There are a couple of books available through Amazon that might be good for an introduction. They are
"Introduction to the New Mainframe: z/OS Basics" by IBM Redbooks "z/OS (MVS) Primer" by David Shelby Kirk The second one has the "Look Inside" capability, and I checked the table of contents. It looks pretty good. Both of these books run around $50.00 at the cheapest, but you should be able to get the first one from the IBM Redbooks web site. Tom Kelman Capacity Planning Commerce Bank, Kansas City -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of John Kelly Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 4:20 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Mainframe books <SNIP> I'm looking for a book that breaks down the internals of MVS </SNIP> getting into the ABC series takes a good deal of knowledge and/or experience. If you're talking more about entry level stuff, something like MVS: Concepts and Facilities (J. Ranade IBM series) may be more than enough to cure you of insomia. Jack Kelly 202-502-2390 (Office) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ***************************************************************************** If you wish to communicate securely with Commerce Bank and its affiliates, you must log into your account under Online Services at http://www.commercebank.com or use the Commerce Bank Secure Email Message Center at https://securemail.commercebank.com NOTICE: This electronic mail message and any attached files are confidential. The information is exclusively for the use of the individual or entity intended as the recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, copying, printing, reviewing, retention, disclosure, distribution or forwarding of the message or any attached file is not authorized and is strictly prohibited. If you have received this electronic mail message in error, please advise the sender by reply electronic mail immediately and permanently delete the original transmission, any attachments and any copies of this message from your computer system. ***************************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
