Training offering

An Introduction to the z/OS Environment

Overview

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

Public

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.

Prerequisits

You should have:

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

Objective

Prior to enrolling, IBM Employees must follow their Division/Department processes to obtain approval to attend this public training class. Failure to follow Division/Department approval processes may result in the IBM Employee being personally responsible for the class charges.  

GBS practitioners that use the EViTA system for requesting external training should use that same process for this course.  Go to the EViTA site to start this process: http://w3.ibm.com/services/gbs/evita/BCSVTEnrl.nsf

Once you enroll in a GTP class, you will receive a confirmation letter that should show:

• The current GTP list price
• The 20% discounted price available to IBMers. This is the price you will be invoiced for the class.

Topics

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