Course description: System Operator Workshop for IBM i

This course enables a new system operator to develop basic to intermediate level skills needed for day-to-day operations of System i. Specifically, the course explains how to: Use the online help and references; Send, display, and reply to messages ; Monitor and control jobs, devices, and job and output queues; Start and stop the system; Create and change user profiles; Use authorization lists and group profiles; Manage system configuration; Save and restore objects, libraries, and the system; Monitor job and history logs; Diagnose a system problem; Order, receive, and apply PTFs. You will learn how to perform all of these functions using a 5250 emulation session as well as System i Navigator and Systems Director Navigator for IBM i. Hands-on exercises reinforce the lecture topics and prepare the student to successfully operate a System i.

This course provides lectures and hands on labs in a face-to-face classroom setting. The course is also offered in a live virtual classroom environment (ILO -Instructor Led Online) with hands-on labs: System Operator Workshop for IBM i - ILO (OV240).

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Training Paths that reference this course are:

• System Operator

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IBM Education Advantage Program eligibility:

• Yes - IBM Education Pack - online account

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This course is intended for the person who has responsibility for daily system operations.

It is not intended for technical audiences who are seeking an in-depth look at how the Power i system works. This audience should instead attend the IBM i Programming Facilities Workshop (OE490) or (OV490)

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You should be able to sign on to a workstation, send and respond to messages, and use system-supplied menus.

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• Control system operation using System i Navigator, Systems Director Navigator for IBM i, and 5250 emulation also called green-screen interfaces
• Send and receive messages
• Find and use Control Language (CL) commands
• Use the online help and reference materials
• Monitor and control jobs, job queues, output queues, and devices
• Save and restore objects and libraries
• Saving to Virtual Tape
• Start and stop the system
• Perform problem determination and reporting
• Describe Program Temporary Fixes (PTF) management
• Create and maintain user profiles, group profiles, and authorization lists
• Describe system security
• Describe how Management Central is used to manage multiple System i servers

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• System i concepts and overview
• Reference material and support
• Overview of 5250 emulation and help
• Overview of System i Navigator
• Overview of Systems Director Navigator for IBM i
• Messaging concepts and 5250 emulation
• Messaging using System i Navigator
• Messaging using Systems Director Navigator for IBM i
• CL command concepts and 5250 emulation
• Concepts: Object, library, and the IFS
• Object management through 5250 emulation, System i Navigator and Systems Director Navigator for IBM i
• Introduction to work management
• Work management through 5250 emulation
• Job control through 5250 emulation, System i Navigator and Systems Director Navigator for IBM i
• Print concepts
• Print control through 5250 emulation, System i Navigator and Systems Director Navigator for IBM i
• Starting and stopping the system
• System security concepts
• System security through 5250 emulation, System i Navigator and Systems Director Navigator for IBM i
• System configuration overview
• Configuration through 5250 emulation and System i Navigator
• Save concepts
• Save through 5250 emulation and System i Navigator
• Restore concepts and overview
• Problem determination through 5250 emulation and System i Navigator
• Overview of the PTF process

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