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z/VM and Linux on IBM System z: The Virtualization Cookbook for SLES 11 SP1
IBM Z
Redbooks, published 2 Feb 2011, last updated 22 Feb 2011
This IBM® Redbooks® publication describes how to create your own Linux® virtual servers on IBM System z® hardware under z/VM®. It adopts a cookbook format that provides a concise, repeatable set of procedures for installing and configuring z/VM in an LPAR and then installing and customizing Linux. You need an IBM System z logical partition (LPAR) with associated resources, z/VM 6.1 media, and SLES 11 SP1 Linux for System z. This book assumes that you have a general familiarity with System z technology and terminology. It does not assume an in-depth understanding of z/VM and Linux. It is ... [more]
z/VM and Linux on IBM System z: The Virtualization Cookbook for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0
IBM Z
Redbooks, published 18 Feb 2011
This IBM® Redbooks® publication describes how to create Linux® virtual servers in IBM z/VM® on IBM System z® hardware. This book adopts a cookbook format that provides a concise, repeatable set of procedures for installing and configuring z/VM in a logical partition (LPAR) and then installing and customizing Linux. You need an IBM System z LPAR with the associated resources, z/VM V6.1 media, and a Linux distribution. This book assumes that you have a general familiarity with System z technology and terminology. It does not assume an in-depth understanding of z/VM and Linux. It is written for ... [more]
IBM System z Qualified WDM: Huawei OptiX OSN 6800 and OSN 3800 Release V100R004
IBM Z
Redpaper, published 17 Feb 2011
This IBM® Redpaper™ is one in a series that describes System z® qualified optical Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) vendor products for GDPS® solutions with Server Time Protocol (STP). The products that we describe in this series are also the IBM supported solutions for non-GDPS applications. Non-GDPS applications include the protocols that are needed for cross-site connectivity of a multisite Parallel Sysplex® or one of the remote copy technologies that we describe in this paper. GDPS qualification testing is carried out at the IBM Vendor Solutions Connectivity (VSC) Lab in ... [more]
Security Zones on IBM System z: Defining and Enforcing Multiple Security Zones
IBM Z
Redguide, published 17 Feb 2011
Many customers wanting to do Linux® server consolidation and deployment to IBM® System z® experience challenges in balancing the security of a physical “air gap” with the low cost of consolidation on a single box: It goes against their instincts and training. Being able to understand the security implications, capabilities, advantages, and risks of virtual server consolidation helps to lower or remove barriers to growth and the decision to say “Yes” to System z. This IBM Redpaper™ publication describes the architecture of traditional network security zones (Internet, DMZ, application, ... [more]
IBM System z Qualified WDM: Cisco ONS 15454 MSTP Release 8.5 and 9.0
IBM Z
Redpaper, published 11 Feb 2011
This IBM® Redpaper™ is one in a series that describes System z® qualified optical Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) vendor products for GDPS® solutions with Server Time Protocol (STP). The products that we describe in this series are also the IBM-supported solutions for non-GDPS applications. Non-GDPS applications include the protocols that are needed for cross-site connectivity of a multisite Parallel Sysplex® or one of the remote copy technologies that we describe in this paper. GDPS qualification testing is carried out at the IBM Vendor Solutions Connectivity (VSC) Lab in ... [more]
SMF Logstream Mode: Optimizing the New Paradigm
IBM Z Software
Redbooks, published 4 Feb 2011, last updated 10 Feb 2011
This IBM® Redbooks® publication positions the use of System Logger log streams as a repository for System Management Facilities (SMF) data against the previous use of Virtual Storage Access Method (VSAM) data sets for SMF data. This book expands on existing material by covering not just the implementation steps, but also by looking at how you use SMF data today, and using that information to help you identify the most appropriate repository for your SMF data. If it transpires that log streams are appropriate for some or all of your SMF data, this book provides all the guidance that you are ... [more]
ABCs of z/OS System Programming: Volume 4
IBM Z Software
Redbooks, published 10 Feb 2011
This IBM® Redbooks® publication describes the functions of z/OS® Communications Server. z/OS Communications Server provides a set of communications protocols that support peer-to-peer connectivity functions for both local and wide-area networks, including the most popular wide-area network, the Internet. z/OS Communications Server also provides performance enhancements that can benefit a variety of TCP/IP applications. z/OS Communications Server provides both SNA and TCP/IP networking protocols for z/OS. The SNA protocols are provided by VTAM® and include Subarea, Advanced Peer-to-Peer ... [more]
IBM System z Qualified WDM: Cisco ONS 15454 MSTP Release 9.2
IBM Z
Archived Redpaper, published 4 Feb 2011
This IBM® Redpaper™ is one in a series that describes System z® qualified optical Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) vendor products for GDPS® solutions with Server Time Protocol (STP). The products that we describe in this series are also the IBM-supported solutions for non-GDPS applications. Non-GDPS applications include the protocols that are needed for cross-site connectivity of a multisite Parallel Sysplex® or one of the remote copy technologies that we describe in this paper. GDPS qualification testing is carried out at the IBM Vendor Solutions Connectivity (VSC) Lab in ... [more]
System z Parallel Sysplex Best Practices
IBM Z Software
Redbooks, published 11 Jan 2011
This IBM® Redbooks® publication pulls together diverse information regarding the best way to design, implement, and manage a Parallel Sysplex® to deliver the levels of performance and availability required by your organization. This book should be of interest to system programmers, availability managers, and database administrators who are interested in verifying that your systems conform to IBM best practices for a Parallel Sysplex environment. In addition to z/OS® and the sysplex hardware configuration, this book also covers the major IBM subsystems:
- CICS®
- DB2®
- ... [more]
Exploiting the IBM Health Checker for z/OS Infrastructure
IBM Z
Redpaper, published 22 Dec 2010
The IBM® Health Checker for z/OS® (also identified in this book as IBM Health Checker) is a key component of the z/OS operating system, whose objective is to identify potential problems before they impact the system’s availability. To do this it continuously checks many current, active z/OS and sysplex settings and compares them with those suggested by IBM or defined by you. The IBM Health Checker for z/OS is made of two parts: - A framework that provides check management and execution services. It supports check development by IBM, independent software vendors (ISVs), and users. - ... [more]
IBM CICS Explorer
IBM Z Software
Redbooks, published 17 Dec 2010
IBM® Customer Information Control System (CICS®) Explorer is the new face of CICS Integration point for CICS tooling with rich CICS views, data, and methods. Are you looking for new ways to accelerate the transfer of knowledge, skills, and best practices to the next generation of technical staff and experts? Do you need to maintain productivity and protect service-levels? CICS Explorer™ and System z® lead the way to platform simplification. IBM CICS Explorer has a common, intuitive, Eclipse-based environment for architects, developers, administrators, system programmers, and operators. The ... [more]
ABCs of z/OS System Programming Volume 11
IBM Z Software
Redbooks, published 7 Dec 2010
The ABCs of z/OS System Programming is a thirteen-volume collection that provides an introduction to the z/OS operating system and the hardware architecture. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced system programmer, the ABCs collection provides the information that you need to start your research into z/OS and related subjects. If you want to become more familiar with z/OS in your current environment, or if you are evaluating platforms to consolidate your e-business applications, the ABCs collection will serve as a powerful technical tool. The contents of the volumes are: Volume 1: ... [more]
Co-locating Transactional and Data Warehouse Workloads on System z
IBM Z
Redbooks, published 22 Nov 2010, last updated 3 Dec 2010
As business cycles speed up, many customers gain significant competitive advantage from quicker and more accurate business decision-making by using real data. For many customers, choosing the path to co-locate their transactional and analytical workloads on System z® better leverages their existing investment in hardware, software, and skills. We created a project to address a number of best practice questions on how to manage these newer, analytical type workloads, especially when co-located with traditional transactional workloads. The goal of this IBM® Redbooks® publication is to provide ... [more]
IBM Smart Analytics Cloud
Cloud
Redbooks, published 30 Sep 2010
This IBM Redbooks® publication presents a Smart Analytics Cloud. The IBM Smart Analytics Cloud is an IBM offering to enable delivery of business intelligence and analytics at the customer location in a private cloud deployment. The offering leverages a combination of IBM hardware, software and services to offer customers a complete solution that is enabled at their site. In this publication, we provide the background and product information for decision-makers to proceed with a cloud solution. The content ranges from an introduction to cloud computing to details about our lab implementation. ... [more]
z/OS Planned Outage Avoidance Checklist
IBM Z
Redbooks, published 21 Aug 2006, last updated 19 Aug 2010
One of the offshoots of the increasingly competitive global business environment is growing pressure to reduce the number of outages, both of a planned and unplanned nature. In the area of planned outages, IBM has been steadily reducing the number of changes that require a system restart to implement. However, because of the detailed nature of these changes, many of them are not widely publicized and therefore not widely known. This IBM Redbooks publication attempts to redress this situation by listing the changes that have been made to the operating system since OS/390 ... [more]
Empowering Security and Compliance Management for the z/OS RACF Environment using IBM Tivoli Security Management for z/OS
IBM Z Software
Redpaper, published 12 Aug 2010
Every organization has a core set of mission-critical data that requires protection. Security lapses and failures are not simply disruptions, they can be catastrophic events with consequences felt across the enterprise. The inadvertent mistakes of privileged users alone can result in millions of dollars in damages through unintentional configuration errors and careless security commands. Malicious users with authorized access can cause even greater damage. As a result, security management faces a serious challenge to adequately protect a company's sensitive data. Likewise, IT staff is ... [more]
IMS 11 Open Database
IBM Z Software
Redbooks, published 10 Aug 2010, last updated 12 Aug 2010
IMS™ Version 11 continues to provide the leadership in performance, reliability, and security that is expected from the product of choice for critical online operational applications. IMS 11 also offers new functions to help you keep pace with the evolving IT industry. Through the introduction of the new IMS Enterprise Suite application developers with minimal knowledge of IMS Connect can start developing client applications to communicate with IMS. With Open Database, IMS 11 also provides direct SQL access to IMS data from programs that run on any distributed platform, unlocking DL/I data ... [more]
Leveraging CICS Events with an ESB
IBM Z Software
Redbooks, published 5 Aug 2010, last updated 9 Aug 2010
There are many reasons to use an enterprise service bus (ESB) as the event bus:
- Transformation: Function that transforms the incoming event by translating or splitting it
- Enrichment: Function that enriches the content of events with reference data from multiple possible sources
- Validation: Function to provide validation against required criteria
- Pattern detection: Function that recognizes actual and retrospective patterns; a combination from possibly multiple events, characterizing a significant business situation
- Filtering: Stateless function that ... [more]
IBM zEnterprise System: Smart Infrastructure for Today's Heterogeneous Business Applications
IBM Z
Redguide, published 22 Jul 2010
Do you find yourself focusing too much on your IT infrastructure these days - and not enough on providing value to your business? Increasingly, business applications span heterogeneous platforms, appliances and devices, and this wide range of resources creates real issues for IT shops trying to meet business objectives. Simply adding servers, routers, and other IT equipment ultimately will not solve your IT challenges, and may even make them worse. Even using virtualization techniques can only go so far in helping you to manage a massive number of servers, routers, and other devices. The ... [more]
System z on the Go:
Accessing z/OS from Smartphones
IBM Z Software
Redbooks, published 28 May 2010, last updated 10 Jun 2010
In this IBM® Redbooks® publication we demonstrate that it is possible to combine the traditional strengths of the mainframe to manage large volumes of data and run business transactions with the Web 2.0 paradigm. We can get simpler interfaces, better integration among different services, lightweight protocols for communication, and much more, together with the availability, security, and reliability of mainframe data. And we will show how mainframe data can be accessed by smartphones such as Android or iPhone. But we can do more to demonstrate how flexible the mainframe platform is. Through ... [more]
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