IBM Professional Certificate Skills Badges

This credential earner can identify common IBM utility programs and describe how they are used. They can code JCL and control statements for data copying utilities (IEBGENER, ICEGENER, and IEBCOPY), and general utilities (IEFBR14, IEBUPDATE, IEBCOMPR, IEHLIST and IEHPROGM). This person can also describe and code DFSORT programs used to reorganize data, and can use …

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This credential earner can describe how JCL is used for batch processing and the syntax and standards required for coding basic JOB, EXEC, and DD statements. This person can invoke programs though JCL, defining basic input and output data.

This credential earner can identify key storage technologies used in Data Centers and describe how they are managed. They can describe the components of common disk and tape systems and describe the pros and cons of each technology. This person can also explain how virtual tape systems are integrated with other Data Center storage solutions.

This credential earner can explain in-depth how the z/OS system accepts, and processes work using shared resources. They can describe how z/OS UNIX System Services is integrated with z/OS and common directory and file structures in this environment. This person can also explain the purpose of the z/VM operating system, its components, and how it …

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This credential earner can describe how mainframe computing has evolved and can identify current mainframe hardware models, how they are connected, and their key hardware components. They can explain how mainframe data is stored and processed and describe the types of processors and their purpose. This person can identify core software used on the mainframe, …

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This credential earner can describe how z/OS 2.4 is configured using parameter lists and can initialize and shut down this environment as required. This person understands operating systems and workloads running on the z/OS 2.4 system and can monitor system activity occurring on them.

This credential earner can create, access, rename, copy and delete sequential and partitioned data sets using ISPF facilities. They can also use ISPF’s DSLIST facility to list data sets and z/OS UNIX files and directories, and display their attributes. This person can also perform extensive editing of the previously mentioned data; adding, removing and replacing …

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This credential earner can use SDSF to identify job activity status and modify job and system attributes to meet job processing requirements. This person can locate job output using several SDSF panels, and can perform actions to hold, release, cancel, and purge this data. They can also change the attributes of the output and that …

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This credential earner can invoke JES2 commands to identify and modify batch job status and attributes. They can also determine whether JES2 resources such as initiators and printers associated with batch jobs are not performing tasks as they should, and resolve simple processing issues. This person can also describe how JES2 can perform basic scheduling …

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This credential earner can create JCL that references generation data sets, VSAM data sets, and z/OS UNIX files, and can describe how tape data can be accessed and utilized. They can code IF/THEN/ELSE/ENDIF statements for conditional processing of job steps, and can use JCL to perform basic scheduling of jobs. This person can also create …

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