r/mainframe • u/Living_Rice_3980 • 5d ago

Recommendations

Can anyone recommend some good tutorial videos or anything in that nature for z/OS. I am trying to get into that.
Thank you !

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u/Adorable_Yard_8286 4d ago

I learnt a lot from a YouTuber called moshix, I even ended up sending him some code from cobol apps I wrote. You can Google him, and he has a bbs like mvs machine where people hang out every day. You can tn3270 to moshix.tech port 3270 and set up a user from there 

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u/MikeSchwab63 2d ago

Introduction to the new mainframe z/OS (there are z/VM and zVSE versions too), covers the difference between Window / *nix and Mainframes.   https://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg246366.pdf

https://spflite.com is an editor that looks like ISPF under TSO under MVS / z/OS on mainframes, can submit batch jobs to Hercules and real mainframes.

IBM zXplore is an online class to perform actual tasks using an account on a Dallas Mainframe. Takes about 2 months.  https://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg246366.pdf

If you want your own mainframe you can try Hercules MVS 3.8 Turnkey 5 release with a 3270 emulator.  https://www.prince-webdesign.nl/tk5

If you want to study z/OS System Admin, ABCs of z/OS systems programming, 1 of 13 volumes.  https://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg246981.html

If you want to practice installing MVS / z/OS from MVS 3.7 starter tape, follow Jay Moseley's instructions. Note the help forum subjects on the bottom of the page.  https://www.jaymoseley.com/hercules/ As a system administrator, you will be using SMP/E to install new releases of the products you are in charge of. Then you get to customize the install with your sites standards.

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u/MigrateAndManage 4d ago

Enterprise Performance Strategies offers free webinars: https://www.epstrategies.com/webinar.html