
72 Introduction to the New Mainframe: z/VSE Basics
3.2.5 Control blocks
As system programs execute the work of a z/VSE system, they may keep track
of this work in storage areas known as
control blocks. In general, there are five
types of z/VSE control blocks:
System-related control blocks
Resource-related control blocks
Address space-related control blocks
Partition-related control blocks
Task-related control blocks
The system-related control blocks represent one z/VSE system and contain
system-wide information, such as how many processors are in use. Each
resource-related control block represents one resource, such as a processor or
storage ...