z/OS System Operators

This basic course is for IT personnel with little or no theoretical background of z/OS and little or no general practical in IS experience.

• Describe System z usage of z/Architecture
• Identify System z servers and their major components
• Name z/OS functional groups and base elements
• Describe the concept of virtual storage and its exploitation in z/OS
• Issue z/OS commands with the correct syntax
• Identify z/OS display commands that can be used to determine device and channel path status
• Describe the use of VARY and CONFIG z/OS operator commands
• Interpret the results of z/OS commands
• Identify the differences between JES2 and JES3
• Describe JES2 usage
• SPOOLs and checkpoint data sets
• Cold, warm, and hot starts
• Commands to control resources and display job status
• Describe the purpose and use of the following:
• TSO
• ISP/PDF
• Allocating, displaying, and editing data set information with ISP/PDF panels
• SDSF
• Describe the naming rules for z/OS data sets
• Describe the z/OS catalog structure
• Describe the functions performed by DFSMS, DFSMSdss, DFSMShsm, and DFSMSrmm to help manage the data sets in a data center
• Describe the function of JCL cataloged procedures
• Identify the difference between MCS consoles and extended MCS consoles
• Issue commands to determine the status and parameters of any console
• Describe major console enhancements at z/OS 1.8, z/OS 1.10, and z/OS 2.1

You should have completed:

• An Introduction to the z/OS Environment (ES050)

Day 1

• Welcome
• Unit 1: Review of System z servers and z/OS
• Unit 2: z/OS MVS commands
• Labs 1, 2, and 3

Day 2

• Review
• Unit 3: JES and TSO
• Unit 4: z/OS data sets
• Labs 4, 5, and 6

Day 3

• Review
• Unit 5: z/OS consoles operation
• Labs 7, 8, and 9