z/OS Foundation Skills programme - part 1

This four-day course is Part 1 of our newly designed and built introduction to Z Systems - IBM's mainframe-based enterprise computing environments, and to IBM's flagship operating system, z/OS, which provides a firm foundation for anyone moving into the world of IBM Z Systems mainframe-based computing.

Introducing the concepts and terminology that are encountered and used by mainframe IT personnel every day, this course explains them in an easily understandable manner.
This course then goes on to introduce the concepts, facilitiesand functions of TSO and IBM's Interactive System Productivity Facility (ISPF). The course focuses particularly on TSO/ISPF's functions for data editing and dataset management. Almost all users of IBM's z/OS systems use TSO/ISPF to carry out their daily duties, and this part of the course combines formal classroom teaching with a progressive series of comprehensive and challenging hands-on practical sessions. This course is available for exclusive, one-company presentations and for live presentation over the Internet, via the Virtual Classroom Environment service.

On successful completion of this course you will be able to:

  • list the principal components found in IBM Z Systems environments.
  • describe how data is stored, the different data codes, types and the devices used.
  • explain the concepts of operating systems.
  • describe the IBM mainframe operating systems and their associated software, as available in IBM Z Systems.
  • describe the functions carried out in Z Systems based IS departments.
  • understand the different numbering systems and representations used in Z Systems.
  • use basic TSO commands.
  • use ISPF.
  • browse and edit datasets.
  • customise ISPF edit profiles.
  • use advanced edit functions.
  • submit and manage batch jobs.
  • use the ISPF utilities such as allocate and copy.
  • use search facilities.

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Delivered as a live, interactive training: available in-person or online, or in a hybrid format. Training is implemented in English.
If interested in organising this training internally, get in touch with us; we can even customise it to meet your specific needs.

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Intended for

RSM's z/OS Foundation Skills programme is suitable for all new and trainee programmers, operators and technicians.

Background

Basic keyboard skills.

Main topics

  • The Mainframe Computer
    • Origins, types of computers, general purpose, scientific, scientific AND general purpose.
    • The PC, The Graphical User Interface (GUI).
    • The application development backlog.
    • The Local Area Network (LAN), Who runs the distributed data centre?, Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), Today's real world.
    • What is a mainframe? What can it do? Hardware and software, types of computing, batch processing today, Interactive, On-line, Real time.
  • Enterprise Computing Hardware
    • Enterprise computing hardware.
    • An IBM mainframe computer room and its contents: The processor complex, Parallel sysplex, Logical partitions, Channels, Controllers, I/O units, Addressing, Local and remote.
    • Disk storage: Old technology, Storing data on a traditional disk, The cylinder concept, Sectors, Cache storage, RAID - a newer technology, Disk Mirroring (RAID-1), Data Striping (RAID 5/6), Remote Disk copy, Virtual disks, Why magnetic tape?, Tape cartridges, High performance tapes, Automated Tape Libraries, Virtual Tape Servers, Other Input/output peripherals.
  • Z Systems Programs
    • What is software?
    • Types of software
    • System software
    • Application software - Program (Main module, subroutines and procedures, functions, data)
    • EBCDIC; ASCII
    • Building a program - Programming languages - Executing a program.
  • Z Enterprize Organisation
    Who runs the IT environment:  Operators, Help Desk Operatives, Security Administrators, Systems Programmers, ....
  • The Z Systems' Operating Systems
    Z Systems operating system:  z/OS; zVM; z/VSE; Linux; z/TPF.
  • z/OS Operating System
    The z/OS operating system; Some important definitions; Address spaces; Common area; Private area; Main components of MVS; MVS processing environments; On-line; TSO; z/OS communications server; VTAM; TCP/IP; JES2; Transaction Servers: CICS, IMS; Databases: Db2, IMS; UNIX System Services; WebSphere Application Server.
  • Numbering Systems
  • TSO
    • Introduction to TSO
    • Basic TSO Commands
  • Basic ISPF
    • Introduction to ISPF
    • Basic ISPF Utilities
    • ISPF Dataset List Utility
    • Browsing Datasets in ISPF
  • More complex ISPF
    • Basic Edit via ISPF
    • The ISPF Edit Profile
    • Advanced Edit with ISPF
    • SuperC and Search-For

Training method

Live instructor-led training, with plenty of opportunities for hands-on exercises and discussion.

Certificate

At the end of the course session, the participant receives a 'Certificate of Completion'.

Duration

4 days.

Course leader

RSM Technology.


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