IBM Z System Automation 4.3 Implementation and Administration

In this course, you learn how to define automation policy for IBM Z System Automation (SA for z/OS).

You learn how to create policy definitions for systems, applications, application groups, and monitor resources. This is delivered in an environment with multiple opportunities for hands-on lab exercises. You define automation policy for several environments: single system and multiple system within a basic sysplex. The system automation manager and automation agent run in a z/OS 2.4 environment. The automation platform, IBM Z Netview is at version 6 release 4 and IBM Z System Automation is at version 4 release 3.

This intermediate course is primarily intended for system administrators and system analysts who are responsible for defining the automation policy that is used by IBM Z System Automation.

• Good knowledge of IBM Z System Automation architecture and concepts
• Basic knowledge of IBM Z System Automation operations
• Basic z/OS operations skills and started task concepts
• Basic NetView skills
• Basic ISPF use
• JCL coding and z/OS data set allocation

When you complete this course, you can use IBM Z System Automation 4.3 to perform the following tasks:

• Customize z/OS, NetView, and SA using the configuration assistant
• Use the customization dialog to:

 − Create a Policy Data Base (PDB) and import automation policy

 − Create automation policy to automate z/OS applications and application groups

 − Build the automation configuration file and create reports

• Start and stop SA and refresh automation policy
• Monitor and control automated resources
• Customize the SDF component and panels
• Implement end-to-end and pro-active automation
• Describe the coexistence and migration issues for current releases

• IBM Z System Automation overview
• Installation and customization
• Customization Dialog and Policy Data Base
• Defining Applications and building automation configuration files
• Additional customization: explore features and functions including use of symbolics in the policy, Application classes, suspend file, Notify Operators, Service Periods, Events, Triggers, and monitor resources
• Initialization and runmodes
• Gateways and Status Display Facility
• Defining Application Groups
• End-to-end automation: extend automation to cross-sysplex and to true end-to-end cross-platform automation. Use the Universal Automation Adapter to automate resources on distributed systems, for instance running on Linux
• Performance-based automation with OMEGAMON
• Migration and coexistence with previous releases of SA for z/OS