z/OS Architecture 1.7

Duration

4 hours

Overview

Audience

Technical support personnel and senior programmers who require knowledge of z/Architecture for use in planning, problem resolution, and advanced programming techniques.

Prerequisites

Completion of the z/OS Concepts and Components course and knowledge of data processing concepts.

Objectives

After completing this course, the student will be able to:
• Identify the purposes of different bits in the PSW
• Identify the different interruption types
• Recognize the way supervisor routines get control to handle interruptions
• Identify virtual storage components and their elements
• Recognize the method used to translate virtual addresses into real addresses
• Identify the names and purposes of the areas and regions in the MVS address space
• Recognize functions performed by SRM to balance system loads
• Identify how to display and alter message processing facility settings

Course Content