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This course is designed for new performance analysts to learn to work with the Workload Manager (WLM) in goal mode. Learn concepts of WLM and performance management in the z/OS system using the WLM. Learn how to analyze Resource Monitoring Facility (RMF) reports and implement service definitions using the WLM Interactive System Productivity Facility (ISPF) application. The course uses z/OS hands-on lab exercises to reinforce the concepts and techniques discussed in lecture. Hands-on labs  This course includes hands-on lab exercises. Each student team, working on their own z/OS system, will configure RMF, analyze RMF reports to find bottlenecks, and utilize the WLM dialogs to create goals and classification rules in a service definition that manages a supplied z/OS workload

This course is designed to teach you 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 Book Manager. The content is self-paced. The lab environment is a live lab environment, offering direct access to a IBM Z server.

This course is designed to teach you the basic skills required to write programs using the Rexx language in the standard z/OS environments: TSO, ISPF, and MVS. The course covers the TSO extensions to Rexx, the interface with ISPF, and interaction with other environments such as the MVS console, and running Rexx in batch jobs, and compiling Rexx.

This course is designed to teach you 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 Book Manager.

This course is designed to provide an understanding of today's complex system mainframe environment on the zEnterprise System and System z servers. It is mainly targeted for operators technical support, system programmers, and any others who need to keep current in this mainframe environment. Through lecture and hands-on exercises, you learn how the hardware and operating systems interact. This course addresses the following topics: Mainframes and distributed server comparisons: Why so many servers? Mainframe directions: Past, current, and future Mainframes: System z introduction and relative performance comparisons IBM System z hardware design: Frames, CEC cage, books, models, and MSUs I/O infrastructure and processor usage: zEC12 to z10 comparisons System z Capacity on Demand Physical/Logical partitioning, server initialization, and CHPIDs I/O configuration and HCD overview MVS to z/OS software overview z/OS Parallel Sysplex z/OS enhancements on the zPlatform z/Architecture overview and virtual addressing concepts System concepts: The big picture HMC introduction, groups, and activation profiles Determining object status and error conditions Activation and operating system interface

This course presents the structure and control blocks of the z/OS BCP and system services. It prepares the new z/OS system programmer to identify potential bottlenecks and performance problems, perform initial error symptom gathering, and identify opportunities and requirements for tailoring a z/OS system. This course also provides prerequisite information needed for further training in specialized areas such as system measurement and tuning and system problem determination.

This course is designed to provide the skills for basic implementation and customization of TCP/IP on z/OS

This classroom course introduces the base elements, optional features, and servers that are provided in z/OS. It focuses on the system service facilities that are provided by the z/OS Base Control Program (BCP). It teaches the students the functions of major software base elements in the management of jobs, tasks, storage, data, and problems. It also addresses how these functions can be affected by the system programmer. Students are introduced to the services provided by the servers which execute in the z/OS environments, such as the Communications Server and the Security Server. Installation packaging options and steps to install the z/OS environments also are introduced.

This course teaches you navigation, operation, and recovery techniques for the Hardware Management Console (HMC) in the System z environment. Through lecture and hands-on exercises, you learn setup and operating procedures for the HMC, gain in-depth problem determination skills, practice HMC operations, and utilize recovery capabilities provided by the System z servers.

System z continues to extend the value of the mainframe by leveraging robust security solutions to help meet the needs of today's on demand, service-oriented infrastructures. System z servers have implemented leading-edge technologies, such as high-performance cryptography, multi-level security, large-scale digital certificate authority and life cycle management, improved Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) performance, advanced Resource Access Control Facility (RACF) function, and z/OS Intrusion Detection Services. This advanced z/OS security course presents the evolution of the current z/OS security architecture and explores in detail the various technologies involved in z/OS Cryptographic Services, z/OS Resource Access Control Facility (RACF), and z/OS Integrated Security Services. In the hands-on exercises, you begin with your own z/OS HTTP Server in a TCP/IP environment. Throughout the exercises, you make changes to the configuration to implement authentication by using RACF, SSL and the use of digital certificates. Use is made of facilities such as RACDCERT to manage digital certificates, PKI Services and RACF auto registration. You will also implement different scenarios to implement ssl security for a typical tcpip application; FTP: SSL, TLS, server authentication, client certificates and AT-TLS. These exercises reinforce the concepts and technologies being covered in the lectures.

Learn how to write application programs that use Data Language One (DL/I) to process terminal input and output messages in an Information Management System / Data Communications (IMS/DC) system.

An updated version of this course is available. For more information, click CICS V5.3 CICSPlex System Manager Administration (WM856G). This advanced-level course teaches you how to install, configure, and use CICS TS System Manager components and functions.

This course is designed to provide you with the skills required to install and customize, and use the functions and features provided by z/OSMF. IBM z/OS Management Facility (z/OSMF) is a product for z/OS that will simplify, optimize, and modernize the z/OS system programmer experience. z/OSMF delivers solutions in a task-oriented, web browser-based user interface with integrated user assistance. In this course, we introduce z/OS Management Facility and its architecture; and describe the components that are necessary to run z/OSMF on z/OS. In this course, you will also learn the installation and customization of z/OS Management Facility, and will customize several system components to exploit the following z/OSMF functions: z/OSMF Software Management Manager Capacity Provisioning Classic (ISPF) Interface Incident Log Configuration Assistant for the z/OS Communications Server Workload Management System Status, Resource Monitoring Workflow

This course is designed to teach the installation and administration of open source packages on IBM i as well as teach how to use some of the open source packages that can be downloaded. Class activities include showing how to download and manage open source packages using Access Client Solutions, and how to use python, node.js, and PHP to access data in different ways on the IBM i.

In this three-day course, you learn how to install, configure and administer IBM Spectrum Protect Plus v10.1.6. You begin with a review of the software capabilities, requirements, and architecture. Then, through lecture and hands-on labs, you learn how to perform the various tasks required to configure the environment on an installed virtual appliance. You customize SLA policies and make use of available options to protect virtual machines and applications, as well as the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus catalog. You monitor and manage jobs, plan and prepare for disaster recovery, view log files, and create custom reports.

This course covers the steps to follow to update a Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.3.18 environment on Power Systems to 4.3.23.  Lessons learned, and hints and tips will be provided to help you perform the update successfully.

This course broadens the skills of the student who are required to implement and manage a Kubernetes-based Platform as a Service (PaaS) environment based on Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform on Power Systems. The course covers basic administration and configuration of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform within a POWER processor-based server configured with IBM PowerVC. Hands-on exercises reinforce the lecture material, and allow students to use the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform to work with images, applications, and manage a cluster.

This 2 day course is designed to provide skills enablement for system administrators and product support specialists in the area of operating system based virtualization provided by Linux containers. Topics include introduction to Podman, Buildah, Docker, Kubernetes and CRI-O. Hands-on exercises reinforce the lecture material, allowing students to install and configure Linux containers.