
Course Description (By Curriculum)

3.5 to 4 hours
Experienced operators and system programmers who require knowledge about managing system initialization
Completion of the z/OS Concepts and Components course and knowledge of operational concepts
After completing this course, the student will be able to identify how the system is initialized by using parameters to designate:
• System configuration data sets
• System parameter libraries
• System parameter lists
• Termination of the system
System Generation Concepts and Roles
Components of the Initialization Process
Identify the Phases of Initialization
Identifying the purposes of:
System Configuration Data Sets
System Libraries
System Logs
Subsystem Data Sets
Introduction to System Parameter Lists
Specifying System Configuration Data Sets
Specifying Parameter Libraries
Selecting System Parameter Lists
Initializing the System
Logging On
Starting Tasks
Terminating the System