Management Services Catalog task

The z/OS Management Services Catalog task helps different levels of system programmers easily share their knowledge and learn from each other.

IBM® z/OS Management Services Catalog improves how z/OS system programmers manage their z/OS environment that uses services. Services can streamline repetitive and frequent tasks in addition to complex, infrequent tasks. Associated institutional knowledge and processes are embedded in services, which help z/OS system programmers adhere to best practices and internal standards.

z/OS Management Services Catalog administrators create services. When the services are published to the Catalog, you can repeatedly run them to manage your z/OS.

Reference the following links to learn how to use z/OS Management Services Catalog:

What are services: Services help you more easily perform management tasks on a z/OS system. For more information, see What are services.
Administrator and non-administrator user roles: Administrators create services and publish services to the Catalog for everyone to run. For more information, see Administrator and non-administrator user roles.
Using the Catalog: See published services, start service submissions, and find your drafts in the Catalog. For more information, see Using the Catalog.

Managing the Catalog: Administrators manage how services appear in the Catalog. For more information, see Managing the Catalog.

Creating services: Administrators create services to complete z/OS management tasks. For more information, see Creating services.
Managing services: Administrators can manage services and determine which ones are published to the Catalog. For more information, see Managing services.
Submitting services to complete z/OS tasks: Submit published services to complete z/OS management tasks. For more information, see Submitting services to complete z/OS tasks.
Monitoring service submissions: Monitor service submissions in Activity. For more information, see Monitoring service submissions.

Settings: Use settings to customize your experience. For more information, see Settings.
Terms you should know: Understand terminology in z/OS Management Services Catalog. For more information, see Terms you should know.