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An Introduction to the z/OS Environment

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Code ES05G
Tuition (CAD) N/A
Tuition (USD) 1700.00
Date Location Time

11/25/2024 - 11/26/2024 (2 Days)

Remote

9:30 AM - 5:30 PM

11/25/2024 - 11/26/2024 (2 Days)

Remote

9:30 AM - 5:30 PM

This course is an overview of the z/OS operating systems and services for non-MVS IS technical personnel.

Who Can Benefit

  • This basic course is for personnel with a technical background in information technology who are new to the z/OS platform and do not have prior MVS or OS/390 experience.

Skills Gained

    • Identify the installation requirements for an enterprise server and how z/OS supports these requirements
    • Discuss the services for application enablement in a z/OS environment
    • Identify how z/OS provides support for On Demand Business
    • Describe how security is ensured in a z/OS environment
    • Identify products and tools that support a central point of control
    • Characterize products and facilities that support z/OS systems
    • Describe the essential system services of z/OS
    • List the z/Architecture processor configurations for z/OS
    • Describe z/OS connectivity, communication facilities, and interfaces
    • Describe how zEnterprise creates a single system of systems
    • The concept, strategy, and benefits of the z/OS environment
    • Application enablement in z/OS
    • Overview of On Demand Business support in z/OS
    • Connectivity to the z/OS environment
    • Security support provided by z/OS
    • Systems Management support (Tivoli, SMP/E, SMF, and RMF)
    • Scalability, availability, backup, and recovery features in z/OS
    • System Services support (storage management, job management, work management, data sets, and data set management)
    • System z processor configurations, System z Enterprise Server hardware
    • zEnterprise, a new dimension in computing

Prerequisites

  • You should have:

    • System concepts
    • Basic knowledge of IS technologies
    • No MVS, OS/390, or z/OS knowledge required

Course Content

Day 1

    • Welcome
    • Unit 1: Requirements of an enterprise server
    • Unit 2: Application enablement
    • Unit 3: Enabling On Demand Business on z/OS
    • Unit 4: z/OS connectivity

Day 2

    • Unit 5: Security in a z/OS environment
    • Unit 6: Systems management
    • Unit 7: System and data availability
    • Unit 8: System services
    • Unit 9: System z9 and z10 and System z hardware
    • Unit 10: zEnterprise: A new dimension in computing

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