SMP E for z OS Workshop ES26G Training Course | CourseMonster

This basic course is for system programmers with no prior SMP experience who plan to use SMP/E for system and subsystem maintenance and installation.

• Describe how SMP/E is used as a tool for system maintenance
• Interpret modification control statements in a sample SYSMOD
• Create a consolidated software inventory database to support installation and maintenance requirements
• Use the SMP/E dialogs to install a product and its related service
• Manage exception SYSMOD data
• Describe the use of the primary and secondary data sets required by SMP/E
• Analyze output from SMP/E processing and resolve commonly encountered problems
• Describe the use of the REPORT command to determine software dependencies between zones
• Use the BUILDMCS process to create a function SYSMOD from an installed product and its service
• Use the new SMP/E functions to install software service automatically over the internet
  • Implement support for communication server FTP client
  • Use the new RECEIVE ORDER command to order and install z/OS maintenance automatically over the Internet

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Additional workplace outcomes: Participants can explain where SMP E for z OS Workshop ES26G Training Course | CourseMonster fits in a wider IBM skills roadmap, identify related certifications or follow-on courses, and apply the concepts to real project, operations or service delivery scenarios.

Required Skills and Knowledge

• Use basic JCL statements
• Describe the use of the following z/OS utility programs: assembler, linkage editor, IEBCOPY, IEBUPDTE, and AMASPZAP
• Identify the access method services commands and parameters used in creating a VSAM KSDS
• Use ISPF/PDF panels

This knowledge and these skills can be acquired on the job or by completing one or more of the following education offerings:

• Fundamental Practical System Skills in z/OS , (ES10) (ES10A)
• z/OS VSAM and Access Method Services, (SS83) (H3840)

The students new to z/OS could benefit from attending z/OS Facilities (ES15) (ES150) for additional basic z/OS knowledge.

• Describe how SMP/E is used as a tool for system maintenance
• Interpret modification control statements in a sample SYSMOD
• Create a consolidated software inventory database to support installation and maintenance requirements
• Use the SMP/E dialogs to install a product and its related service
• Manage exception SYSMOD data
• Describe the use of the primary and secondary data sets required by SMP/E
• Analyze output from SMP/E processing and resolve commonly encountered problems
• Describe the use of the REPORT command to determine software dependencies between zones
• Use the BUILDMCS process to create a function SYSMOD from an installed product and its service
• Use the new SMP/E functions to install software service automatically over the internet
  • Implement support for communication server FTP client
  • Use the new RECEIVE ORDER command to order and install z/OS maintenance automatically over the Internet

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Exam and certification details

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