z/OS Internals Fundamentals Workshop

Summary:
This course provides an intense examination of z/OS. Topics include an introduction to computer systems hardware and an exploration of architecture, system services and functions, storage management mechanisms, and I/O processes. In the final section a look at system diagnostics and data collection will be examined.

Duration:
10 Days/Lecture & Lab

Audience:
This course is designed for system programmers, operators, and application programmers that need an understanding of the z/OS environment and the subsystems supported. Workstations will be used to illustrate concepts and provide basic exposure to the elements of the z/OS environment

Topics:

• Architecture and Hardware Basics
• Programs
• Introduction to z/OS
• System Initialization
• System Services (SVC Processing)
• z/OS Storage Management
• Virtual Storage Concepts
• Data Spaces
• Memory Objects
• Job and Program Management
• Inter Address Space Communication
• Cross Memory Services
• Dispatcher
• Recovery Termination Management
• Direct Access Storage Devices (DASD)
• Data Management and I/O Flow
• Resource Management and Control
• Workload Manager and SRM
• Parallel Sysplex
• Control Blocks and Dumps

Prerequisites:
Student should have a solid understanding of the z/OS environment and be comfortable with using the standard tools and utilities available [TSO, ISPF, JCL, etc]. This course does not require any explicit programming knowledge.