Abstract for z/OS Migration

This information supports z/OS® V2R2.

Purpose of this information

This document describes how to migrate to z/OS® Version 2 Release 2 (V2R2) from the following releases:
  • z/OS V2R1
  • z/OS V1R13

The document is arranged in parts with chapters 1 and 2 as an introduction for everyone who performs z/OS migration actions regardless of the migration path and migration paths for hardware, chapter 3 for those customers migrating from z/OS V2R1, and chapter 4 for those customers migrating from z/OS V1R13. For chapters 3 and 4 only those actions for the specific migration path are documented.

This document does not explain how to exploit new functions in z/OS. For that information, see the many publications that pertain to the z/OS base elements and optional features.

Who should read this information

This document is intended for system analysts, system programmers, system administrators, security administrators, network administrators, database administrators, and other members of an information technology team who have experience installing and managing z/OS, and want to plan for and implement the installation of z/OS V2R2.

Related information

When possible, this information uses cross-document links that go directly to the topic in reference using shortened versions of the document title. For complete titles and order numbers of the documents for all products that are part of z/OS, see z/OS V2R2 Information Roadmap.

To find the complete z/OS library, go to IBM Knowledge Center.