Course Retirement/Replacement Information
Interskill Learning is constantly keeping our students training in the most up to date industry technology. From time to time, we must retire courses and also replace them with new content. This page will be updated periodically with the latest news regarding course retirements/replacements.
For students on the LMS, we give you at least 3 months of notice prior to removing/retiring courses.
Courses & Curriculum Retirement/Replacement Information
| Course/Curriculum Title | Notice | Retirement Date |
| The z/OS Connect - IBM z/OS Connect Enterprise Edition | REPLACEMENT: z/OS Connect EE - IBM z/OS Connect Enterprise Edition V3 | November 1, 2021 |
| The z/OS v2.3 group of curricula(z/OS, JCL, JES2, SDSF, Data Center Storage, TSO/ISPF, MF Communications, Utilities, Intro to IBM Environment) | REPLACEMENT: v2.4 With similar titles. | November 1, 2021 |
| Db2 v11 Curriculum | REPLACEMENT: Db2 v12 Curriculum | June 1, 2021 |
| Websphere Curriculum | REPLACEMENT: None | July 1, 2021 |
| IBM COBOL for z/OS | REPLACEMENT: COBOL - IBM Enterprise COBOL 6.3 for z/OS | May 1, 2021 |
| Unix System Services v2.2 Curriculum | REPLACEMENT: Unix System Services v 2.4 Curriculum | April 1, 2021 |
| IBM Power i 7.1 Curriculum/Course | REPLACEMENT: IBM Power i 7.4 Curriculum/Course | Feb 1, 2021 |
| z/OS Management Facility Curriculum/Course | REPLACEMENT: z/OS Management Facility Curriculum/Course | Feb 1, 2021 |
| z/OS Connect Course | REPLACEMENT: z/OS Connect - IBM z/OS Connect Enterprise Edition | Feb 1, 2021 |
| Tivoli Curriculum | REPLACEMENT: IBM Z Workload Scheduler Curriculum | Nov 1, 2020 |
| IBM Explorer for z/OS 2.1 Curriculum/Course | REPLACEMENT: IBM Explorer for z/OS 3.2 Curriculum v2.3 | July 1, 2020 |
| Data Center Storage Management Curriculum v2.2 | REPLACEMENT: Data Center Storage Management Curriculum v2.3 | July 1, 2020 |
| IBM Mainframe Communications Curriculum v2.1 | REPLACEMENT: IBM Mainframe Communications v2.3 | July 1, 2020 |
| Introduction to the IBM Environment Curriculum v2.1/v2.2 | REPLACEMENT: Introduction to the IBM Environment Curriculum v2.3 | July 1, 2020 |
| JCL Curriculum v2.2 | REPLACEMENT: JCL Curriculum v2.3 | July 1, 2020 |
| JES Curriculum v2.2 | REPLACEMENT: JES Curriculum v2.3 | July 1, 2020 |
| SDSF Curriculum v2.2 | REPLACEMENT: SDSF Curriculum v2.3 | July 1, 2020 |
| TSO/ISPF Curriculum v2.2 | REPLACEMENT: TSO/ISPF Curriculum v2.3 | July 1, 2020 |
| Utilities Curriculum v2.2 | REPLACEMENT: Utilities Curriculum v2.3 | July 1, 2020 |
| z/OS Curriculum v2.2 | REPLACEMENT: z/OS Curriculum v2.3 | July 1, 2020 |
| Blockchain Foundations Course | REPLACEMENT: Blockchain Technologies Course | Feb 1, 2020 |
| z/VM/Virtualization v6.3 Curriculum | REPLACEMENT: z/VM/Virtualization v7.1 Curriculum | Feb 1, 2020 |
| Tandem Curriculum | REPLACEMENT: Possibly in the future | Aug 1, 2019 |
| iSeries Curriculum | REPLACEMENT: IBM i Power Series | Aug 1, 2019 |
| FOCUS Course | REPLACEMENT: None | Aug 1, 2019 |
| System Managed Storage (SMS) | REPLACEMENT: None | Aug 1, 2019 |
| HSM Overview | REPLACEMENT: None | Aug 1, 2019 |
| Parallel Sysplex | REPLACEMENT: Expected in Q2 2020 | Aug 1, 2019 |
| CA SYSVIEW® Performance Management Overview | REPLACEMENT: None | Aug 1, 2019 |
| CA SYSVIEW® Performance Management Administration and Security | REPLACEMENT: None | Aug 1, 2019 |
| CA SYSVIEW® Performance Management Implementation | REPLACEMENT: None | Aug 1, 2019 |
| CA Jobtrac™ Job Management Course | REPLACEMENT: None | Aug 1, 2019 |
| CA Easytrieve® Report Generator | REPLACEMENT: None | Aug 1, 2019 |
| CA NetMaster® Network Management for TCP/IP | REPLACEMENT: None | Aug 1, 2019 |
| JES3 Concepts and Commands Course | REPLACEMENT: None | May 1, 2019 |
| Performance Monitoring Basics Course | REPLACEMENT: None | May 1, 2019 |
| VSE Curriculum | REPLACEMENT: z/VSE Curriculum | May 1, 2019 |
Badge Retirement/Replacement Information
| Badge Name | Notice | Retirement Date |
| Job Control Language - Experienced (2.3) | REPLACEMENT: Job Control Language - Experienced (2.4) | November 1, 2021 |
| Job Control Language - Expert (2.3) | REPLACEMENT: Job Control Language - Expert (2.4) | November 1, 2021 |
| Mainframe Storage Administrator - Data Management Using DFSMS (2.3) | REPLACEMENT: Mainframe Storage Administrator - Data Management Using DFSMS (2.4) | November 1, 2021 |
| z/OS Batch Utilities - Experienced (2.3) | REPLACEMENT: z/OS Batch Utilities - Experienced (2.4) | November 1, 2021 |
| z/OS Connect Enterprise Edition | REPLACEMENT: z/OS Connect Enterprise Edition v3 | November 1, 2021 |
| Systems Programming - Fundamentals (2.3) | REPLACEMENT: Systems Programming - Fundamentals (2.4) | November 1, 2021 |
| IBM Mainframe Environment - Fundamentals (2.3) | REPLACEMENT: IBM Mainframe Environment - Fundamentals (2.4) | November 1, 2021 |
| IBM Development Environment – Fundamentals (2.3) | REPLACEMENT: IBM Development Environment – Fundamentals (2.4) | November 1, 2021 |
| Mainframe Specialist – Network Communications – Foundations (2.3) | REPLACEMENT: Mainframe Specialist – Network Communications – Foundations (2.4) | November 1, 2021 |
| Mainframe Specialist – Network Communications – Expert (2.3) | REPLACEMENT: none | November 1, 2021 |
| Mainframe Specialist – Network Communications – Experienced (2.3) | REPLACEMENT: Mainframe Specialist – Network Communications – Experienced (2.4) | November 1, 2021 |
| TSO and ISPF Expert (2.3) | REPLACEMENT: TSO and ISPF Expert (2.4) | November 1, 2021 |
| SDSF Expert (2.3) | REPLACEMENT: SDSF Expert (2.4) | November 1, 2021 |
| SDSF Experienced (2.3) | REPLACEMENT: SDSF Experienced (2.4) | November 1, 2021 |
| z/OS Expert (2.3) | REPLACEMENT: z/OS Expert (2.4) | November 1, 2021 |
| z/OS Experienced (2.3) | REPLACEMENT: z/OS Experienced (2.4) | November 1, 2021 |
| JES2 Expert (2.3) | REPLACEMENT: JES2 Expert (2.4) | November 1, 2021 |
| JES2 - Experienced (2.3) | REPLACEMENT: JES2 - Experienced (2.4) | November 1, 2021 |
| Managing and Maintaining Disk, Tape and Network Storage (2.3) | REPLACEMENT: Managing and Maintaining Disk, Tape and Network Storage (2.4) | November 1, 2021 |
| Disk and Tape Storage Foundations (2.3) | REPLACEMENT: Disk and Tape Storage Foundations (2.4) | November 1, 2021 |
| VSAM IDCAMS Utility - Expert (2.3) | REPLACEMENT: VSAM IDCAMS Utility - Expert (2.4) | November 1, 2021 |
| General z/OS Utilities - Expert (2.3) | REPLACEMENT: General z/OS Utilities - Expert (2.4) | November 1, 2021 |
| Db2 Operations | REPLACEMENT: Db2 v12 Operations | June 1, 2021 |
| Db2 Programming - Experienced | REPLACEMENT: Db2 v12 Programming - Experienced | June 1, 2021 |
| Db2 SQL Coding | REPLACEMENT: Db2 v12 SQL Coding | June 1, 2021 |
| COBOL Programming - Expert | REPLACEMENT: New badge will replace this single badge. | May 1, 2021 |
| Programming Tools | REPLACEMENT: New badges will replace this single badge at various times this year. | July 1, 2020 |
| All IBM i Power Badges | REPLACEMENT: We will be releasing new courses in August 2020 to replace the entire curriculum which will include all new badges. | Feb 1, 2021 |
| JES2 Monitoring & Management | REPLACEMENT: JES2 Experienced and JES2 Expert badges available now. | July 1, 2020 |
| SDSF | REPLACEMENT: SDSF Experienced and SDSF Expert badges available now. | July 1, 2020 |
| Network Operations | REPLACEMENT: 3 new Network Communications badges available now. | July 1, 2020 |
| Blockchain Foundations | REPLACEMENT: New Blockchain Technologies due in late March 2020. | Feb 7, 2020 |
| Job Control Language | REPLACEMENT: Job Control Language - Experienced and Job Control Language - Expert badges available now. | Feb 28, 2020 |
| Mainframe Programming Environment | REPLACEMENT: None | Feb 28, 2020 |
| Mainframe Utilities and VSAM | REPLACEMENT: New Utilities badges due in March 2020 | Feb 28, 2020 |
| Managing Mainframe Storage | REPLACEMENT: 3 new Mainframe Storage Administrator badges badges available now. | Feb 28, 2020 |
| RACF - Expert | REPLACEMENT: 4 new RACF/Security Badges badges available now. | Feb 28, 2020 |
| TSO and ISPF | REPLACEMENT: TSO and ISPF Expert | Feb 28, 2020 |
| z/OS Infrastructure and Systems Operation | REPLACEMENT: none | Feb 28, 2020 |
| z/OS System Problem Analysis and Resolution | REPLACEMENT: None | Feb 28, 2020 |
| z/VM Monitoring & Management | REPLACEMENT: Managing the z/VM Environment badges available now. | Feb 28, 2020 |
| Data Management | REPLACEMENT: z/OS Foundations badges available now. | Feb 28, 2020 |
| Problem Diagnosis and Resolution | REPLACEMENT: None | Feb 28, 2020 |
| System Monitoring and Management | REPLACEMENT: z/OS Expert badges available now. | Feb 28, 2020 |
| Workflow Management | REPLACEMENT: None | Feb 28, 2020 |
| System Configuration, Initialization and Shutdown | REPLACEMENT: z/OS Experienced badges available now. | Feb 28, 2020 |