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Introduction to the New Mainframe: z/VSE Basics
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Introduction to the New Mainframe: z/VSE Basics

by Wolfgang Bosch, Hans Joachim Ebert, Helmut Hellner, G. M. (Jerry) Johnston, Wilhelm Mild, Ingolf Salm, Joerg Schmidbauer, Martin Walbruehl, Mike Ebbers
March 2007
Beginner
526 pages
13h 53m
English
IBM Redbooks
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182 Introduction to the New Mainframe: z/VSE Basics
7.3 Static and dynamic partitions
All jobs in z/VSE are executed in partitions. A partition defines an area of virtual
storage available for program execution. Twelve partitions are started during IPL,
namely BG, F1, F2, F3,…, FA, FB, and controlled by VSE/POWER with the
exception of F1, where VSE/POWER is executing itself, and FB, where the Basic
Security Manager (BSM) is running. When a partition has been started under
VSE/POWER control, between 1 and 4 VSE/POWER job classes have been
associated with the partition together with a list of devices, which will be
emulated by VSE/POWER. This list ...
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