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Tech - Mainframe

IBM zEnterprise Announcement

24th July 2011 Rui Miguel Feio
This animation features the key announcements for the 2011 IBM zEnterprise launch including: the zEnterprise 114, Linux support for select IBM System x blades, and Unified Resource Manager APIs and key enhancements to the z196.
Security
RACF

What is RACF and what does it do?

1st July 2011 Rui Miguel Feio
RACF (Resource Access Control Facility) helps to secure an organization’s Mainframe environment by providing: – Flexible control of access to protected resources – Protection of installation-defined resources – Ability to store information for other products – Choice of centralized or decentralized control of profiles – An ISPF panel interface – […]
FAQ
JCL

Types of JCL Statements

30th June 2011 Rui Miguel Feio
JOB – Identifies the beginning of a job. The JOB statement informs the operating system of the start of a job, gives the necessary accounting information, and supplies run parameters. Each job must begin with a single JOB statement   EXEC – Indicates what work is to be done. EXEC (execute) statement […]