This IBM® Redbooks® publication helps you to become familiar with the technical changes that were introduced into the User Interface areas of IBM z/OS® V2R2.

This publication is one in a series of IBM Redbooks publications that take a modular approach to providing information about the updates within z/OS V2R2. This approach has the following goals:

It is our hope that this approach is useful. We value your feedback.

This book was produced by a team of specialists from around the world working at the International Technical Support Organization, Poughkeepsie Center.

Keith Winnard is the z/OS Project Leader at the International Technical Support Organization, Poughkeepsie Center. He writes extensively and is keen to engage with customers to understand what they want from IBM Redbooks publications. Before joining the ITSO in 2014, Keith worked for clients and Business Partners in the UK and Europe in various technical and account management roles. He is experienced with blending and integrating new technologies into the traditional landscape of mainframes.

Paul Robert Hering is an IT Specialist at the ITS Technical Support Center, Mainz, Germany. He provides support to clients with z/OS and z/OS UNIX-related questions and problems. He has participated in several ITSO residencies since 1988, writing about UNIX related topics. Before supporting IBM OS/390® and z/OS, Robert worked for many years with the IBM VM operating system and its variations (VM/370, VM/HPO, VM/XA, and VM/ESA).

Thanks to the following people for their contributions to this project:

Eric Rossenfeld (z/OS Security and Interactive Development, Poughkeepsie Center) for providing valuable technical advice, guidance, and assistance throughout the creation of this IBM Redbooks publication.

Bob Haimowitz (Development Support Team [DST], Poughkeepsie Center) for setting up and maintaining the systems, and providing valuable advice, guidance, and assistance throughout the creation of this IBM Redbooks publication.

Rich Conway (DST, Poughkeepsie Center) for setting up and maintaining the systems, and providing valuable advice, guidance, and assistance throughout the creation of this IBM Redbooks publication.

Peter Bertolozzi (Systems Management specialist, IBM Redbooks residency support, Poughkeepsie Center) for setting up and maintaining the environments in which the residents worked.

John Gierloff (Operations, Poughkeepsie Center) for residency set up and support.

Don Brennan (DST, Poughkeepsie Center) for setting up and maintaining the systems hardware that was used in the creation of this IBM Redbooks publication.

Ella Buslovich (Graphics specialist, Poughkeepsie Center) for providing graphical guidance for this IBM Redbooks publication.

Ann Lund (ITSO Administration, Poughkeepsie Center) for administrative support to enable the residency.

Cheryl Gera (ITSO Administration, Poughkeepsie Center) for managing the business operations for this IBM Redbooks publication.

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