The z/VSE collection is a zip file, that includes all z/VSE documentation for several releases. It is electronic only and can be downloaded form the IBM publication center. There is no physical DVD available.   The new z/VSE Collection (December 2015) does include the latest z/VSE 6.1 books. You can download the z/VSE Collection from the IBM Publication Center - here . Please select the country, e.g. United States. On the "Welcome to the IBM Publication Center" page select "Search for publications" and enter the... [More]

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I have a few more APARs for this week. They will also be posted to the z/VSE corrective service web page here .   VSE/AF APARs z/VSE 5.1 APAR DY47632 (PTF UD54142): 0S23I DUMP ROUTINE CANCELED. CANCEL CODE = X'20'. Error description: Message 0S10I GETVIS FAILURE IN DUMP ROUTINE. FUNC=3 followed by 0S23I DUMP ROUTINE CANCELED. CANCEL CODE = X'20'. The APARs for z/VSE 5.2 (APAR DY47633 , PTF UD54147) and 6.1 (APAR DY47634 , PTF UD54148) will be available soon.   Interactive User Interface (IUI) APARs: z/VSE 6.1 APAR... [More]

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Today I want to give you some information about items not supported or not orderable with z/VSE 6.1:   Products not supported with z/VSE 6.1 These are products which are not supported with z/VSE 6.1 onwards: CICS TS for VSE/ESA V1.1.1. (The replacement product is CICS TS for z/VSE V2.1.) CICS/DDM is not supported with CICS TS for z/VSE V2.1. CICS/VSE V2.3. (The replacement product is CICS TS for z/VSE V2.1.) DL/I DOS/VS V1.10, DL/I VSE V1.11. (The replacement product is DL/I VSE V1.12.) VisualAge Generator Server V1.2. (The replacement... [More]

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From the past blog entries about KVM I noticed some interest in this topic. May be you are interested in the next Live Virtual Class (LVC) too.   The LVC topic is: Introduction to KVM for z Systems   The information below will show up on the z/VM LVC web page soon: Date : Wednesday, December 9, 2015 Time :   11:30 AM EST / New York, 4:30 PM UK, 5:30 PM CET / Germany   Abstract : IBM now has three strategic virtualization platforms: IBM z/VM, IBM PR/SM, and KVM for IBM z Systems. KVM for IBM z delivers... [More]