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Fundamental System Skills in z/OS

This course is designed to teach you the fundamental practical skills to navigate and work in a z/OS environment. This includes the use of ISPF/PDF dialogs, TSO/E commands, JCL, UNIX System Services shell, and BookManager.

Who should attend this course?

This basic course is for IT personnel with a theoretical background of z/OS (for example, as taught in An Introduction to the z/OS Environment (ES05G) and some general practical IT experience.

Prerequisites

You should complete: An Introduction to the z/OS Environment (ES050) or equivalent on-the-job training

Review the main concepts of z/OS
Log on to TSO and start ISPF/PDF
Navigate through ISPF/PDF dialogs and use the basic ISPF/PDF functions and the ISPF Editor
Use ISPF/PDF to allocate data sets and edit data sets (including hierarchical file system (HFS) files) using the ISPF Editor primary and line commands
Use ISPF to create and manipulate (copy, rename, delete, list, sort, and merge) data sets
Identify security considerations for Multiple Virtual Storage (MVS) data sets and HFS files
Describe and use TSO/E commands
Perform simple modifications to existing ISPF/PDF panels
Invoke a REXX exec and TSO CLIST
Tailor existing JCL and submit batch jobs
Review job status and job output using SDSF
Invoke UNIX processes
Manipulate HFS directories and file systems using the UNIX System
Services ISHELL
Audience

Unit 1: Introduction to the IBM Z Systems environment

Topic 1: Architecture in the z Systems environment
Topic 2: Operating systems
Topic 3: IBM z Systems

Unit 2: z/OS security

Topic 1: System security
Topic 2: RACF
Topic 3: RACF profiles

Unit 3: TSO ISPF panel

Topic 1: TSO familiarization
Exercise 1: System familiarization
Topic 2: Introduction to z/OS data set
Topic 3: Allocating data sets
Exercise 2: Allocate new data sets
Topic 4: Creating data sets and members
Topic 5: Edit data sets
Topic 6: Line commands
Topic 7: Copy, move, rename, and delete data sets and members
Exercise 3: ISPF editor primary commands
Exercise 4: ISPF editor Line commands
Exercise 5: Copy, move, rename, and delete data sets and members
Topic 8: Data set lists
Exercise 6: Data set lists

Unit 4: TSO commands

Topic 1: TSO ISPF commands
Topic 2: Edit data sets using line commands
Exercise 7: Using TSO/E commands

Unit 5: JES and JCL

Topic 1: Introduction to JES and JCL
Topic 2: Coding JCL
Topic 3: Submitting jobs using JCL
Topic 4: JCL utilities
Topic 5: Managing data sets using JCL)
Exercise 8: Submit a job
Exercise 9: JCL exercises
Exercise 10: Procedures

Unit 6: UNIX

Topic 1: UNIX system services
Topic 2: File systems
Topic 3: UNIX program support and security
Topic 4: Application services
Topic 5: Security
Exercise 11: ISHELL and hierarchical file system

Practical information

Duration

5 Days

Languages

EN / FR

Price

€3500,00 + 21% VAT

Location

Classroom/Online Courses

Schedule

Guaranteed to run

English courses

17/1 - 18/1 - 19/1 - 20/1 - 21/1Book

07/2 - 08/2 - 09/2 - 10/2 - 11/2Book

28/2 - 01/3 - 02/3 - 03/3 - 04/3 - 21/3 - 22/3 -23/3 - 24/3 - 25/3Book

16/5 - 17/5 - 18/5 - 19/5 - 20/5Book

13/6 - 14/6 - 15/6 - 16/6 - 17/6Book

French courses

17/1 - 18/2 - 19/2 - 20/1 - 21/1Book

07/2 - 08/2 - 09/2 - 10/2 - 11/2Book

28/2 - 01/3 - 02/3 - 03/3 - 04/3 - 21/3 - 22/3 - 23/3 - 24/3 - 25/3Book

25/4 - 26/4 - 27/4 - 28/4 - 29/4Book

16/5 - 17/5 - 18/5 - 19/5 - 20/5Book

13/6 - 14/6 - 15/6 - 16/6 - 17/6Book

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