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EPSSeminarRileyzOSConceptsandFacilities.pdf

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Seminar abstract and Outline

Audience:

This two-day introductory seminar is intended for application and system programmers, operators, system support staff and managers who require knowledge of the z/OS environment and the various mainframe supported functions of this operating system.

Seminar Instructor:

Phil Riley

Seminar Abstract:

The seminar is designed for the newcomer to the world of z/OS and the mainframe environment. It introduces the various components of z/OS, the types of workload supported by z/OS, and examines how this operating system performs the necessary functions to run the different types of work.

Note: This is a lecture only seminar. No Labs are provided.

Prerequisites:

There are no prerequisites for this seminar.

Seminar Objectives:

In this seminar, students will learn how to:

• The various component parts that make up the z/OS operating system
• The latest IBM mainframe models and how I/O devices are attached
• The different kinds of workload and how work is entered into the system
• How the mainframe is suited to work with other platforms such as workstations
• The various types of network that z/OS supports
• How databases are structured, accessed and controlled
• The terminology and buzzwords associated with the mainframe environment

Seminar Outline:

The following is a high level outline for this seminar:

• Mainframe Environment
  • ESA/390 vs. z/Architecture
  • Logical partitioning
  • ECL vs. CMOS technology
  • I/O facilities
  • ESCON and FICON switches
  • Parallel Sysplex structure and GDPS
  • Server clustering
  
  
• z/OS Network Facilities
  • SNA vs.TCP/IP networks
  • APPN and SNA networks
  • Open System Adapters
  • Distributed Computing
  • WWW access using z/OS
  
  
• MVS Component
  • MVS, JES and DFSMS
  • The JCL requirement
  • Address Space concept and layout
  • Virtual Storage
  • Dynamic Address Translation and Page Tables
  • Multiprogramming and Interrupt Handling
  
  
• MVS Installation and Maintenance
  • The installation process
  • Hardware Configuration Definition (HCD)
  • Using ServerPac
  • Configuring the system
  • Msys for Setup
  • The IPL process
  • System Modification Program (SMP/E)
  • System Automation
  
  
• Using TSO
  • Logging on and the logon procedure
  • Using Resource Access Control Facility (RACF)
  • Native TSO vs. ISPF
  • ISPF panel-driven dialogs
  • UNIX System Services shell
  • UNIX System Services ISPF shell
  
  
• Using Batch
  • Using ISPF to create JCL
  • JCL submit processing
  • The Initiator address space
  • Initiator classes and work queue control
  • Browsing the SPOOL using System Display and Search Facility (SDSF)
  
  
• Using Online Transactions
  • Started Tasks
  • Online transaction systems
  • Transaction Manager processing - CICS and IMS/DC
  • Database Managers - DB2 and IMS/DB
  
  
• Data Management
  • Files vs. Datasets
  • Creating datasets
  • Master and User Catalogs
  • The Volume Table of Contents (VTOC)
  • Access Methods and Data Set Organization (DSORG)
  • Virtual Storage Access Method (VSAM)
  • Hierarchical File System (HFS)
  • The DFSMS/MVS component of z/OS