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Mainframe Batch Modernization and Transformation
IBM Z
Point-of-View, published 10 Jan 2024
Batch processing is used for some of an organization’s most critical and time-sensitive business operations. It is used across many industries including, memo-posting of banking transactions in high volume, settlement and clearing, claims processing, risk assessments, payroll handling, ledger postings and reconciliations, and operational activities such as backups, reporting, data transfer, and archival. Batch jobs perform many read, write, and sort activities on sequential and VSAM files without manual intervention or input required unless, of course, a job does not end successfully. Batch ... [more]
Using Pacemaker to Create Highly Available Linux Solutions on IBM Power
Power Systems
Draft Redbooks, last updated 20 Dec 2023
High availability and business continuity continue to be focus themes for businesses as they work hard to provide infrastructure components to support the "always available" requirements for their critical business functions. In addition, many enterprises are starting to build critical business functions on Linux servers to take advantage of the openness and portability of those applications across both on-premises and cloud-based infrastructures. These combined requirements lead to the need for a solution that allows enterprises to support highly available Linux environments for critical ... [more]
Using Ansible for Automation with IBM Power Systems
Power Systems
Draft Redbooks, last updated 20 Dec 2023
This IBM Redbooks publication will help you install, tailor and configure an automation environment using Ansible in an IBM Power server environment. Ansible is a versatile and easy to use IT automation platform that makes your applications and systems easier to deploy and maintain. With Ansible you can automate almost anything: code deployment, network configuration, server infrastructure deployment, security and patch management, and cloud management. Ansible is implemented in an easy to use and human readable language (YAML) and uses SSH to connect to the managed systems, hence with no ... [more]
Accelerate Mainframe z/TPF Application Modernization with Hybrid Cloud
IBM Z software
Redpaper, published 15 Sep 2023
What is the best strategy to achieve an effective digital transformation of your business? How do you make your business more agile, productive, and less siloed so that you can provide engaging customer experiences rapidly and at lower costs? Answer: Accelerate your IBM z/Transaction Processing Facility (z/TPF) application modernization and leverage hybrid cloud. This IBM Redbooks® publication provides an overview of the IBM® strategy to help you modernize z/TPF applications faster at lower cost and at less risk by using IBM Z® and public cloud solutions together in ... [more]
Mainframe Application Modernization Patterns for Hybrid Cloud
Cloud
Redbooks, published 27 Jun 2023, last updated 30 Jun 2023
As businesses digitally transform, they can impose significant demands on existing mainframe applications and data requiring the need to modernize to achieve business outcomes. To meet this need for modernization which includes greater agility, efficiency, and innovation, they are choosing a hybrid cloud strategy that brings together the best of IBM Z® and Cloud. IBM Z integrated into a hybrid cloud based on Red Hat OpenShift provides resiliency and secure architecture that allows for application workload placement on the "best fit" infrastructure to maximize scale, performance, and ... [more]
Hybrid cloud with on-premises cloud on IBM Z or LinuxONE
Cloud
Redbooks, published 28 Oct 2022
Enterprises invested millions of dollars and spent decades on developing their on-premises infrastructure. As technology advances, so has the need to leverage that infrastructure, yet still modernize the enterprises’ software portfolio to use more contemporary infrastructure, tools, and languages. Enterprises require a unified, flexible, cost-optimal hybrid cloud with portable microservices and a reliable and securable on-premises infrastructure for data-intensive AI and mission-critical workloads. A hybrid cloud can help enterprises integrate their public and private clouds with their ... [more]
Building a Red Hat OpenShift Environment on IBM Z
Cloud
Redbooks, published 10 Aug 2022
Cybersecurity is the most important arm of defense against cyberattacks. With the recent increase in cyberattacks, corporations must focus on how they are combating these new high-tech threats. When establishing best practices, a corporation must focus on employees’ access to specific workspaces and information. IBM Z® focuses on allowing high processing virtual environments while maintaining a high level of security in each workspace. Organizations not only need to adjust their approach to security, but also their approach to IT environments. To meet new customer needs and expectations, ... [more]
Leveraging LinuxONE to Maximize Your Data Serving Capabilities
LinuxONE
Redbooks, published 26 Apr 2022, last updated 24 May 2022
Data modernization enables organizations to access enterprise data and extend the business value of core data that has been collected over many years. Data modernization is any initiative or process that results in more relevant and accurate data or more efficient and timely data delivery and analyses that support both improved governance (management, science, and enforcement) and serve industry and public needs. This IBM® Redbooks® publication describes how to maximize the data serving capabilities on LinuxONE and how you can take advantage of these capabilities to modernize your ... [more]
Implementation Guide for IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud on Microsoft Azure Version 8.4.3
Cloud
Redbooks, published 15 Mar 2022
IBM® Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud is now available on Microsoft Azure. With IBM Spectrum® Virtualize for Public Cloud 8.4.3, users can deploy a highly available two-node cluster running IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud on supported Microsoft Azure virtual machines (VMs). This all-inclusive, bring your own license (BYOL) software offering provides the ability to virtualize, optimize, and provision supported Azure Managed Disk to applications that require the performance of block storage in the cloud with the added efficiencies that IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud ... [more]
IBM Spectrum Archive Enterprise Edition V1.3.2.2: Installation and Configuration Guide
Storage software
Redbooks, published 10 Mar 2022
This IBM® Redbooks® publication helps you with the planning, installation, and configuration of the new IBM Spectrum® Archive Enterprise Edition (EE) Version 1.3.2.2 for the IBM TS4500, IBM TS3500, IBM TS4300, and IBM TS3310 tape libraries. IBM Spectrum Archive Enterprise Edition enables the use of the LTFS for the policy management of tape as a storage tier in an IBM Spectrum Scale based environment. It also helps encourage the use of tape as a critical tier in the storage environment. This edition of this publication is the tenth edition of IBM Spectrum Archive Installation and ... [more]
The above is a list of IBM Redbooks and Redpapers on Cloud, showing most recently published first. IBM Redbooks publications are available for download in PDF and EPUB formats and most are also available on Google Play Books and Apple Books.