Date: 26-Nov-2009 URL: global/training/catalog/courses/TK-2051.xml

z/OS MVS Systems Programmer Fundamentals (ZMVS) (TK-2051)

The z/OS MVS Systems Programmer Fundamentals course provides students with a solid introduction to the OS/390 environment with z/OS information added by the instructor. It is intended for a broad range of people, including beginning system programmers, experienced operators, technical management staff, and application programmers. The course covers Mainframe Architecture, Virtual Storage Concepts, Control Blocks and Dumps, Batch Processing, On-line Processing, I/O Facilities, and MVS-z/OS Implementation and Initialization.

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Languages

English

Who Can Benefit

Students who can benefit from this course are systems administrators, operators, and data center managers.

Prerequisites

To succeed fully in this course, students should should have:

A background in elementary computer concepts
A basic knowledge of JCL
Familiarity with binary and hexadecimal numbering systems

Skills Gained

Upon completion of this course, the student should be able to:

Understand the major characteristics of an MVS-z/OS system, including CPU facilities, I/O facilities, and storage facilities
Understand the concepts of virtual storage and how it is implemented at the address space level in MVS-z/OS
Identify the major steps involved in entering and processing batch work
Trace the processing of an on-line transaction and describe the major components that make up a network
Describe device types supported by MVS DASD
Identify and explain the major steps required to build, tailor, initialize, and maintain an MVS-z/OS environment

Course Content

System Architecture
Number Systems
Virtual Storage Concepts
Control Block Introduction
Levels of Storage
MVS Processing
Parallel Sysplex
I/O Facilities
System Installation and Initialization
Prerequisite Course Codes
ZCAF
ZTSO
ZJCL