IBM Z Redbooks

06 December 2023, Draft Redbooks

IBM z16 Configuration Setup - Second Edition - (includes ibm z16 A02 and AGZ specifics) This IBM® Redbooks® publication helps you install, configure, and maintain IBM z16 (machine types 3931 and 3932) systems. IBM z16 offers new functions that require a comprehensive understanding of the available configuration options. This book presents configuration setup scenarios and describes ...

04 December 2023, Draft Redbooks

Protecting workloads and sensitive data throughout their lifecycle is without a doubt of greatest concern across all industries and organizations. With increasing demands to accelerate hybrid cloud adoption, the way data is securely stored, processed, and accessed will have to change—a persistent barrier with cloud adoption. Regulatory guidelines and standards are causing many businesses and ...

04 December 2023, Redbooks

Server Time Protocol (STP) is a server-wide facility that is implemented in the Licensed Internal Code (LIC) of the IBM Z® platform. It provides improved time synchronization in a sysplex or non-sysplex configuration. This IBM Redbooks® publication is intended for infrastructure architects and system programmers who need to understand the STP functions. Readers are expected to be familiar with ...

30 November 2023, Redbooks

This IBM® Redbooks® publication describes the features and functions of the latest member of the IBM Z® platform that was built with the IBM Telum processor: the IBM z16™ (machine type 3931). It includes information about the IBM z16 processor design, I/O innovations, security features, and supported operating systems. The IBM Z platform is recognized for its security, resiliency, performance, ...

30 November 2023, Redbooks

This IBM Redbooks® publication describes the features and functions of the latest IBM Z® platform members that are built with the IBM Telum® processor: IBM z16™ A02 and IBM z16 AGZ. It includes information about the IBM z16 A02 and IBM z16 AGZ processor design, I/O innovations, security features, and supported operating systems. The IBM Z platform is recognized for its security, resiliency, ...

28 November 2023, Draft Redbooks

Broadcom Top Secret and the IBM® z/OS® Security Server (RACF®) are both Mainframe Security products. In some areas their designs are similar, and in other areas the designs are very different. Planning a migration from Broadcom Top Secret to z/OS Security Server RACF, without unduly disrupting an z/OS production environment, requires considerable planning and understanding. With proper planning, ...

27 November 2023, Redbooks

This IBM® Redbooks® publication provides a broad explanation of the kernel-based virtual machine (KVM) on IBM Z® and how it can use the z/Architecture®. It focuses on the planning of the environment and provides installation and configuration definitions that are necessary to build, manage, and monitor a KVM on Z environment. This publication applies to the supported Linux on Z distributions ...

01 November 2023, Draft Redpaper

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 ...

01 November 2023, Point-of-View

What is the best strategy to 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 mainframe application modernization and leverage hybrid cloud. This IBM Redbooks® publication provides an overview ...

30 October 2023, Redbooks

This IBM Redbooks® publication describes the connectivity options that are available for use within and beyond the data center for the IBM Z® family of mainframes, which includes the following systems: IBM z16™ A01 IBM z16 A02 IBM z16 AGZ IBM z15® T01 IBM z15 T02 IBM z14® M01 - M05 IBM z14 ZR1 This book highlights the hardware and ...