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PT21561
Training Summary
IBM SPECIAL DELIVERY REQUIRED COURSE: This ISDR course cannot be scheduled without IBM approval. If interested in this course, please contact your Local training Administrator.Learn how to design, implement, reorganize, and recover Information Management System (IMS) databases. Practice these skills in intensive machine labs. This course uses a Web conference medium with live instructor audio and Internet Web conferenced material. You have chat-type Question and Answer (Q and A) ability, plus live audio. The course is taught 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon and 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Central time for eight work days over a two-week period. Since the course is taught live using Web conferencing methods, you can attend from your home or work. Class durations are approximately one-half day so you can still accommodate daily work responsibilities. You will be contacted prior to class start to receive connection information, hardcopy student materials, and other relevant information. Course Materials You will be contacted prior to class start to receive connection information, hardcopy student materials, and other relevant information.
Prerequisites
You should have basic understanding of IMS product features and organization along with working knowledge of z/OS tools, Virtual Storage Access Method (VSAM) services utilities, and Job Control Language (JCL).
Duration
4 Days
Audience
This is a basic level course for database administrators, system programmers, and other data administration individuals, who design, implement, and maintain IMS databases.
Course Topics
You will learn to: Code the Database Directories (DBD) and Program Specification Blocks (PSB) for physical databasesbr>Code the DBDs and PSBs to implement secondary indexingUse the appropriate IMS utilities to reorganize and recover physical databases, including those with secondary indexesUse the DL/I test programPrepare a job stream to load a database using different IMS access methodsSystems w/TPSMainframe TPSSystem Software TPSz IT Service Management & ToolsIMS Tools