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The document outlines the curriculum for a Mainframe Batch & Console Operations course. It covers topics like introduction to mainframes, MVS architecture, JCL, VSAM, DB2 overview, mainframe operations, JES2 operations, subsystem overview, housekeeping datasets, RACF, scheduling tools, Endevor, and includes a capstone project.

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Zos Admin Freshers

The document outlines the curriculum for a Mainframe Batch & Console Operations course. It covers topics like introduction to mainframes, MVS architecture, JCL, VSAM, DB2 overview, mainframe operations, JES2 operations, subsystem overview, housekeeping datasets, RACF, scheduling tools, Endevor, and includes a capstone project.

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Duration: 2 Months

MAINFRAME BATCH & CONSOLE


Operations Course Curriculum
Introduction to Mainframes

Course Contents:
• Introduction to Mainframes
• Fundamentals and Types of computers
• Features of Mainframe
• Characteristics of Mainframe
• Mainframe Terminologies
• MVS
• Evolution of Operating Systems
• MVS Architecture
• MVS Concepts
• Data Management & Subsystems
• Catalogs
• System Library
• Sub systems
• Types of Datasets
• Mainframe Basic login and navigation

TSO/ISPF, SDSF

Course Contents:
• Use ISPF to allocate, rename, and delete datasets
• Use ISPF/PDF to edit, view, and browse datasets
• Use ISPF to create datasets
• Line commands, Primary Commands
Use System Display and Search Facility (SDSF) to review output from TSO
batchsubmitted jobs
• SDSF (Spool Navigation, Viewing the JOB’s output, JOB status)
• SDSF Initiators Panel
• Use ISPF/PDF to compress datasets and move, or copy members
between datasets

INTRODUCTION TO JCL

Course Contents:
• INTRODUCTION TO JCL

• JOB STATEMENT EXEC DD STATEMENT

• KEYWORD PARAMETER, POSITIONAL PARAMETER

• RESTART PARAMETER,PARM PARAMETER

• COND PARAMETER

• IF/THEN/ELSE STATEMENT

• INSTREAM PROCEDURES, CATALOG PROCEDURES

• JOBLIB STATEMENT, SET PARAMETER

• OVERRIDING AND SYMBOLIC PARAMETER

• GDG AND Abend codes

• Various abend codes with explanation

• IEFBR14, IEBGENER,IEBCOPY,IEHPROGM,IEHLIST,

SORT & MERGE utilities usage

VSAM & ACCESS METHODS

Course Contents:
• Overview of VSAM
• VSAM Terminology
• VSAM files and cluster creation
• IDCAMS
Loading VSAM dataset (REPRO, REPLACE, REUSE, FROMKEY,
FROMNUMBER,
FROMADDRESS, COUNT & STOPAFT)
• backup, and recovery
• VSAM Print Commands
• Verify Command
• Import and Export
• Alternate Index

DB2 and CICS Overview

• Introduction to Database (Hierarchical, Network & Relational databases)


• Introduction to DB2
• DB2 components
• DB2 Utilities & SQL codes
• Introduction to Online systems (CICS)
• CICS concepts & System components
• CICS common issues and resolution

Mainframe Operations

Course Contents:
• OVERVIEW OF SYSTEM Z SERVERS

• Z/OS FUNCTIONAL GROUP CONCEPTS

• SYSTEM Z SPECIALITY ENGINES

• Z/ARCHITECTURE OVERVIEW

• COMMON MAINFRAME TERMS

• PROCESSOR TYPES

• HMC

• LPAR

• Z/OS MVS COMMANDS

• OPERATOR COMMAND TO DISPLAY AND CHANGE

• CHANNEL PATH AND I/O STATUS

Z/OS OPERATOR DISPLAY COMANDS


• Z/OS OPERATOR VARY COMMANDS

• MESSAGE FORMAT

• Z/OS ADDRESS SPACE

• D A,L COMMAND
• D A,A COOMAND
• D U COMMAND
• D M=DEV COMMAND D M=CPU COMMAND
• JES2 JOB PROCESSING
• STARTING JES2
• CONTROLLING JOBS
• CONTROLLING PRINTERS
• Z/OS CONSOLE OPERATIONS
• MCS CONSOLE
• CONSOLE USAGE
• CONSOLE AUTHORITY LEVELS
• CONSOLE DISPLAY COMMAND • REVIEW SYSLOG

JES2 Operations

Course Contents:
• Batch Processing

• JES2 & other products – how they relate

• Starting & Stopping z/OS & JES2

• Input/ Output Devices

• Reading Jobs & Queue Management

• Phases of JES

• JES2 Checkpoint Datasets

• JES2 Configuration

• JES commands

• Monitoring console messages

• Spool maintenance
Subsystem Overview

Course Contents:
• ELEMENT AND SUBSYSTEM

• DIFFERENT TYPES OF SUBSYSTEM

• PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SUBSYSTEM

• OVERVIEW OF DIFFERENT SUBSYSTEMS OF Z/OS

• TSO

• SDSF

• ISPF

• VTAM

• CICS

• DB2

• BASIC COMMANDS RELATED TO DB2, CICS AND IMS/ JES2

• UNDERSTANDING SYSTEM SHUTDOWN PROCESS (IPL)

• UNDERSTANDING SYSTEM STARTUP PROCESS (IPL)

• AUTOMATION SHUTDOWN STANDARDS

• AUTOMATION PHASES DURING SHUTDOWN

• SYSPLEX MANAGEMENT

• HMC

• AUTOMATION STARTUP PHASES

• AUTOMATION PROBLEM MANAGEMENT

House Keeping datasets and others

Course Contents:
• MVS physical hardware addresses

• MVS specific message identifiers

• Product license codes

• Master catalog; master catalog address space

• Understanding WTORs

• Understanding System dumps

• SMF Concepts
• MAN Data set creation
• SMFPRMxx member explanation
• Taking Dump from SMF data set
• Creating customized report
• LOGREC Log Stream

RACF

• Create User Groups


• Create User Profiles
• Create Users
• Allocate Access
• RACF Commands

CA7 & CONTROL M

• CA7 Scheduling Tool Overview


• Control M Scheduling Tool Overview

CM Tool

• Endevor

Project

• Capstone Project

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