Arich Infotech

Mainframe - TSO/ISPF, JCL, VSAM

Duration in Hours (4 Hours session) : 60

Duration in Days: 15

MFSYS - 001 Mainframe Basics, TSO/E, ISPF,JCL,VSAM and GDG

Course Code: MSTS10

40 Hours of Theory

20 Hours of Lab

  1. Introduction to Mainframe
  2. IBM System z hardware, z/Architecture overview
  3. Virtual Storage – Address map structure – 64 bit Addressing Map
  4. z/OS Elements – Base & Optional Elements
  5. Brief introduction on Major Subsystems
  1. Mainframe Connectivity Setup
  2. TSO/ISPF and Navigation
  3. ISPF Panel option description & demonstration, 3.2, 3.3 & 3.4 option TSO Line commands,
  4. TSO primary edit commands
  5. TSO Line commands,
  6. TSO primary edit commands,
  7. Detailed explanation on data set creation and verification – PS, PDS, PDSE.
  1. JCL Introduction,
  2. JCL Statements, JOB
  3. EXEC & DD Statement syntax & explanation
  4. Positional and keyword parameters
  5. Submitting the JCL with IBM supplied utilities
  6. Verifying JCL outputs with SDSF
  7. JCL – IBM Utilities like IEFBR14, IEBGENER, IEBCOPY, TEMP dataset
  8. Special DD Statements, IBM Utilities like IEHPROGM, IEBCOMPR, IEHLIST
  9. COND Parameters – IF … ELSE,
  10. SYSABEND, SYSMDUMP, SYSUDUMP
  11. SORT PROCEDURE- In stream, Cataloged procedures
  12. Symbolic parameter
  13. Over riding parameter
  1. JCL – GDG, Limit, Empty, Noempty, Scratch, Noscratch
  1. VSAM Introduction
    Data set Organization,
    Control Interval,
    Control Area and Different types of data sets, VSAM AMS, IDCAMs –
  2. DEFINE, ALTER, PRINT, DELETE, LIST option
    Creating VSAM Data set with IDCAMS
    Altering the attributes of data sets
    Printing the data set information
  3. Deleting data set
    Listing the information , Generation Data Group Dataset – VSAM – Alternate Index concepts -PATH
    EXPORT & IMPORT for Backup and Recovery

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