IBM Redbooks | IBM System z™

Thu, 9 Feb 2012 13:30:00 GMT

- Business benefits
- Concepts and planning
- Implementation and practical approaches

IBM® z/VM® 6.2 introduces significant changes to z/VM in the form of multi-system clustering technology allowing up to four z/VM instances to be clustered in a Single System Image (SSI).

Fri, 3 Feb 2012 13:30:00 GMT

- Introducing the IBM zEnterprise ensemble and the Unified Resource Manager
- Planning for and implementing ensemble components with zManager
- Operating and managing an ensemble with Unified Resource Manager

The zEnterprise System is the first system of its kind.

Fri, 3 Feb 2012 13:30:00 GMT

- Discusses important TCP/IP base function capabilities
- Includes base function implementation examples
- Provides techniques for installation verification

For more than 40 years, IBM® mainframes have supported an extraordinary portion of the world's computing work, providing centralized corporate databases and mission-critical enterprise-wide applications.

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:30:00 GMT

- z/OS Communications Server TCP/IP security and policy capabilities
- z/OS Communications Server security and policy implementation examples
- Information about protecting your z/OS networking environment

For more than 40 years, IBM® mainframes have supported an extraordinary portion of the world's computing work, providing centralized corporate databases and mission-critical enterprise-wide applications.

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:30:00 GMT

- JES3 internals and externals
- JES3 initialization statements, JES3 SDSF
- JES3 operator commands

A major goal of operating systems is to process jobs while making the best use of system resources.

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:30:00 GMT

IBM® CICS® Transaction Server (TS) is the IBM general-purpose transaction processing software for IBM z/OS® meeting the transaction-processing needs of both large and small enterprises.

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:30:00 GMT

- Installing the reorganization tool
- Using the reorganization tool
- Reorganization tool REXX execs

ZFSREORG is a tool for reorganizing and restructuring zFS compatibility mode aggregates.

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:30:00 GMT

- Integrating with CICS Explorer for a start-to-finish development solution
- Analyzing JVM dumps with IBM Fault Analyzer
- Manipulating z/OS resources with File Manager

IBM® Problem Determination Tools consists of a core group of IBM products designed to work in conjunction with compilers and run times to provide a start-to-finish development solution for the IT professional.

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:30:00 GMT

CICS® Transaction Server (CICS TS) is the IBM® general-purpose transaction processing software for z/OS®.

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:30:00 GMT

- Understand the basic architecture of SAP on the zEnterprise System
- Plan for, prepare for, and install z/OS on the zEnterprise System
- Manage and monitor SAP with the Unified Resource Manager

This IBM® Redbooks® publication highlights the key enhancements of IBM DB2® 10 for SAP.

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:30:00 GMT

- Understand z/VM failover concepts
- Build a pratical network solution using Linux on System z
- Configure routers and switches for redundancy

This IBM® Redbooks® publication describes important networking concepts as well as industry standards that are used to support high availability on IBM System z®.

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:30:00 GMT

- Topologies, concepts, and terminology
- Planning, implementation, and migration guidance
- Realistic examples and scenarios

This IBM® Redbooks® publication covers the planning, implementation, and management of IBM System z® FICON® environments.

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 13:30:00 GMT

- Learn the latest VSAM functions and manage VSAM datas
- Understand, evaluate, and use VSAM properly
- Problem determination and recommendations

Virtual Storage Access Method (VSAM) is one of the access methods used to process data.

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:30:00 GMT

- Understanding Linux performance on System z
- z/VM performance concepts
- Tuning z/VM Linux guests

This IBM® Redbooks® publication discusses performance measurement and tuning for Linux for System z®.

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:30:00 GMT

- Provides information about z/OS Communications Server TCP/IP standard applications
- Discusses how to take advantage of TCP/IP standard applications for your needs
- Includes TCP/IP application implementation examples

For more than 40 years, IBM® mainframes have supported an extraordinary portion of the world's computing work, providing centralized corporate databases and mission-critical enterprise-wide applications.

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 13:30:00 GMT

- Defining and installing a zSeries File System
- Performing backup and recovery, sysplex sharing
- Migrating from HFS

The z/OS® Distributed File Service zSeries® File System (zFS) is a z/OS UNIX® file system that can be used like the Hierarchical File System (HFS).

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:30:00 GMT

- Bridge the gap between mainframe and distributed with DataPower XI50z
- Learn to implement the zEnterprise ensemble network
- Use XI50z to connect with WMQ, CICS, IMS, and DB2

This IBM® Redbooks® publication discusses the new IBM WebSphere® DataPower® Integration Appliance XI50 for zEnterprise™ that bridges the gap between mainframe and distributed.

Fri, 9 Dec 2011 13:30:00 GMT

IBM® CICS® Transaction Server for z/OS® Version 4.1 made it possible to support event processing for business applications.

Wed, 7 Dec 2011 13:30:00 GMT

- CICS Transaction Server introduction and history
- CICS Transaction server facilities, interfaces, and data
- CICS Explorer and the CICS Tools

In this IBM® Redbooks® publication, we discuss CICS®, which stands for Customer Information Control System.

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:30:00 GMT

- Install Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Real Application Clusters
- Configure disk storage on FCP/SCSI and ECKD/DASD
- Install Oracle 11gR2 on Linux on System z

This IBM® Redpaper™ publication describes experiences gained while installing Oracle Database 11gR2 with Grid Infrastructure (GI).