Overview

With WebSphere® Transformation Extender for z/OS®, you can run multiple maps or systems on a z/OS operating system on the IBM® z/Architecture® platforms.

Note: To use the z/OS Launcher, you will need to deploy systems. Although the focus of this documentation is to present the details of the z/OS Launcher, you will still need to reference other documentation for the details pertaining to deploying systems.

There are minimal differences between the z/OS implementation, and the Windows and UNIX implementation.

Among the differences are the methods available to administer the Launcher operations. They are:

Native administration interfaces (ISPF Panel and Operator's Console)
- For native administration interfaces, reference the specific documentation.
Existing user interfaces based on UNIX operating systems (Launcher Administration and Management Console)
- For administration user interfaces based on UNIX operating systems, you can reference processes presented in "Getting Started".
  Note: The DISPLAY environment variable must be exported and an X Server must be available to host the user interface displays.
  
  Note: Reference "Starting the Launcher Monitor" for details on how to start the Window Launcher Monitor:

Another difference between the implementations is the capability of the z/OS implementation to access the native file system.