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Fundamental System Skills in OS/390

Duration: 5 Days

Overview:

Learn the fundamental skills to navigate and work in an OS/390 environment, including the use of Interactive System Productivity Facility/Program Development Facility (ISPF/PDF) dialogs, Time Sharing Option/Extensions (TSO/E) commands, Job Control Language (JCL), and selected utilities. Hands-on lab projects may be done in teams depending on number of attendees and location.

Who Should Take This Course:

Individuals with a technical background in S/390 information technology and new to the OS/390 environment are eligible.

What You Are Taught:

• Identify the main concepts of an OS/390 operating system
• Understand the basic S/390 hardware to support an OS/390 operating system
• Describe the purpose of the Job Entry Subsystem (JES)
• Log-on to TSO and initialize ISPF/PDF
  
• Describe and use selected basic TSO/E commands
• Navigate ISPF/PDF dialogs and use options such as View, Edit, and Utilities
  
• Explain the basic rules for coding JCL and for submitting a batch job
• Perform basic data set functions such as create, copy, and delete
• Use in-stream procedures and cataloged procedures

Topics Include:

• Overview of OS/390
• Introduction to JES
• Using TSO and ISPF/PDF
• Basic Rules for Coding JCL
• Using Procedures and JCL Utilities

Prerequisites:

You should be able to:

• Understand basic data processing concepts
• Understand software concepts
• Describe and use S/390 computer hardware and information system technologies
• Execute commonly-used JCL utilities