cryptography and z990 integrated cryptography, zSeries® firewall technologies, LDAP, and Enterprise identity mapping (EIM)

Volume 7: Printing in a z/OS environment, Infoprint® Server and Infoprint Central

Volume 8: An introduction to z/OS problem diagnosis

Volume 9: z/OS UNIX System Services

Volume 10: Introduction to z/Architecture™, zSeries processor design, zSeries connectivity, LPAR concepts, HCD, and HMC

Volume 11: Capacity planning, performance management, WLM, RMF™ , and SMF

This book was produced by a team working at the International Technical Support Organization, Poughkeepsie Center.

Paul Rogers is a Consulting IT Specialist at the International Technical Support Organization, Poughkeepsie Center. He writes extensively and teaches IBM classes worldwide on various aspects of z/OS, z/OS UNIX, JES3, and Infoprint Server. Before joining the ITSO 23 years ago, Paul worked in the IBM Installation Support Center (ISC) in Greenford, England providing IBM OS/390® and JES support for IBM EMEA and the Washington Systems Center. He has worked for IBM for 44 1/2 years.

Peter Hilger is an IT Specialist at the ITS Technical Support Center, Mainz, Germany, working with defect-related support for customers.

The previous edition of this book was also authored by:

David Carey, a Senior IT Advisory Specialist with the IBM Support Center in Sydney, Australia, where he provides defect and non-defect support for IBM CICS®, CICSPlex/SM, the IBM WebSphere® MQ family of products, and IBM z/OS. David has been working in the IT industry for 25 years and has written extensively about diagnostic processes for the ITSO.

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