A practical programme on managing storage in z/OS environments. It covers DASD and catalog concepts, DFSMS and Storage Management Subsystem (SMS) constructs, ACS routines, DFSMShsm space management and backup, DFSMSdss dump and restore, VSAM and ICF catalogs, and storage monitoring. Learners practise the tasks storage administrators perform every day in banks and large enterprises.
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Explain z/OS storage architecture: volumes, datasets, catalogs, VTOC
Define and manage SMS constructs: data, storage and management classes and storage groups
Read and maintain basic ACS routines
Use DFSMShsm for space management, migration and backup
Use DFSMSdss for dump, restore and copy operations
Manage ICF catalogs and VSAM datasets with IDCAMS
Monitor space, fragmentation and capacity trends
Troubleshoot common storage and allocation problems
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- Basic z/OS skills: TSO/ISPF navigation and JCL
- Understanding of datasets and VSAM at a basic level
- No prior storage-administration experience required
- Suited to operations, infrastructure and junior system-programming staff
LAB ACCESS (provided by Ez-Learn)
- Dedicated z/OS lab environment with personal user ID; access details issued at course start
- Guided hands-on exercises mapped to every module
STUDY MATERIAL (Ez-Learn LMS with Lifetime Access)
- Course slides, lab guides
- Practice exercises
- Reference notes
- Assessments for every Module
- Interview Preparation Questions
- Sample resumes (On Request)
- Mock Interviews (On Request)