An Introduction to the z/OS Environment

This course is an overview of the z/OS operating systems and services for non-MVS IS technical personnel.

This basic course is for personnel with a technical background in information technology who are new to the z/OS platform and do not have prior MVS or OS/390 experience.

You should have:

• System concepts
• Basic knowledge of IS technologies
• No MVS, OS/390, or z/OS knowledge required

• Identify the installation requirements for an enterprise server and how z/OS supports these requirements
• Discuss the services for application enablement in a z/OS environment
• Identify how z/OS provides support for On Demand Business
• Describe how security is ensured in a z/OS environment
• Identify products and tools that support a central point of control
• Characterize products and facilities that support z/OS systems
• Describe the essential system services of z/OS
• List the z/Architecture processor configurations for z/OS
• Describe z/OS connectivity, communication facilities, and interfaces
• Describe how zEnterprise creates a single system of systems
• The concept, strategy, and benefits of the z/OS environment
• Application enablement in z/OS
• Overview of On Demand Business support in z/OS
• Connectivity to the z/OS environment
• Security support provided by z/OS
• Systems Management support (Tivoli, SMP/E, SMF, and RMF)
• Scalability, availability, backup, and recovery features in z/OS
• System Services support (storage management, job management, work management, data sets, and data set management)
• System z processor configurations, System z Enterprise Server hardware
• zEnterprise, a new dimension in computing

Day 1

• Welcome
• Unit 1: Requirements of an enterprise server
• Unit 2: Application enablement
• Unit 3: Enabling On Demand Business on z/OS
• Unit 4: z/OS connectivity

Day 2

• Unit 5: Security in a z/OS environment
• Unit 6: Systems management
• Unit 7: System and data availability
• Unit 8: System services
• Unit 9: System z9 and z10 and System z hardware
• Unit 10: zEnterprise: A new dimension in computing