About this course
Course Overview
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.
Target Audience
The intended audience for this class is IT personnel with a theoretical background of z/OS (for example, as taught in ES05G) and some general practical IT experience.
Course Objectives
•Summarize the components of the IBM Z platform.
•Interpret the benefits of security in a z/OS environment.
•Analyze how TSO ISPF panels manage the z/OS environment.
•Implement TSO commands to manage the z/OS environment.
•Distinguish the purpose and functions of JES and JCL.
•Execute UNIX processes.
Course Content
This course consists of a mixture of theoretical and practical sections. The major objective of the course is to familiarize the students with the everyday activities involved in working in a z/OS environment. Therefore, the main focus is on the class exercises.
This course teaches:
•How to log on to the z/OS system.
•How to work with TSO/E, ISPF/PDF, and the UNIX System Services shell.
•How to create, copy, rename, and delete z/OS data sets.
•How to work with UNIX System Services files.
•How to execute CLISTs and REXX execs.
•How to submit jobs for execution and view the output online.
Day 1
- Unit 1 - Review of ESA/390 and z/Architecture and z/OS
- Unit 2 - An Introduction to ISPF, ISPF/PDF, and RACF
- Unit 3 - Working with ISPF/PDF(Part 1)
Day 2
- Unit 3 - Working with ISPF/PDF(Part 2)
Day 3
- Unit 4 : TSO Commands
- Unit 5 Working with JCL (continued)
Day 4
- Review
- Unit 6 UNIX system Services (part 1)
Day 5
- Unit 6 UNIX system (Part 2)
- Review and close out
Course Prerequisites
You should complete:
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ES05G, An Introduction to the z/OS Environment or equivalent on-the-job training.
