z/VSE – Fast Track for Technical Support Staff
Course: VSEFT
Duration: 5 Days
Level: I
On our website at:
http://www.verhoef-training.com/courses/VSEFT.html
Course Summary
Focus on building the skills you need to manage your z/Virtual
Storage Extended (z/VSE) environment. Gain the detailed
technical understanding and experience critical to maintaining,
supporting, and tuning your z/VSE system. The workshop
features hands-on lab exercises that reinforce the information
presented in the lectures.
Topics Covered In This Course
Review of the z Architecture
VSE Operating Environments
Basic mode, LPAR mode, VM Guest
VSE Supervisor and Turbo-Dispatcher
Hardware support
Storage Organization
Real and virtual storage
Address spaces and partitions
Shared areas
Data spaces and virtual disks
Libraries and files
System and user libraries
System and user datasets
DASD organization
Data Spaces and Virtual Disks
POWER
CICS
VTAM
TCP/IP for VSE
Interactive User Interface
ICCF and editors
IPL and JCL procedures
Types of consoles
Master, CICS, hardware
Operating the console
Entering commands
Scrolling
Messages
Explain support (Help)
Managing the Hardcopy file
IPL process
z/VSE Supervisor and Internals
64 and 31 bit Programming
z/VSE Installation and Tailoring
z/VSE Debugging Tools
z/VSE Performance and Tuning
VSE/POWER Structure and Functions
VSE/VTAM and CICS/VSE Problem Determination
z/VSE Enhancements
z/VSE Control Block Flow
z/VSE I/O Handling
z/VSE Error Recovery
z/VSE Storage Management
z/VSE Dispatcher/Task selection
CICS/ICCF Restructuring
What You Can Expect
- Identify the architecture of key VSE components
- Diagnose and resolve VSE system and subsystem problems
- Use VSE debugging facilities
- Improve the overall performance of VSE systems
- Program 31-bit applications
- Implement data spaces and virtual disks
Who Should Take This Course
This specially tailored class is intended for experienced
z/OS Technical Support staff requiring a more in-depth
understanding of VSE and its subsystems, so that they
can effectively support the z/VSE platform.
Recommended Prerequisites
Some experience installing, tailoring, and maintaining operating
systems such as z/OS.
Every student attending a Verhoef Training class will receive
a certificate good for $100 toward their next public class taken
within a year.
You can also buy "Verhoef Vouchers" to get a discounted rate for a
single student in any of our public or web-based classes.
Contact your account manager or our sales office for details.
