z/OS document descriptions

This section contains descriptions of the z/OS publications, organized by element, beginning with the system level z/OS documents.

System level documents

System level documentation contains information that applies to z/OS as a whole, not to a specific element in z/OS.

z/OS Hot Topics Newsletter: Contains articles about the delivery, installation, management, use, and documentation of elements and features.

z/OS V2R2 Information Roadmap (the document you are now reading): Describes the information associated with including system-level documents and documents for the participating and features.

z/OS V2R2 Introduction and Release Guide: Describes the contents and benefits of as well as the planned packaging and delivery of the product. This document includes descriptions of the new functions in each release.

z/OS V2R2 Licensed Program Specifications: The Licensed Program Specification for z/OS. It is in PDF format only.

z/OS V2R2 Migration: Provides information on how to migrate to new releases of z/OS.

z/OS Planning for Installation: Helps you write an installation plan by providing the following information:
  • Basics of
  • Help for deciding on the software installation method
  • Driving system software and hardware requirements
  • Target system software and hardware requirements
  • Minimum levels of stand-alone products that run with

z/OS Planning for Multilevel Security and the Common Criteria: Describes how to set up a secure system across elements to ensure compliance to Common Criteria Certification.

z/OS Planning for Sub-Capacity Pricing: Describes how to plan for and set up your system for subcapacity pricing for IBM® products.

z/OS Using the Sub-Capacity Reporting Tool: Describes the Sub-Capacity Reporting Tool. This document is provided in PDF only available from http://www.ibm.com/systems/z/resources/swprice/subcap/scrt/.

z/OS Summary of Message and Interface Changes: Describes the changes to messages and interfaces for individual elements of z/OS.

ServerPac: Using the Installation Dialog: Explains how to use the CustomPac installation dialog to install a ServerPac order. This document is shipped only with ServerPac orders; it is not shipped with any of IBM's CustomPac offerings, such as SystemPac, FunctionPac, ProductPac®, RefreshPac, or Selective Follow-on Services (SFS).

IBM Health Checker for z/OS User's Guide: Contains information needed to install and use IBM Health Checker for z/OS.

z/OS V2R2 Problem Management: Contains information for how to determine problems and find solutions for z/OS. It contains all the information for Predictive Failure Analysis and Runtime Diagnostics.