Fundamental System Skills in Z/OS (ES10G) – Outline

Detailed Course Outline

Unit 1: Introduction to the IBM Z Systems environment

Topic 1: Architecture in the z Systems environment

Topic 2: Operating systems

Topic 3: IBM z Systems 

Unit 2: z/OS security

Topic 1: System security

Topic 2: RACF

Topic 3: RACF profiles 

Unit 3: TSO ISPF panel

Topic 1: TSO familiarization

Exercise 1: System familiarization

Topic 2: Introduction to z/OS data set

Topic 3: Allocating data sets 

Exercise 2: Allocate new data sets

Topic 4: Creating data sets and members

Topic 5: Edit data sets 

Topic 6: Line commands

Topic 7: Copy, move, rename, and delete data sets and members

Exercise 3: ISPF editor primary commands

Exercise 4: ISPF editor Line commands

Exercise 5: Copy, move, rename, and delete data sets and members

Topic 8: Data set lists

Exercise 6: Data set lists 

Unit 4: TSO commands

Topic 1: TSO ISPF commands

Topic 2: Edit data sets using line commands 

Exercise 7: Using TSO/E commands 

Unit 5: JES and JCL

Topic 1: Introduction to JES and JCL

Topic 2: Coding JCL

Topic 3: Submitting jobs using JCL

Topic 4: JCL utilities

Topic 5: Managing data sets using JCL) 

Exercise 8: Submit a job

Exercise 9: JCL exercises 

Exercise 10: Procedures 

Unit 6: UNIX

Topic 1: UNIX system services

Topic 2: File systems 

Topic 3: UNIX program support and security 

Topic 4: Application services

Topic 5: Security

Exercise 11: ISHELL and hierarchical file system