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• Computers: Companies: IBM  (8)
• Computers: Hardware: Systems: IBM: Mainframe  (122)
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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.

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.

CICS: Bob Yelavich - - CICS technical information from a retired IBM expert.

CICS Central - - Information, reviews and discussion about IBM's CICS.

CICS Internet Connectivity - - Describes options available for connecting CICS to the Internet.

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).

DITTO/ESA - - IBM home page for Data Interfile Transfer, Testing, and Operations Utility for ESA (DITTO/ESA). Overview of features with links to support, news, library and more information. DITTO runs on VSE/ESA, z/VM and z/OS.

IBM End of Support Dates - - IBM's official listing of the announced end of support date, if any, for each of their software products.

IBM ShopzSeries - - An on-line tool (registration required) for IBM z/OS, z/VM, z/VSE customers to order tailored product and service packages, review their software licenses and plan for future upgrades.

IBM Storage Software - - IBM home page for mainframe storage software, including DFSMS, DFSORT and DataCore SANSymphony, with a link to the TotalStorage Software Roadmap.

IBM-Main FAQ: Frequently-Asked Questions - - Common questions and answers about the IBM-Main discussion list.

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.

LISTSERV at the University of Georgia - - RACF-L: RACF Discussion Lis.

LookAt Message Help Facility - - IBM message lookup for z/OS, OS/390, z/VM and VSE/ESA. By operating system version number.

Mainframe Programming - - Muraleedharan's links and abstracts of articles on systems software topics, including z/OS, DB2, CICS, DFSMS and RACF.

Mainframe Programming - - Categorized page of links for IBM mainframe programmers.

Mainframe VM & VSE Page - - Links compiled by Johan van Arendonk.

Mainframes.com - - Mainframe programming information, including a large dictionary and links to downloads and manuals.

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.

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.

MTS by Mark Riordan - - A collection of information and links on MTS and MERIT (Michigan Educational and Research Information Triad) Network, including the MTS Help section with its description of MTS commands and related user documentation.

NaSPA: Network and Systems Professionals Association - - User group. Primary focus is z/OS systems programming.

RACF Glossary - - A selection of terms, with definitions, taken from an appendix found in most IBM RACF manuals.

Sysprog.net - - News, programming tips and technical information for z/OS and mainframe Linux applications and systems programmers.

Technical IT Audit, Euro and Security Articles - - Includes many mainframe-related articles. From Audit Serve.

Tivoli Glossary - - Terms used by IBM subsidiary Tivoli. Glossary can be used on-line or downloaded in Adobe Acrobat .pdf file format.

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.

TPF Family Libraries - - Access to the IBM TPF Product Information Center, on-line manuals for TPF, TPFDF, EOCF/2, TPF Operations Server and IIOP Connect for TPF, and order information for CD-ROM and printed manuals.

Transaction Servers and Tools eNews - - An IBM monthly publication focused almost entirely on CICS.

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.

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.

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.

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.