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Changes!

All content published up to July 2020 will be moved to the "Old Post" section while it is being redone. The new content will be published in Spanish and English in the "Blog" section.

Introduction

Here you will find tutorials about installation and configuration of products on z/OS 2.3 and z/OS 2.4 (IBM Mainframe).

All new content will be done using the IBM Z Development and Test Environment (ZD&T) tool.

The Personal Edition or Enterprise Edition and the ADCD z/OS distribution will be used.

Latest posts

IBM Z Development and Test Environment Personal Edition - Install, license and boot the system

21, Jul 2021

In the previous post, we saw how to order the product, order the hardware key media pack and download the software.As I have already received the hardware key media pack at home, I will continue with the process. In this post, we are going to see: how to download the license, install the product,...

IBM Z Development and Test Environment Personal Edition - Buy and Download

20, Jun 2021

I was finally able to purchase the IBM Z Development and Test Environment Personal Edition license. Being a home user and not a company, I had a lot of difficulties to buy it (I have been trying to buy it since 2018 and we are in 2021).

IBM Z Development and Test Environment - Create, initalize and share disks

31, Aug 2020

In any system we must have user disks to be able to save our data. We will see how to create disks in ZD&T (3390 model 1, 2, 3, 9, 27, 54 and EAV), start them in z/OS (SMS and NO-SMS) and share them with another system (ZD&T and z/OS).

About me

Javier Fernández García - Tecnico Sistemas IBM Mainframe z/OS

Since September 2018, I work as z/OS System Programmer (IBM Mainframe) in the areas: Operating System, Storage and Security (with RACF).

I worked as z/OS Systems Operator from 2015 to 2018, but I have been learning z/OS on my own since 2011.

In 2011, I attended a complete z/OS Operator course that was given for free in Madrid. I learned a lot because I had an Argentinean teacher who was very good at teaching. Since then I am hooked on the Mainframe.

In 2012, I attended another course aboutCobol/CICS/DB2 applications development in the same center, but I prefer the "systems" area.

z/OS seems to me a very interesting environment because it is "difficult" to learn. I like to keep learning new things to improve my skills and to teach other people.

About EMUFRAME

I started this website in October 2015. I have always had two goals: to continue learning and teaching others and about z/OS.

Now, in August 2020, the appearance of the blog is updated and the content will be in Spanish and English, so I can teach what I learn to more people.

When I started working with z/OS, I realized how difficult it is to move from Operator to System Technician. What usually happens is that to move to a "higher" position, you need experience, but if you don't work in that position, you can't gain experience!

Therefore, this site also was created as a way to keep learning. I think it has been key in my development and will continue to be so.

I am grateful to all those people who help me to keep learning and teaching.

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