Let me put it differently. I have been developing software on z/OS and its predecessors off and on since 1968. I have installed a particular form of IBM pre-packaged offering two or three times. I have owned (in both the legal and familiar sense of the word) three different very small IBM mainframes. I have taught an "introduction to the IBM mainframe" class.
I have a copy of nearly every z/OS manual. I personally would not attempt to perform the upgrade of a production z/OS. I know for certain that there is no way I would end up with an optimally configured machine. I think the likelihood that I would end up with a brick would be just as great as my likelihood of success. Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Charles Mills Sent: Monday, October 04, 2010 11:46 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Someone has training manuals or notes that can help me You have a very, very tough job ahead of you if you have no experience with z/OS. z/OS is a complex package and not much like anything else. A lot of the documentation makes the assumption that you already know everything that came before. I doubt the likelihood of your success. Sorry. No offense to you. It is just a very complex and obscure problem you are facing. IBM has some prepackaged solutions, I believe at an additional cost. Your management might want to look into those, or into buying a few hours of someone's time to support you remotely while you attempt this. There are probably folks on this list (not me!) who might be qualified and willing to do this. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
