A500 Introduction to z/OS

Course Code: A-500
Recommended Duration: 1 Day

Benefits

Students who complete this course will be able to describe the characteristics of modern IBM mainframes, including general hardware components and concepts and terminology used in z/OS, the IBM 64-bit mainframe operating system

Audience

Technical people with MVS or OS/390 backgrounds who need a quick update on changes introduced by zArchitecture hardware and z/OS software. Or technical people with non-IBM-mainframe backgrounds who need a quick introduction to modern IBM mainframe terminology and capabilities. This includes a brief look at the zEnterprise EC12 (zEC12 for short) series and the zBX BladeCenter Extension.

Prerequisites

Technical background in computers.

Major Topics Include

z/Architecture - hardware
z/OS - software
Describing data
Tape layout
DASD organization
TSO/ISPF role and concepts
ISPF changes overview
CLIST, REXX, and Dialog Manager
SMS - System Manged Storage
Unicode - an introduction
DB2 - the IBM relational data base system
Transaction monitors: CICS, IMS
The Role of MQSeries
Languages / Language Environment
Assembler changes
Enterprise COBOL
Enterprise PL/I
C/C++ for z/OS
The Binder
Sending emails and text messages
z/OS UNIX
z/OS.e and zNALC

Exercises

There are no exercises

Course Description

Introduction to z/OS