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
• IPL Process
• Cold/Warm/Quick Start

Course Contents:
• SDSF (Spool Navigation, Viewing the JOB’s output, JOB status)
• SDSF Initiators Panel
• Initiators
• Classes
• ULog
• System Requests
• SDSF Display Commands
• WTO/WTOR Messages
• Cancelling a Job
• Holding a Job
• Releasing a Job

• 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

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

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

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

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

• SMPE Introduction and Terminology
• SMPE Datasets & JCL
• SMPE Commands
• SMPE Dialogs
• Sysmod Installation & Exception Sysmods
• The Consolidated Software Inventory
• Listings and Reports

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