Mainframe Technical Environment for Auditors [MTSE]

This course teaches how to use IBM Workload Scheduler for z/OS effectively and confidently. IBM Workload Scheduler for z/OS (IWSZ) is IBM's strategic product for scheduling and managing the enterprise's workload. The course introduces IWSZ and shows how to model the data center in OPC databases, how to schedule work in its Long Term Plan and manage work in the Current Plan. Advanced techniques including Special Resources, OPSTAT, SRSTAT, Event Triggered Tracking, Automatic Recovery, Restart & Cleanup and JCL Automation are covered.

3 Days

Hands-On

Private

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• Introduction to the IBM Workload Scheduler for z/OS
• IBM Workload Scheduler for z/OS Databases
• Workstation database
• Application Database
• Managing the Current Plan
• Planning
• Special Resources
• Unplanned work
• Automatic Recovery
• Restart & Cleanup
• JCL Automation

• Use IBM Workload Scheduler for z/OS with confidence
• Update IBM Workload Scheduler for z/OS databases with the information needed to schedule and run work
• Identify the two plans used by IBM Workload Scheduler for z/OS
• Manage work by checking statuses, re-running jobs and by adding ad-hoc work into the plan
• Create and use Special Resources
• Use OPSTAT, SRSTAT and ETT
• Code Automatic Recovery statements
• Describe and use the Restart & Recovery function
• Use JCL automation and code JCL Directives

The ability to use TSO/ISPF and a basic knowledge of JCL.

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This ten-day Boot Camp course combines the essential introduction to the IBM Z Systems enterprise computing environment five-day foundation skills boot camp will further advanced subjects and skills.
 

The concepts, facilities and use of TSO and IBM's Interactive System Productivity Facility (ISPF) are taught during the first five days, with a focus on the functions for data editing and dataset management. The week concludes with an introduction to z/OS Job Control Language (JCL). Attendees will be introduced to the coding of job control statements to execute programs and access datasets in a z/OS environment. They will also learn how to write and test catalogued procedures.
During the second week, ABEND Analysis and MVS Error Reporting & Dumps are covered, along with UNIX System Services, a RACF overview, and introductions to network security and z/OSMF.
Throughout both weeks the formal classroom teaching is combined with an engaging and progressive series of hands-on practical sessions using a variety of IBM utilities. This course is available for exclusive, one-company presentations. 

 5 Days

Hands-On

Private

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• The IBZ z Systems Technical Environment
• Enterprise Computing Hardware
• Z Systems Software and Programs
• Practical Operations
• z/OS Operating System
• Introduction to TSO
• Basic TSO Commands
• Introduction to ISPF
• Browsing data sets in ISPF
• Basic Edit via ISPF
• The ISPF Edit profile
• Advanced Edit with ISPF
• Basic ISPF utilities
• ISPF Data Set List Utility
• SuperC and Search-For
• z/OS: Structure and Components
• Introduction to z/OS JCL
• The JOB Statement
• The EXEC Statement
• Printing and In-stream Data
• The DD Statement
• The DD Statement - Working with Data Sets
• Further DD Considerations
• Catalogued Procedures
• Conditional JCL Statements 
• Common MVS Abend Codes
• ABEND Analysis
• MVS Error Reporting & Dumps
• Introduction to UNIX & Open Systems
• UNIX System Overview
• The Kernel & the Shell
• The UNIX File System Concept
• Interactive USS
• Introduction to RACF
• Understanding RACF Network Security
• Understanding the z/OS Management Facility

• Identify the principal components of IBM mainframe systems
• Describe how data is stored, the different data codes and types, and the devices used
• Explain the concepts of operating systems
• Use basic TSO commands
• Use and customize ISPF panel structures
• Browse and edit data sets
• Customize ISPF edit profiles
• Use advanced edit functions
• Submit and manage batch jobs
• Use the ISPF utilities such as copy and list
• Use search facilities
• State the purpose of each z/OS job control statement
• Code JCL statements to access disk and cartridge files
• Describe and use the commonly used parameters
• Correct syntax errors in JCL statements
• Code in-stream procedures and override, nullify and add parameters
• Appreciate the implications of SMS when using z/OS JCL  
• Understand the concept of an ABEND
• Analyze ABEND situations
• Resolve ABEND situations
• Understand and use the terminology associated with UNIX
• Describe basic UNIX concepts
• Issue UNIX shell commands
• Identify and utilize key shell commands such as 'find', 'grep', etc.
• Explain the changes that have been made to the MVS platform in order to support applications created for a UNIX environment
• Identify the facilities and functions provided within USS
• Utilize ISHELL
• Understand the concepts behind RACF and its terminology
• Describe the principles of network security
• Understand z/OS Management Facility 

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