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» 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.
» Bill's Big Iron Page - Both links and original material covering common programming problems in the z/OS environment. By Canadian Bill Lalonde.
» CICS VSAM Programming - Documentation for z/OS programmers using VSAM in a CICS environment. Includes a small amount of installation-dependent information from Florida's educational Northwest Regional Data Center.
» Catalog and VSAM Knowledge Base - An IBM interactive diagnostic tool for z/OS catalog and VSAM problem analysis and resolution. The VSAM Technical Information link provides access to catalog and VSAM manuals, commands and free utilities.
» Clemson University: z/OS Documentation - Detailed step-by-step information on using mainframe utilities and other commonly-used software, including SAS.
» DB2 Update Journal - Xephon's monthly technical journal covering DB2, predominantly in z/OS, but also other platforms. Older issues, including published code, are available for free download.
» 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
» DFSMS - The storage management components of z/OS, including DFSMSdfp, DFSMSdss, DFSMShsm and DFSMSrmm.
» DFSMShsm - Originally the Hierarchical Storage Manager (hsm), now "a functional component of DFSMS that provides facilities for managing storage devices" (IBM).
» DFSORT/MVS - IBM home page for Data Facility Sort (DFSORT). Includes links to product details, publications, support and downloads. DFSORT is sort/merge software with utility capabilities such as data analysis, conversion and reporting.
» 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.
» Gabe Gargiulo on Programming Languages - Information, links and lists of books mostly on z/OS-based programming languages, including JCL. Including downloads of Gabe's Just Enough series of mini-manuals.
» IAM vs. VSAM: A Comparison of Data Access Methods - A BMC comparison of VSAM and its non-IBM competitor IAM running in an z/OS environment. From the September 2000 issue of tech NEWS.
» 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.
» 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 Glossary of Terms and Acronyms - Common technical terminology used to describe concepts within IMS/TM and IMS/DB. From IBM.
» LDW's Quick and Dirty MVS Page - Leonard Woren's favourite z/OS software and links.
» LE: Language Environment - The IBM common run-time environment for popular programming languages.
» 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.
» 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.
» MVS Systems Programming: The Book - Focused mainly on the 1993 book by David Elder-Vass, an abridged version of which is featured on the site.
» MVS Update Journal - Xephon's monthly technical journal covering z/OS, OS/390 and MVS. Older issues, including published code, are available for free download.
» MVS/ESA IBM Manuals - On-line access to manuals covering all components of MVS/ESA. Requires no special reader, though it does simulate IBM BookManager.
» Mainframe Application Programming Portal - Lots of useful information for the z/OS application programmer. By Indian author P. Manoj Macmillan.
» North Carolina State University: z/OS - The NCSU Administrative Computing Services mainframe overview, with detailed ISPF, IOF and ftp usage instructions.
» Northwest Regional Data Center: Technical Support - Access to mainframe and other user documentation for Florida's educational Data Center, both generic and site-specific, including DFSMShsm, CICS/VSAM, DB2, tn3270 and ftp. Non-IBM software manuals require ID and password.
» 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.
» OS/390 Internet Library - On-line access to manuals covering all components of OS/390. Needs no special reader, though it does simulate IBM BookManager.
» OSAM is Better than VSAM - A 2000 IBM presentation in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format, explaining why Overflow Sequential Access Method (OSAM), not VSAM, is now the access method of choice for use internally by IMS databases. By Alan Cooper.
» OSdata.com on MVS - A Web site that looks at operating systems, takes a look at MVS, now officially known as z/OS.
» 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.
» RMF: Resource Management Facility - IBM's performance measurement and management software.
» Rizzuto IT - Books, education, technical reports, freeware and links of interest to those who support z/OS.
» 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).
» 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.
» SMP/E: System Modification Program Extended - The software used to install and maintain z/OS software from IBM and many other software companies.
» 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.
» StorageTek: z/OS Support Commitment - StorageTek's policy statement detailing their products' support for IBM mainframes and their operating systems.
» 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.
» 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.
» UNIX System Services - IBM resources for the full UNIX implementation built into z/OS.
» University of Georgia Mainframe - Detailed usage information for z/OS JCL, TSO, ISPF and z/OS Abend codes.
» 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.
» 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.
» 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.
» Western Illinois University: StuMVS System - Student guides for TSO (ISPF), CICS, MVS QuickRef, AbendAid, local JCL standards and a small glossary.
» Wikipedia OS/360 Encylopedia 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.
» mvshelp.com - Help Boards and Interview Q&A provide moderated technical questions and answers in forums divided along subject lines.
» z/OS - IBM home page for zSeries/Operating System (z/OS). Information on the latest version with links to an overview, recent announcements, software, migration and installation, news, support, downloads, education, library and ease of use issues. z/OS replaced
» 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.
» 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.
» 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.
» z/OS Security - IBM security features with and products for z/OS.
» z/OS-related Web Resources - Dorkie's favourite Web links for those using z/OS, as well as a few pages of his own. Mostly in English, with a few available in French.
» z/OS.e - A specially priced offering of z/OS providing select z/OS function for the zSeries 800.