IBM System z Fast Track (ESZ0G) – Outline

Detailed Course Outline

  • Mainframes and distributed server comparisons: Why so many servers?
  • Mainframe directions: Past, current, and future
  • Mainframes: System z introduction and relative performance comparisons
  • IBM System z hardware design: Frames, CEC cage, books, models and MSUs
  • I/O Infrastructure and processor usage: zEC12 to z10 comparisons
  • System z Capacity on Demand
  • Physical/Logical partitioning, server initialization, and CHPIDs
  • I/O configuration and HCD overview
  • MVS to z/OS software overview
  • z/OS Parallel Sysplex
  • z/OS enhancements on the zPlatform
  • z/Architecture overview and virtual addressing concepts
  • System concepts: The big picture
  • HMC introduction, groups, and activation profiles
  • Determining object status and error conditions
  • Activation and operating system interface
  • z/OS base elements and optional features
  • z/OS system programming
  • z/OS system libraries
  • Data center components and trends
  • TSO/E and ISPF/PDF
  • Data sets and accessing with ISPF/PDF
  • ISPF/PDF editor
  • Copy/Move/Rename/Delete
  • Data Set List
  • TSO/E commands and TSO/E programming
  • Introduction to JES and JCL
  • JOB, EXEC, and DD statements
  • DD parameters
  • Traditional applications
  • Programming languages
  • Object technology
  • System-level-security
  • Network-level security
  • Transaction-level security
  • Directory services
  • z/OSMF
  • SDSF
  • Working with UNIX System Services
  • Introduction to utilities and conditional execution
  • Data management, organization, and format
  • Generation data groups
  • Procedures
  • More about utilities
  • More on procedures
  • Selected JCL topics
  • SORT and MERGE
  • ABENDs