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Online licensed documentation

z/OS Licensed:

Beginning with z/OS V1R7 in September 2005, z/OS licensed books have been declassified and are included on the z/OS V1R7 Collection, SK3T-4269, and the z/OS V1R7 and Software Products DVD Collection, SK3T-4271. The z/OS Licensed Product Library CD-ROM, LK3T-4307, is no longer being updated. The final edition of the z/OS Licensed Product Library was LK3T-4307-06, dated September 2004.

z/OS licensed books before z/OS V1R7 are included in the z/OS Licensed Product Library, LK3T-4307, and are only separately orderable through the normal publications ordering channels by z/OS licensees. The collection includes both BookManager and PDF formats of the z/OS licensed books for two products--DFSMS and Communications Server. z/OS license holders can order additional copies. Click here for information about ordering softcopy.

In addition, the licensed books are available in Adobe Acrobat PDF format via the Resource Link Web site. Licensed z/OS customers can obtain a userid and password to access these publications. Click here for directions on how to do this.

OS/390 Licensed:

OS/390 licensed books are shipped to OS/390 customers in unencrypted, softcopy format on a separate CD-ROM titled OS/390 Licensed Product Library. Order numbers are:

Version 1
LK2T-6702
Version 2
LK2T-2499
OS/390 license holders can order additional copies. Click here for information about ordering softcopy.

The unlicensed collections do not contain online licensed documentation. Click here to learn more about accessing licensed information formerly available in the unlicensed collections.

To make OS/390 licensed information more accessible, IBM reclassified many OS/390 licensed publications to unlicensed publications in OS/390 Version 2 Release 4. Click here for a list of new order numbers for these publications.

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Online unlicensed documentation (collections)

The online library is a variety of softcopy collections that are organized to meet specific information needs, usually for a specific IBM product or operating platform. In addition to books, some of the collections also contain online presentations, interactive demonstrations, and actual products.

Collections containing product libraries for a specific platform

These collections contain all the product libraries related to a specific IBM operating platform. They are useful to anyone who must administer or maintain an entire system or maintain a large online library for others to use.

For example, the z/OS V1Rx and Software Products DVD contains all the avalable libraries for z/OS elements and features, plus software products that run on z/OS, regardless of the type of product.

Collections containing product libraries for a specific function

These collections contain product libraries that are functionally related regardless of their operating system. They are useful to anyone who must specialize in a particular computing activity such as administering a network, developing applications, or maintaining a data base.

  • Decision Support Systems, SK2T-0138
  • Printing and Publishing, SK2T-2921
  • Retail Store Solutions, SK2T-0331
  • Transaction Processing and Data, SK2T-0730

For example, the Transaction Processing and Data Collection contains libraries for CICS, IMS, DB2, and other IBM transaction processing and database products.

Collections containing books for a specific subject or task

These collections contain individual books from a variety of product libraries and other sets of books that are related to specific subjects or tasks. They are useful to anyone who has a specific task to perform such as integrating products, performing security administration, or learning about system architecture.

For example, the z/OS Security Server RACF Collection contains books from any z/OS product library that includes RACF information, regardless of the type of product.

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The relationship between the collections

Some product libraries appear in more than one collection. The GDDM library is in the z/OS, z/VSE, and z/VM platform collections because it is a product that runs on z/OS, z/VSE, and z/VM. It is also in the Transaction Processing and Data Collection because it is used by IBM transaction processing and database products.

Even though product libraries and individual books appear in more than one collection, all the collections that are issued at the same time contain libraries and books that are at the same level.

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Discontinued collections

Click here to learn which collections are no longer available.

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