Kurs informasjon: Fundamental z/OS skills

This course is designed to teach students 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.

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Roadmaps:

• z/OS and System z
• z/OS Operation and Parallel Sysplex

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The intended audience for this class is IT personnel with a theoretical background of z/OS (for example, as taught in ES05) and some general practical IS experience.

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You should complete:

• An Introduction to the z/OS Environment (ES05) or equivalent on-the-job training

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• 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) via 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

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Day 1

• (00:30) Welcome
• (01:30) Unit 1: Review of z/Architecture and z/OS
• (04:30) Unit 2: An Introduction to ISPF, ISPF/PDF, and RACF
• (01:00) Unit 3: Working with ISPF/PDF (part 1)

Day 2

• (04:30) Unit 3: Working with ISPF/PDF (part 2)
• (02:30) Unit 4: Working with TSO/E

Day 3

• (06:30) Unit 5: Working with JCL

Day 4

• (06:30) Unit 6: Working with UNIX System Services

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