19 September 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 software components, functions, typical uses, coexistence, and relative merits of these connectivity features. It helps readers understand the connectivity alternatives that are available when ...
Accelerate Mainframe z/TPF Application Modernization with Hybrid Cloud
15 September 2023, Redpaper
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 ...
IBM Db2 13 for z/OS Performance Topics
07 September 2023, Redbooks
IBM® Db2® 13 for z/OS delivers innovations that can improve your ability to make well-informed business decisions. As the industry's first relational database that integrates artificial intelligence (AI) into SQL queries, Db2 13 combines deep-learning capabilities with advanced IBM Z® technologies to reveal hidden relationships across tables and views in your Db2 data. As with earlier releases of Db2, Db2 13 continues to enhance availability, scalability, security, and resiliency, and applies optimization to improve the performance of your operational processes. These improvements include ...
IBM Power E1080 Technical Overview and Introduction
30 August 2023, Redpaper
This IBM® Redpaper® publication provides a broad understanding of a new architecture of the IBM Power® E1080 (also known as the Power E1080) server that supports IBM AIX®, IBM i, and selected distributions of Linux operating systems. The objective of this paper is to introduce the Power E1080, the most powerful and scalable server of the IBM Power portfolio, and its offerings and relevant functions: Designed to support up to four system nodes and up to 240 IBM Power10™ processor cores The Power E1080 can be initially ordered with a single system node or two system nodes ...
IBM Power S1014, S1022s, S1022, and S1024 Technical Overview and Introduction
30 August 2023, Redpaper
This IBM® Redpaper publication is a comprehensive guide that covers the IBM Power S1014 (9105-41B), IBM Power S1022s (9105-22B), IBM Power S1022 (9105-22A), and IBM Power S1024 (9105-42A) servers that use the latest IBM Power10 processor-based technology and support the IBM AIX®, IBM i, and Linux operating systems. The goal of this paper is to provide a hardware architecture analysis and highlight the changes, new technologies, and major features that are being introduced in these systems, such as the following examples: The latest IBM Power10 processor design, including the ...
IBM TS7700 R5 DS8000 Object Store User's Guide
30 August 2023, Redpaper
The IBM® TS7700 features a functional enhancement that allows for the TS7700 to act as an object store for transparent cloud tiering with IBM DS8000®, DFSMShsm (HSM), and native DFSMSdss (DSS). This function can be used to move data sets directly from DS8000 to TS7700. This IBM Redpaper publication provides a functional overview of the features, provides client value information, and walks through DFSMS, DS8000, and TS7700 set up steps.
IBM z16 (3931) Technical Guide
29 August 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, 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 ...
16 August 2023, Draft 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 increased maximum cache capacity of SSD-based TS7700s, zTape Air-Gap option, CRC Check End-to-End of virtual volumes, and TS7700 RESTful API. By using the same hierarchical ...
IBM DS8000 Transparent Cloud Tiering: DS8000 Release 9.3
11 August 2023, Redbooks
This IBM® Redbooks® publication gives a broad understanding of storage clouds and the initial functions that were introduced for mainframe data to be transferred to cloud storage . IBM Data Facility Storage Management Subsystem (DFSMS) and the IBM DS8000® added functions to provide elements of serverless data movement, and for IBM z/OS® to communicate with a storage cloud. The function is known as Transparent Cloud Tiering (TCT) and is composed of the following key elements: A gateway in the DS8000, which allows the movement of data to and from Object Storage by using a network ...
10 August 2023, Draft 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 TS7700 R5.3 Cloud Storage Tier Guide
10 August 2023, Draft 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 ...
IBM Z Flexible Capacity for Cyber Resiliency
30 June 2023, Redpaper
With IBM Z Flexible Capacity for Cyber Resiliency, IBM introduces a new temporary capacity, that offers clients new levels of flexibility and control. Flexible Capacity for Cyber Resiliency helps organizations to activate and deactivate capacity, within the Flexible Capacity record, between participating IBM z16 machines in production and remote sites to improve Cyber Resiliency and provides increased flexibility and control regarding when and how to move workloads. This Redpaper provides details about the functional and operational details of the feature and provides an HMC walkthrough that ...
Mainframe Application Modernization Patterns for Hybrid Cloud
30 June 2023, Redbooks
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 ...
30 June 2023, 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.
Solving challenges of instant payments by using AI on IBM zSystems
29 June 2023, Point-of-View
A business oriented review to help you solve the challenges around instant payments by using artificial intelligence on IBM zSystems
IBM Z Server Time Protocol Guide
29 June 2023, Draft 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 IBM STP functions. Readers are expected to be generally familiar with IBM Z technology and terminology. This book provides planning and implementation information for Server Time Protocol functions and associated software support for the IBM z16, IBM z15, and ...
IBM z16 Technical Introduction
29 June 2023, Redbooks
This IBM® Redbooks® publication introduces the latest members of the IBM Z® family, IBM z16™, which is built with the IBM Telum™ processor and available in three different configuration options: IBM z16 A01 IBM z16 A02 IBM z16 AGZ 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. IBM z16 adds capabilities and value with innovative technologies that are needed to accelerate the digital transformation journey. This ...
Keeping Up With Security and Compliance on IBM Z
23 June 2023, Redbooks
Non-compliance can lead to increasing costs. Regulatory violations involving data protection and privacy can have severe and unintended consequences. In addition, companies must keep pace with changes that arise from numerous legislative and regulatory bodies. Global organizations have the added liability of dealing with national and international-specific regulations. Proving that you are compliant entails compiling and organizing data from multiple sources to satisfy auditor’s requests. Preparing for compliance audits can be a major time drain, and maintaining, updating, and adding new ...
Accelerate Mainframe Application Modernization with Hybrid Cloud
21 June 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 of the IBM® strategy to help you modernize applications faster, at lower cost and less risk, by using IBM zSystems® and public cloud solutions together in your modernization journey. Included are ...
Securely Leverage Open-Source Software with Python AI Toolkit for IBM z/OS
10 May 2023, Solution Guide
Open-source software (OSS) is widely available and serves as an essential component for enterprises in the artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) industry. Specifically, the open-source programming language Python is one of the most versatile and popular programming languages that are used in the world at the time of writing. This situation is especially true in the data science community, where Python provides many libraries and tools that enable essential AI and ML functions, and where it is supported by a large community of developers that actively contribute to its ...