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IBM Storage Software
IBM home page for mainframe storage software, including DFSMS, DFSORT and DataCore SANSymphony, with a link to the TotalStorage Software Roadmap. |
| WebSphere
Large IBM product family encompassing middleware and other application delivery software that provides Web-based access to an organization's application software. Including WebSphere MQ, the former MQSeries. |
| Sysprog.net
News, programming tips and technical information for z/OS and mainframe Linux applications and systems programmers. |
| NaSPA: Network and Systems Professionals Association
User group. Primary focus is z/OS systems programming. |
| Mike Murach's Mainframe Books
Publisher of books on COBOL, DB2, CICS, z/OS JCL, TSO, VSAM, IMS, and VSE/ESA. Sample chapters and code can be downloaded. |
| WAVV: World Alliance of VSE and VM
User group spun off from GUIDE in 1995 and similar to SHARE, with annual conference aimed mainly at VSE/ESA and z/VM systems programmers. |
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Operating Systems for IBM Mainframe Servers
IBM starting point for mainframe OSs. Links to home page of each OS, with brief descriptions: z/OS, z/OS.e, Linux on zSeries, z/VM, TPF and z/VSE. |
| Mainframe Programming
Categorized page of links for IBM mainframe programmers. |
| Jaqui's Papers & Presentations
10 years of technical conference papers and presentation notes by Jacqui Lynch of Circle4 Consulting. Performance, capacity planning and security, including VSAM, z/OS, Linux, TCP/IP and storage management. |
| Mainframes.com
Mainframe programming information, including a large dictionary and links to downloads and manuals. |
| Mainframe Month On-line Journal
A free monthly publication from Xephon providing access to complete Adobe PDF copies of two year old editions of their fee-based technical journals covering CICS, DB2, MQ, z/OS, VSAM, RACF and TCP/SNA. Most articles include code, which can be downloaded for free from the site. |
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VSAM Demystified
An IBM redbook covering basics, performance, recovery and management, with sample code in an appendix. Viewable on-line or downloadable as an Adobe Acrobat .pdf file. |
| CICS Central
Information, reviews and discussion about IBM's CICS. |
| IBM Application Development Software
Includes WebSphere and VisualAge, as well as traditional programming language compilers and tools. Plus software management tools such as Software Configuration and Library Manager facility (SCLM). |
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Linux on zSeries
IBM home page for Linux on the eserver zSeries (mainframe). |
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LISTSERV at the University of Georgia
RACF-L: RACF Discussion List |
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DB2 Server for VSE & VM
IBM home page for Database 2 running on z/VM and VSE/ESA. Overview and associated products, with links to features and benefits, system requirements, success stories, news, events, education and support. Formerly named SQL/DS, DB2 is a relational database management system (DBMS). |
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MQ Update
Xephon's monthly technical journal covering WebSphere MQ, formerly MQSeries. Older issues, including published code, available for free download. |
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MTS: A Definition
A description of the Michigan Terminal System (MTS) operating system from an on-line mainframe-centric dictionary. |
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Tivoli Glossary
Terms used by IBM subsidiary Tivoli. Glossary can be used on-line or downloaded in Adobe Acrobat .pdf file format. |
| CICS: Bob Yelavich
CICS technical information from a retired IBM expert. |
| CICS
IBM home page for Customer Information Control System (CICS). Includes links to support, download, case studies, library, services, events and education. CICS is a transaction processing teleprocessing monitor that runs on z/OS and VSE/ESA, though there have been z/VM and non-mainframe versions. |
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CICS Glossary
Common technical terms used when discussing IBM's CICS transaction processor and teleprocessing monitor. Hosted by the IBM Pittsburg lab, formerly Transarc. |
| TPF: Transaction Processing Facility
IBM home page for TPF. Despite the name, TPF can be run as a stand-alone operating system on IBM mainframes. |
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GDDM: Graphical Data Display Manager
Available for z/OS, z/VM and VSE/ESA, with some components base elements included with z/OS. |
| IBM Transaction Systems
Starting point for information on IBM transaction processing software, including CICS, IMS/TM, WebSphere MQ (formerly MQSeries) and TPF. |
| Mainframe VM & VSE Page
Links compiled by Johan van Arendonk. |
| Data Processing FAQ
Although intended to provide answers to oft-asked mainframe technical questions, the questions are those that frequently come up in day-to-day work. |
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SHARE CICS Project
Information on the CICS activities of the SHARE user group. |
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VTAM for z/VM and VSE/ESA
IBM home page for Virtual Telecommunications Access Method (VTAM); the z/OS version is part of Communications Server. Includes links to the latest version's announcement letter, documentation and storage estimates. |
| Mainstar Software: Resources
Although focused on z/OS storage management, many of the VSAM documents, for example, also apply to VSE/ESA and z/VM. White papers and other articles, much of it vendor-neutral. |
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Candle Computer Report
In-depth technical articles on mainframe and non-mainframe systems software, with and without Candle software present. Archives go back to late 1998. |
| Technical IT Audit, Euro and Security Articles
Includes many mainframe-related articles. From Audit Serve. |
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RACF Glossary
A selection of terms, with definitions, taken from an appendix found in most IBM RACF manuals. |
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