This course is designed to teach students the fundamental practical skills to navigate and work in a z/OS environment. This includes the use of ISPF/PDF dialogs, TSO/E commands, JCL, UNIX System Services Shell, and BookManager.
This class consists of a mixture of theoretical and practical sections. The major objective of the course is to familiarize the students with the everyday activities involved in working in a z/OS environment. The main focus is therefore on the classes’ lab exercises.
After completing this course, you should be able to:
- Review the main concepts of z/OS
- Log on to TSO and start ISPF/PDF
- Navigate through ISPF/PDF dialogs and use the basic ISPF/PDF functions and the ISPF Editor
- Use ISPF/PDF to allocate data sets and edit data sets (including HFS files) via the ISPF Editor primary and line commands
- Use ISPF to create and manipulate (copy, rename, delete, list, sort and merge) data sets
- Identify security considerations for MVS data sets and HFS files
- Describe and use TSO/E commands
- Perform simple modifications to existing ISPF/PDF panels
- Invoke a REXX exec and TSO CLIST
- Invoke UNIX processes
- Tailor existing JCL and submit batch jobs
- Review job status and job output using SDSF