The ABCs of IBM® z/OS® System Programming is an 11-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 want 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 can serve as a powerful technical tool.

Following are the contents of the volumes:

• 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, IBM Language Environment®, and SMP/E
• Volume 3: Introduction to DFSMS, data set basics, storage management hardware and software, VSAM, System-managed storage, catalogs, and DFSMStvs
• Volume 4: Communication Server, TCP/IP, and IBM VTAM®
• Volume 5: Base and IBM Parallel Sysplex®, System Logger, Resource Recovery Services (RRS), global resource serialization (GRS), z/OS system operations, automatic restart management (ARM), and IBM Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex™ (IBM GDPS®)
• Volume 6: Introduction to security, IBM RACF®, digital certificates and public key infrastructure (PKI), Kerberos, cryptography and IBM z9® integrated cryptography, Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (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 IBM z/Architecture®, IBM System z® processor design, System z connectivity, logical partition (LPAR) concepts, hardware configuration definition (HCD), and Hardware Management Console (HMC)
• Volume 11: Capacity planning, performance management, Workload Manager (WLM), IBM Resource Measurement Facility™ (RMF™), and System Management Facilities (SMF)

Chapter 1. Introduction to IBM z/OS security

Chapter 2. System Authorization Facility

Chapter 3. IBM z/OS Security Server RACF

Chapter 4. Integrated Security Services

Chapter 5. Cryptographic Services