Fundamental System Skills in Z/OS (ES10G) - Online Training

• Day 1
  • Welcome
  • Unit 1: Review of the z/Architecture and z/OS
  • Unit 2: An Introduction to ISPF, ISPF/PDF, and RACF
  • Exercise 1: System familiarization
  • Unit 3: Working with ISPF/PDF (Part 1)
  • Exercise 2: Allocate new data sets
• Day 2
  • Review/wrap up
  • Unit 3: Working with ISPF/PDF (Part 2)
  • Exercise 3: ISPF editor primary commands
  • Exercise 4: ISPF editor line command
  • Exercise 5: Copy/move/rename/delete data sets and members
  • Exercise 6: Data set lists
  • Unit 4: Working with TSO/E
  • Exercise 7: Using TSO/E commands
• Day 3
  • Review/wrap up
  • Unit 5: Working with JCL
  • Exercise 8: Submit a job
  • Exercise 9: JCL exercises
• Day 4
  • Review/wrap up
  • Unit 6: Working with UNIX System Services
  • Exercise 10: Procedures
  • Exercise 11: ISHELL and hierarchical file system

• Review the main concepts of z/OS
• Log on to TSO and start ISPF/PDF
• Navigate through ISPF/PDF dialogs and use the basic ISPF/PDF functions and the ISPF Editor
• Use ISPF/PDF to allocate data sets and edit data sets (including hierarchical file system (HFS) files) via the ISPF Editor primary and line commands
• Use ISPF to create and manipulate (copy, rename, delete, list, sort and merge) data sets
• Identify security considerations for Multiple Virtual Storage (MVS) data sets and HFS files
• Describe and use TSO/E commands
• Perform simple modifications to existing ISPF/PDF panels
• Invoke a REXX exec and TSO CLIST
• Tailor existing JCL and submit batch jobs
• Review job status and job output using SDSF
• Invoke UNIX processes
• Manipulate HFS directories and file systems using the UNIX System Services ISHELL

This basic course is for IT personnel with a theoretical background of z/OS (for example, as taught in An Introduction to the z/OS Environment (ES050) ) and some general practical IS experience.