The ABCs of IBM® z/OS® System Programming is a 13-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.

Whether you want to become more familiar with z/OS in your current environment, or you are evaluating platforms to consolidate your online business applications, the ABCs collection will serve as a powerful technical tool.

Volume 1 provides an updated understanding of the software and IBM zSeries architecture, and explains how it is used together with the z/OS operating system. This includes the main components of z/OS needed to customize and install the z/OS operating system. This edition has been significantly updated and revised.

The other volumes contain the following content:

This book was produced by a team of specialists from around the world working at the IBM International Technical Support Organization (ITSO), Poughkeepsie Center.

Karan Singh is a Project Leader at the ITSO, Poughkeepsie Center. He writes extensively and teaches IBM classes worldwide on all areas of z/OS.

Paul Rogers, now retired, was a Consulting IT Specialist at the ITSO, Poughkeepsie Center. He wrote extensively and taught IBM classes worldwide on various aspects of z/OS, z/OS UNIX System Services, Infoprint Server, and JES3. Before joining the ITSO 23 years ago, Paul worked in the IBM Installation Support Center (ISC) in Greenford, England, providing IBM OS/390® and JES support for IBM Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) and the Washington Systems Center. He worked for IBM for 44 years.

Thanks also to the following contributors to this edition:

Richard Conway, Robert Haimowitz

ITSO, Poughkeepsie Center

Thanks to the authors of the second edition of this book:

Redelf Janssen is an IT Architect in IBM System z9® Technical Sales, Bremen, Germany. He holds a degree in computer science from the University of Bremen and joined IBM in 1988. He is responsible for supporting IBM System z9 clients in Germany. His areas of expertise include IBM System z9, z/OS, storage management, and availability management. Redelf has co-authored IBM Redbooks® publications about several OS/390 and z/OS releases, in addition to ABCs of IBM z/OS System Programming.

Alvaro Salla is an IBM retiree who worked for IBM for more than 30 years, specializing in large systems. He has co-authored many IBM Redbooks publications and spent many years teaching about large systems from S/360 to IBM S/390®. He has a degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Thanks to the authors of the first edition of this book, ABCs of IBM z/OS System Programming Volume 1, published in December 2003:

Miriam Gelinski is a staff member of Maffei Consulting Group, where she is responsible for supporting customer planning and installing zSeries software. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in information systems from the Universidade São Marcos. Before joining the Maffei Consulting Group, Miriam worked for the IBM zSeries brand for two years, where she was responsible for implementing new workloads on zSeries.

Joao Natalino Oliveira is a Certified I/T Consulting Specialist for IBM zSeries in Brazil, where he provides support for Brazil and Latin America. He has 28 years of experience in large systems, including IBM Multiple Virtual Storage (IBM MVS™), OS/390, and z/OS. His areas of expertise include performance and capacity planning, server consolidation, and system programming. Joao holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics And Data Processing from Fund. Santo Andre, Brazil.

Alvaro Salla (see previous biography).

Valeria Sokal is an MVS system programmer at an IBM client. She has 14 years of experience as a mainframe system programmer.

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