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IBM z/OS and OS/390 Expo -
The next IBM z/OS and OS/390 annual technical conference. Focusing first and foremost on performance issues, 4.5 days.
http://www.ibm.com/services/learning/conf/us/os390 z/OS, OS/390 and MVS End of Support Dates -
Announcement, general availability, marketing withdrawal and end of support dates and program numbers for z/OS, OS/390 and MVS/ESA.
http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/support/zos_eos_dates.html Testing z/OS -
An IBM Systems Journal article describing how the z/OS development team tested the operating system. Discusses verification methodologies, and test technologies and techniques.
http://researchweb.watson.ibm.com/journal/sj/411/loveland.html StorageTek: z/OS Support Commitment -
StorageTek's policy statement detailing their products' support for IBM mainframes and their operating systems.
http://www.support.storagetek.com/GlobalNavigation/Support/NewsAndUpdates/OS390/OS390Index.htm University of Georgia Mainframe -
Detailed usage information for z/OS JCL, TSO, ISPF and z/OS Abend codes.
http://www.eits.uga.edu/hostsys/mvs/ DFSMShsm -
Originally the Hierarchical Storage Manager (hsm), now "a functional component of DFSMS that provides facilities for managing storage devices" (IBM).
http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/storage/software/sms/hsm/ MVS SHARE Project -
As well as a description of the MVS Project, under which all z/OS activities of the SHARE user group are organized, there are also useful Web links.
http://www.share.org/Volunteer_Center/programs/mvs_project.cfm Watson & Walker -
Cheryl Watson specializes in z/OS tuning. This site offers access to some of her free reports and details on how to acquire her chargeable materials, including her Tuning Newsletter, CPU chart, classes on video, and BoxScore and GoalTender software.
http://www.watsonwalker.com SDSF: System Display and Search Facility -
IBM software to view and control the JES2 queues, running batch jobs, started tasks, and on-line TSO users.
http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/sdsf/ z/OS Hot Topics Newsletters -
Published twice annually by IBM for z/OS Systems Programmers, with one to five page technical articles. Available on-line in PDF format.
http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/bkserv/hot_topics.html Vanguard Enterprise Security Expo -
Annual security conference intended for organizations using RACF, but covering non-mainframe-specific topics, such as smart cards and digital certificates.
http://www.go2vanguard.com/expo z/OS Information Wizardry -
Web-based wizards for infrequent z/OS Systems Programming tasks.
http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/wizards/ MVS Forums -
Help Boards provide question and answer discussion threads on z/OS application programming, databases, utilities, JCL, Middleware including CICS, IMS, TSO, ISPF, data management and problem determination. There are also links to IBM manuals.
http://www.mvsforums.com IBM z/OS Consolidated Service Test (CST) and the Recommended Service Upgrade (RSU) -
Integrated testing of an older Program Update Tape (PUT) level with hipers and PE's from a more recent PUT level for specified operating system, database and teleprocessing monitor versions.
http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/servicetst/ ASU IT FYI: Arizona State University On-line Mainframe MVS/TSO Help -
Detailed usage information on a broad range of commonly-used z/OS software. Some is specific to ASU's academic mainframe.
http://www.asu.edu/it/fyi/mvs RACF -
IBM home page for Resource Access Control Facility (RACF) security software. Introduction with links to a technical overview, news, downloads, user groups, past and future presentations, migration, library, FAQs and education.
http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/racf/ Western Illinois University: StuMVS System -
Student guides for TSO (ISPF), CICS, MVS QuickRef, AbendAid, local JCL standards and a small glossary.
http://mvs.wiu.edu/stumvs z/OS.e -
A specially priced offering of z/OS providing select z/OS function for the zSeries 800.
http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zose/ SMP/E: System Modification Program Extended -
The software used to install and maintain z/OS software from IBM and many other software companies.
http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/smpe/ UNIX System Services -
IBM resources for the full UNIX implementation built into z/OS.
http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/unix/ GSU: Georgia State University IS&T Help Center Services -
Includes step-by-step instructions to create and compile COBOL and FORTRAN programs on the z/OS mainframe.
http://www.gsu.edu/~wwwhcs/online.htm North Carolina State University: z/OS -
The NCSU Administrative Computing Services mainframe overview, with detailed ISPF, IOF and ftp usage instructions.
http://www.acs.ncsu.edu/MVSsystems VSAM Support in TSO, ISPF and REXX -
Explains how to use VSAM in TSO, ISPF and REXX. Part of Gilbert Saint-Flour's mainframe Web site.
http://gsf-soft.com/Documents/TSOVSAM.shtml DFSMS -
The storage management components of z/OS, including DFSMSdfp, DFSMSdss, DFSMShsm and DFSMSrmm.
http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/storage/software/sms/ IMS Glossary of Terms and Acronyms -
Common technical terminology used to describe concepts within IMS/TM and IMS/DB. From IBM.
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/ims/shelf/glossary.htm RMF: Resource Management Facility -
IBM's performance measurement and management software.
http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/rmf/ MVS by Thierry Falissard -
Favourite links of a man with a passion for MVS (now z/OS), including many to original material on his own OS/390-MVS Cyber Mall site.
http://www.os390-mvs.freesurf.fr/mvs.htm z/OS Security -
IBM security features with and products for z/OS.
http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/security/ PeopleSoft on the Mainframe -
Performance tips for PeopleSoft running on z/OS DB2. From consulting firm DataBase Consulting Services (DBCS).
http://www.db-consulting.com/links.htm IMS -
IBM home page for Information Management System (IMS). Information on the family of software with links to a library, success stories, news, events, education, services and support. IMS is a transaction processing system (IMS/TM), a hierarchical database (IMS/DB), data management tools and connectors.
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/ims/ DOCWEB: The CNS Documentation System -
Instruction manuals, Frequently-Asked Questions (FAQs) and News for students and other users of the mostly-mainframe University of Florida (UF)Computing and Networking Services (CNS).
http://docweb.nerdc.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/docweb Wikipedia OS/360 Encyclopedia Entry -
Short article with many embedded links describing Operating System/360 (OS/360), the original ancestor of z/OS that was written as the operating system for high-end System/360 computers in the early 1960s.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS/360 Bill's Big Iron Page -
Both links and original material covering common programming problems in the z/OS environment. By Canadian Bill Lalonde.
http://www.members.tripod.com/~billlalonde/ TSO Times -
On-line newsletter of technical articles related to TSO and ISPF, with lots of REXX-related information. Includes some articles on the company's (Chicago-Soft) mainframe software products.
http://www.TSOTimes.com SDSF and ISPF Quick Reference Guides -
Introductory information on using SDSF and ISPF, showing the actual screens you will see. In Adobe Acrobat .pdf format from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Safe Drinking Water Information System/Federal Version (SDWIS/FED).
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/sdwisfed/qrg.html UnXMIT Information Exchange -
Details on how to write a program for operating systems other than z/OS that will read a z/OS Partitioned DataSet (PDS, also known as a Library) that been sent with TSO's TRANSMIT (XMIT) command.
http://www.planetmvs.com/unxmit/ LDW's Quick and Dirty MVS Page -
Leonard Woren's favourite z/OS software and links.
http://ldworen.net/mvs OSdata.com on MVS -
A Web site that looks at operating systems, takes a look at MVS, now officially known as z/OS.
http://www.osdata.com/oses/mvs.htm Rizzuto IT -
Books, education, technical reports, freeware and links of interest to those who support z/OS.
http://www.rizzuto.it OS/360 Obituary -
On August 9, 1972, D.A. Jardine wrote this humorous obituary for Operating System/360 (OS/360), the original ancestor of z/OS.
http://ldworen.net/fun/os360obit.html z/OS IBM Manuals -
On-line access to manuals covering all components of z/OS. Requires no special reader, though it does simulate IBM BookManager.
http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/bkserv/ SimoTime -
Provides z/OS-based mainframe application concepts, techniques and examples, with special emphasis on integration with the Internet. Hosted by a California consulting firm.
http://www.simotime.com z/OS Elements and Features -
A list of, and links to information on, the Base Elements included in the latest release of the z/OS operating system, and the optional Features.
http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/zos_elefeat.html LE: Language Environment -
The IBM common run-time environment for popular programming languages.
http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/le/ DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 -
IBM home page for Database 2 Universal Database (DB2 UDB). Information on associated products and links to features and benefits, system requirements, library, success stories, news, downloads, events, education, services and support. DB2 is a relational database management system (DBMS).
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/db2/zos/
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