Online Documentation for z/OS and its Components

The following refers to documentation for the z/OS 1.7 operating system, its components, such as ISPF, TSO, LE and SDSF, and programs which run on z/OS, such as IMS, DB2, the COBOL Compiler, the Debug Tool, SyncSort, CA-1 TMS, Zeke and Zebb.

All links provide access to PDF format documentation book shelves via Internet or local server URLs. Most of these book shelves are also available locally in BookManager format using IBM Book Reader.

IBM products running on z/OS:

http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/bkserv/zswpdf/

(If you need to know the version/release of a product running on z/OS at the University of Tennessee in order to select the correct bookshelf,

see http://utkvm1.utk.edu/prodlevl.html)

z/OS operating system book shelves:

IBM z/OS Version 1 Release 7 and its elements (complete library)

http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/bkserv/r7pdf

Shortcuts to commonly used z/OS books:

MVS JCL Reference (MVS bookshelf)

http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/epubs/pdf/iea2b661.pdf

UTILITIES: IEBCOPY, IEBGENER, etc (DFSMS bookshelf)

http://boulder.ibm.com/epubs/pdf/dgt2u120.pdf

IDCAMS (DFSMS bookshelf)

http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/epubs/pdf/iea2b240.pdf

Binder and Linkage Editor (MVS Program Management; MVS bookshelf)

http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/epubs/pdf/iea2b250.pdf

RACF (Security Server bookshelf (complete shelf)

http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/bkserv

z/OS MVS System Messages, Codes ( MVS bookshelf near the bottom)

http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/bkserv/r7pdf/mvs.html

The following BookShelves may be accessed from the local z/OS UT Books Repository Server

http://utkmvs1.utk.edu/utbooks/

  • SyncSort for z/OS
  • CA-1 (Tape Management System)
  • Zeke
  • Zebb

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