xvi Introduction to the New Mainframe: z/VSE Basics
How this text is organized
This text is organized in four parts, as follows:
Part 1, “Introduction to z/VSE and the mainframe environment” on page 1,
provides an overview of the types of workloads commonly processed on the
mainframe, such as batch jobs and online transactions. This part of the text
helps students explore the user interfaces of z/VSE, a System z entry
mainframe operating system. Discussion topics include VSE/ICCF and
Interactive Interface, job control language, file structures, and batch
processing. Special attention is paid to the users of mainframes and to the
evolving role of mainframes in today’s business world.
Part 2, “Application programming on z/VSE” on page 193, ...