ABCs of z/OS System Programming Volume 3

The ABCs of z/OS System Programming is an eleven 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 that 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 will
serve as a powerful technical tool.
The contents of the volumes are:
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, Language Environment, and SMP/E
Volume 3: Introduction to DFSMS, data set basics, storage management hardware and software, VSAM, System-managed storage, 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 (GPDS)
Volume 6: Introduction to security, RACF, Digital certificates and PKI, Kerberos, cryptography and z990 integrated cryptography, zSeries firewall technologies, LDAP, Enterprise identity mapping (EIM), and firewall technologies
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

Chapter 1. DFSMS introduction
Chapter 2. Data set basics
Chapter 3. Storage management hardware
Chapter 4. Storage management software
Chapter 5. System-managed storage
Chapter 6. Catalogs
Chapter 7. DFSMS Transactional VSAM Services

• ABCs of z/OS System Programming Volume 1, SG24-6981-01
• ABCs of z/OS System Programming Volume 2, SG24-6982-02
• ABCs of z/OS System Programming Volume 8, SG24-6988-00

Publish Date
16 August 2007

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Author(s)

Paul Rogers is a Consulting IT Specialist at the International Technical Support Organization, Poughkeepsie Center and has worked for IBM for more than 40 years. He writes extensively and teaches IBM classes worldwide on various aspects of z/OS, JES3, Infoprint Server, and z/OS UNIX. Before joining the ITSO 20 years ago, Paul worked in the IBM Installation Support Center (ISC) in Greenford, England, providing OS/390 and JES support for IBM EMEA and the Washington Systems Center in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

• Paul Rogers

Redelf Janssen is an IT Architect in IBM Global Services ITS in IBM Germany. He holds a degree in Computer Science from University of Bremen and joined IBM Germany in 1988. His areas of expertise include IBM zSeries, z/OS and availability management. He has written IBM Redbooks publications on OS/390 Releases 3, 4, and 10, and z/OS Release 8.

• Redelf Janssen

Andre Otto is a z/OS DFSMS SW service specialist at the EMEA Backoffice team in Germany. He has 12 years of experience in the DFSMS, VSAM and catalog components. He holds a degree in Computer Science from the Dresden Professional Academy.

• Andre Otto

Rita Pleus is an IT Architect in IBM Global Services ITS in IBM Germany. She has 21 years of IT experience in a variety of areas, including systems programming and operations management. Before joining IBM in 2001, she worked for a German S/390 customer. Rita holds a degree in Computer Science from the University of Applied Sciences in Dortmund. Her areas of expertise include z/OS, its subsystems, and systems management.

• Rita Pleus

Alvaro Salla is an IBM retiree who worked for IBM for more than 30 years in large systems. He has co-authored many IBM Redbooks publications and spent many years teaching S/360 to S/390. He has a degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.

• Alvaro Salla

Valeria Sokal is an MVS system programmer at an IBM customer. She has 16 years of experience as a mainframe systems programmer.

• Valeria Sokal

ISBN

0738489050

IBM Form Number
SG24-6983-02

Number of pages
436