The ABCs of z/OS System Programming is an 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. If you would like 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 as follows:

Volume 1: Introduction to z/OS and storage concepts, TSO/E, ISPF, JCL, SDSF, and z/OS delivery and installation

Volume 2: z/OS implementation and daily maintenance, defining subsystems, JES2 and JES3, LPA, LNKLST, authorized libraries, SMP/E, Language Environment

Volume 3: Introduction to DFSMS, data set basics storage management hardware and software, catalogs, and DFSMStvs

Volume 4: Communication Server, TCP/IP, and VTAM

Volume 5: Base and Parallel Sysplex, System Logger, Resource Recovery Services (RRS), global resource serialization (GRS), z/OS system operations, automatic restart management (ARM), Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex (GDPS)

Volume 6: Introduction to security, RACF, Digital certificates and PKI, Kerberos, cryptography and z990 integrated cryptography, zSeries firewall technologies, LDAP, and Enterprise identity mapping (EIM)

Volume 7: Printing in a z/OS environment, Infoprint Server and Infoprint Central

Volume 8: An introduction to z/OS problem diagnosis

Volume 9: z/OS UNIX System Services

Volume 10: Introduction to z/Architecture, zSeries processor design, zSeries connectivity, LPAR concepts, HCD, and HMC

Volume 11: Capacity planning, performance management, WLM, RMF, and SMF

Volume 12: WLM

Volume 13: JES3

Chapter 1. Products and components

Chapter 2. UNIX System Services overview

Chapter 3. UNIX System Services pre-installation requirements

Chapter 4. UNIX System Services installation

Chapter 5. z/OS UNIX shell and utilities

Chapter 6. Security customization

Chapter 7. Managing file systems

Chapter 8. zFS file systems

Chapter 9. Overview of TCP/IP

Chapter 10. TCP/IP applications

Chapter 11. z/OS UNIX PARMLIB members

Chapter 12. Maintenance

Chapter 13. z/OS UNIX operations

Chapter 14. z/OS UNIX shell and programming tools

Chapter 15. Performance, debugging, recovery and tuning

Chapter 16. Printing services for z/OS UNIX