Unit objectives

After completing this unit, you should be able to identify the

installation requirements for an enterprise server and how
z/OS supports these requirements.

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Requirements of an enterprise server

Application support
On Demand Business support
Connectivity
Security
Availability
Systems management
Scalability for growth

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Applications support
UNIX

Traditional batch

Java

Database
Enterprise JavaBeans
transactions

HTML, XML

ERPs

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On Demand Business support

company 'A'
Web
Intranet
Server

Internet

t
ane
Extr
company 'B'

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Connectivity

z/OS

3 8 2 0

LAN

WAN

LAN

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Security

9Verify user's identity

9Validate user's authorization
Web
Web
Server
Server
Reg User
*****

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Availability

VOL1
Availability for data and for system
• Availability features in hardware:
– Hot pluggable I/O
VOL1 VOL1' – Memory sparing
– ESCON sparing
– Automatic Service Element switch
• Clustering:
– Hot recovery for channel failure
– System-managed coupling facility
duplexing
• Capacity Upgrade on Demand:
– CPU, I/O, and memory
• Capacity BackUp (CBU):
– Nondisruptive emergency upgrades
– Nondisruptive downgrade
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Systems management

Central management
point of control:
9Define policies
9Manage change
9Monitor use of Systems Networks Databases
resources
9Monitor problems

Applications Internet

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Scalability for growth

NETWORK

z/OS z/OS z/OS z/OS

CF CF

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System services

OLTP
I/O Devices

CPU

UNIX Processor
Storage

B
A Dynamic balancing of resources
T
among units of work
C
H

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z/OS The mainframe operating system
What is z/OS?
z/OS
OS/390
MVS

• z/OS - The ultimate mainframe operating system:

– A packaging of over 70 different functions:
• Base operating system
• Many industry exclusives:
– Workload Manager, Parallel Sysplex, Intelligent
Resource Director
• Key On Demand Business Services:
– Communications, security, print, distributed files
– UNIX built right into the base
– Exploiting the technologies of the z/Architecture of z8x0,
z9x0, System z9 and System z10 servers
– 64-bit addressing support
• z/OS.e:
– A specially priced z/OS offering for z8x0 z9 BC only.
– No longer available with z10
– zNALC is replacing z/OS.e

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z/OS and z/OS.e The mainframe environment

WebSphere Operating in Parallel

Application Server Sysplex and DB2 Data
(WAS) Sharing with other CEC
DB2
XML toolkit z/OS.e z/OS
Environment TCP/IP Environment
DB2 and CICS COBOL,
connectors XCF
New FORTRAN,
Security server connectors CICS, IMS,
Workloads PL/1
C/C++ with debug DB2
Front End and so forth
and so forth Back End
1 12 11
2 10
3 9
4 8
5 6 7

z/OS.e LPAR * z/OS LPAR

z8x0 z9 BC z9xx z10

•for z8x0 and z9 BC LPARs, only

z/OS Parallel Sysplex and
•No longer avalable with z10 and z/OS 1.9
DB2 Data Sharing
Environment
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z/OS – IBM’s flagship mainframe operating system
providing the difference for On Demand Business
• z/OS – the mainframe operating system that delivers:
– A highly available and secure base for integrating applications
– Resources optimized to meet business priorities
– Scalability for data and transaction growth
– Robust and resilient networking
– Business resiliency

• With new directions helping to:

– Simplifying z/OS management
– Extending z/OS to help manage a mixed environment

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Unit summary
Key points from this unit:

• z/OS offers a rich set of choices in the areas of application

development and deployment.

• z/OS offers the functionality, performance, reliability,

availability, and serviceability needed to support critical
business applications like On Demand Business.

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