Course Description (By Curriculum)
1 to 2 hours
All levels of personnel who require knowledge about MVS programming
Basic knowledge of data processing concepts
After completing this course, the student will be able to:
• Define the concepts of an operating system
• Recognize the components of an MVS system
Explaining Why the Mainframe Is Not Dead
Comparison with PCs, Mini/ Midrange, and Supercomputers
Mainframe Advantages
- Reliability
- Recoverability
- Redundancy
- Cohesion
- Concurrency
- Capacity
History and Time Lines
The Components of a Business Application System
- An Operating System
- A Data Management System
- A Transaction Processing System
- A Programming Language/ System
- A Batch Processing System
Overview of MVS, OS/390, z/OS, and Common User Interfaces
z/OS Capabilities
Architectural Underpinnings
- Virtual Storage
- Workload Management
- Sysplex
- Multiple OS/S
TSO
ISPF Introduction
SDSF
Open Addition
VM/VM/VSE/Linux
