IBM GDPS Family: An Introduction to Concepts and Capabilities
14 May 2024, Draft Redbooks
This IBM Redbooks® publication presents an overview of the IBM Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex® (IBM GDPS®) offerings and the roles they play in delivering a business IT resilience solution. The book begins with general concepts of business IT resilience and disaster recovery (DR), along with issues that are related to high application availability, data integrity, and performance. These topics are considered within the framework of government regulation, increasing application and infrastructure complexity, and the competitive and rapidly changing modern business environment. ...
Getting Started with IBM zHyperLink for z/OS
08 May 2024, Redpaper
With the pressures to drive transaction processing 24/7 because of online banking and other business demands, IBM® zHyperLink® for IBM z/OS® is making it easy to accelerate transaction processing for the mainframe. This IBM Redpaper™ publication helps you to understand the concepts, business perspectives, and reference architecture of installing, tailoring, and configuring zHyperLink in your own environment.
Finding an On-ramp to Your AI on IBM Z Journey
02 May 2024, Point-of-View
This document focuses on conveying IBM's thought leadership around outlining a roadmap for customers, assisting them in understanding the best path to getting a jump start on an AI project on IBM Z. From evaluating use cases, to selecting the right use case and understanding the potential pitfalls, this document will discuss key considerations and highlight resources to help get you started.
AI Expedition: Steering Business Innovation on IBM Z and LinuxONE
30 April 2024, Redguide
Enterprises today are confronted with a spectrum of challenges in the AI domain ranging from complex considerations to fundamental decisions on where to start implementing AI. Navigating this landscape requires not only strategic thinking but also adept decision making as more enterprises strive to unlock the full potential of AI for their business. This IBM Redbooks® Redguide publication introduces validated strategies that ensure effective and successful outcomes for AI implementation in enterprise workloads. These approaches include cost-effective entry points with robust data management ...
23 April 2024, 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 implementation examples in detail. This publication is intended for systems engineers, hardware planners, and anyone who needs to understand IBM Z® configuration and implementation. Readers should be familiar with ...
IBM z16 A02 and IBM z16 AGZ Technical Guide
15 April 2024, 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, performance, and scale, and it is relied on for mission-critical workloads. The IBM Z platform is an essential element of hybrid cloud infrastructures. IBM z16™ A02 and IBM z16 AGZ add more capabilities ...
10 April 2024, Redpaper
This IBM Redpaper publication covers important elements of zPDT GA12 including the last fixpack for GA11.
04 April 2024, Draft Redbooks
This IBM Redbooks publication details our new "8 9s across the enterprise" know-how by explaining resiliency concepts and then demonstrating how to build the LinuxONE Emperor 4 Resiliency Framework for RHOCP. This should include required hardware/software, configuration details for PR/SM and z/VM, explaining how GDPS xDR proxies work for z/VM and guests, how SSI contributes to business continuity, and how to configure a single RHOCP cluster across multiple z/VM ...
IBM z16 (3931) Technical Guide
03 April 2024, 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, and scale. It is relied on for mission-critical workloads and as an essential element of hybrid cloud infrastructures. The IBM z16 server adds capabilities and value with innovative technologies that ...
IBM GDPS: An Introduction to Concepts and Capabilities
21 March 2024, Redbooks
This IBM Redbooks® publication presents an overview of the IBM Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex® (IBM GDPS®) offerings and the roles they play in delivering a business IT resilience solution. The book begins with general concepts of business IT resilience and disaster recovery (DR), along with issues that are related to high application availability, data integrity, and performance. These topics are considered within the framework of government regulation, increasing application and infrastructure complexity, and the competitive and rapidly changing modern business environment. ...
11 March 2024, Redpaper
The IBM® DS8000® supports encryption-capable drives. They are used with key management services (local or external) to allow encryption for data at rest. The use of encryption technology involves several considerations that are critical for you to understand to maintain the security and accessibility of encrypted data. This edition of this IBM Redpaper™ publication focuses on IBM Security™ Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager with the DS8000 Release 9.2 code or later and updated DS GUI for encryption functions. The DS8000 Release 9.2 code introduces support for local key management for data at ...
IBM DS8000 Thin Provisioning (Updated for Release 9.3)
06 March 2024, Redpaper
Ever-increasing storage demands have a negative effect on an organization’s IT budget and complicate the overall storage infrastructure and management. Companies are looking at ways to use their storage resources more efficiently. Thin provisioning can help by reducing the amount of unused storage that is typically allocated to applications or users. Available for the IBM DS8000 for Fixed Block and Count Key Data (CKD) volumes, thin provisioning defers the allocation of actual space on the storage system until the time that the data must effectively be written to disk. This IBM Redpaper™ ...
27 February 2024, Redbooks
This IBM Redbooks® publication covers IBM TS7700 R5.3. The IBM TS7700 is part of a family of IBM Enterprise tape products. This book is intended for system architects and storage administrators who want to integrate their storage systems for optimal operation. Building on over 25 years of experience, the R5.3 release includes many features that enable improved performance, usability, and security. Highlights include the IBM TS7700 Advanced Object Store, an all flash TS7770, grid resiliency enhancements, and Logical WORM retention. By using the same hierarchical storage techniques, the TS7700 ...
IBM DS8000 Copy Services: Updated for IBM DS8000 Release 9.1
18 February 2024, Redbooks
This IBM® Redbooks® publication helps you plan, install, configure, and manage Copy Services on the IBM DS8000® operating in an IBM Z® or Open Systems environment. This book helps you design and implement a new Copy Services installation or migrate from an existing installation. It includes hints and tips to maximize the effectiveness of your installation, and information about tools and products to automate Copy Services functions. It is intended for anyone who needs a detailed and practical understanding of the DS8000 Copy Services. This edition is an update for the DS8900 Release 9.1. ...
14 February 2024, Redpaper
This IBM® Redpaper publication can help you quickly understand the features, functions, and connectivity options that are available with the IBM z16™, IBM z15®, and IBM z14®. The intention of this publication is to compare the standard and optional features for various IBM Z® configurations.
IBM TS7700 R5.3 Cloud Storage Tier Guide
26 January 2024, Redpaper
Building on over 25 years of virtual tape experience, the IBM® TS7700 (IBM TS7760 and TS7770) now can store virtual tape volumes in object storage. This IBM Redpaper Redbooks publication helps you set up and configure the cloud object storage support for IBM Cloud® Object Storage, Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), or RSTOR. The TS7700 supported offloading to physical tape for over two decades. Using a TS7700 to offload to physical tape is a process that is used by hundreds of organizations around the world. By using the same hierarchical storage techniques, the TS7700 also can ...
Turning Data into Insight with Machine Learning for IBM z/OS
26 January 2024, Draft Redbooks
The exponential growth in data over the last decade coupled with a drastic adoption of artificial intelligence has opened organizations up to valuable insights, opportunities for improvements in efficiency, increases in profits, and overall deliver more business value both internally to employees and shareholders and externally to clients and consumers. The data that fuels these insights is the foundation that these organizations must tap in to innovate and they must capitalize on the most advanced AI capabilities to stay ahead of the competition, and they must do so in a secure environment ...
Mainframe Batch Modernization and Transformation
10 January 2024, Point-of-View
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 ...
18 December 2023, Redbooks
DFSMSrmm is an IBM z/OS feature that is a fully functioning tape management system to manage your removable media. In the last decade, many enhancements were made to DFSMSrmm. This IBM Redbooks publication is intended to help you configure and use the newer functions and features that are now available. Discussion of the new features is included along with use cases. Hints and tips of various common DFSMSrmm problems and useful configuration and reporting JCL also are included. This publication is intended as a supplement to [<a href="./sg245983.html">]DFSMSrmm Primer[</a>], SG24-5983, which ...
IBM Z Server Time Protocol Guide
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 IBM Z technology and terminology. This book provides planning and implementation information for STP functions and associated software support for the IBM z16™, IBM z15®, and IBM z14® ...