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EIEIO / AUTOMATION & EMERGING TECHNOLOGY

Operator Training

Course overview and objectives

1 day

Duration

1 day

OBJECTIVE

To provide an overview of the z Operating System (OS), look at the systems from both a hardware and software prospective, and develop a deeper understanding of System z daily operation task. This will eventually enable the operation personnel to become comfortable issuing z/OS commands from a Multi Console Support (MCS) system console and better understanding of its operation.

TRAINING OVERVIEW

Describe System z usage of z/Architecture

Identify System z servers and their major component

Issue z/OS commands with the correct syntax

Identify z/OS display commands that can be used to determine device and channel path status

Describe the use of VARY and CONFIG z/OS operator commands

Interpret the results of z/OS commands

SPOOLs and checkpoint data sets

Cold, warm, and hot starts

Commands to control resources and display job status

Describe the z/OS catalog structure

Describe the functions performed by DFSMS, DFSMSdss and DFSMShsm, to help manage the data sets in a data center

Issue commands to determine the status and parameters of any console

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