Introduction to z/OS and zSeries

Prerequisites:

Basic knowledge of IS technologies, including S/390 hardware. No z/OS knowledge is required.

Course Description:

This course is designed for persons with a technical background in information technology, who are new to the z/OS platforms and do not have prior MVS experiences.

This course is designed for persons with a background in information technology and who are new to the z/OS platform, and require conceptual knowledge of z/OS functionality and services.

After completing this course, you should be able to:

• Identify the installations 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 e-business
• Describe how security is ensured in a z/OS environment
• Identify products and tools that support central point of control
• Characterize products and facilities that support z/OS systems
• Describe z/OS^s essential system services
• List the S/390 and z/Architecture processor configurations for z/OS
• Describe z/OS connectivity, communication facilities, and interfaces

This course includes the following modules:

Introduction

• The concept, strategy and benefits of the z/OS environment
• Application enablement in z/OS
• Overview of e-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)
• S/390 and zSeries processor configurations