Introductory learning materials

Start here: Here’s What Happens When an 18 Year Old Buys a Mainframe. Great video.

z/OS introductory video course

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks.nsf/redbookabstracts/crse0304.html?Open

Master the Mainframe

https://www.ibm.com/it-infrastructure/z/education/master-the-mainframe

The ABCs of System Programming redbooks

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg246981.html?Open

IBM z/OS Basic Skills page in Knowledge Center. 

https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/zosbasics/com.ibm.zos.zbasics/lcmain.html

Introduction to the new mainframe

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg246366.html?Open

Introduction to CICS

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/crse0303.html?Open

Db2

DB2 for z/OS: Data Sharing in a Nutshell

Mq on z/os concepts

https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSFKSJ_8.0.0/com.ibm.mq.pro.doc/q003590_.htm

http://share.confex.com/data/handout/share/131/Session_23611_handout_11867_0.pdf

RelevantZ site

http://relevantz.ibmsystemsmag.com/ibm-systems-relevant-z

IBM Z Youtube

IBM Z YouTube channel

Introduction to CICS from IBM

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks.nsf/redbookabstracts/crse0303.html?Open

Introduction to the (new) mainframe)

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg246366.html?Open

Books (search for 2nd hand versions)

Teach Yourself COBOL In 21 Days

Murarch’s Mainframe COBOL

Assembler training

Assembler training

IBM System z Tech

IBM System z tech zone

Love mainframe site

https://lovemainframe.com/

Relevant Z

http://relevantz.ibmsystemsmag.com/

Zowe

https://www.openmainframeproject.org/

Free training offers

IBM z/OS Introduction and Workshop for the IT Professional – 5 Day Edition (Next Offering: November 11th to 15th – USA CDT)

https://www-01.ibm.com/events/wwe/ast/mtm/zlearn.nsf/enrollall?openform

Free training at HPI

https://open.hpi.de/courses/mainframes2018

Many tutorials on Mainframetechhelp

https://www.mainframestechhelp.com/

Tutorialspoint on mainframe

https://www.tutorialspoint.com/mainframe_tutorials.htm

Mainframe Playground 

https://mainframeplayground.neocities.org/

JCL course

https://www.tutorialspoint.com/jcl/jcl_job_statement.htm

Free COBOL course from CSIS

http://www.csis.ul.ie/cobol/course/

z/OS Introduction and Workshop

http://dtsc.dfw.ibm.com/MVSDS/’HTTPD2.APPS.ZOSCLASS.SHTML(ZOSCLASS)’

Mainframe playground on COBOL

https://mainframeplayground.neocities.org/COBOL.html

Access to real mainframe

Community mainframe

Unfortunately there is no Community open source mainframe yet. How cool would that be – a z/OS system on real Z hardware not owned by our boss.

zD&T

There is the emulator solution zD&T on which you can run z/OS legitimately. If you can afford it and like tinkering with an Intel machine an dLinux.

IBM Z trials – only 3 days

https://www.ibm.com/it-infrastructure/z/resources/trial

Only available for 3 days

Master the mainframe – free

https://www.ibm.com/it-infrastructure/z/education/master-the-mainframe

Remote development programme on Dallas System z

When you have a software development company, or if you are rich.

http://dtsc.dfw.ibm.com/MVSDS/’HTTPD2.ENROL.PUBLIC.SHTML(ZOSRDP)’

Will start at something like $550 USD per month.