Duration
4 hours
Overview
Description
The SDSF – Advanced System Monitoring, Management, and Configuration course introduces several new, and existing SDSF panels that can be used by Systems Programmers to monitor, manage, and configure the z/OS environment. It begins with SDSF panels that can be used to analyze storage and address memory information, and then moves to the use of key system libraries, and how their attributes can be displayed. Various SDSF panels used for system configuration and problem identification are presented, providing scenarios where they might be useful. Finally, both Systems Programmers and Security Administrators will benefit from new SDSF panels that are used to display information related to RACF security profiles and classes, and profile attributes.
Audience
Primarily designed for Systems Programmers, whose role it is to diagnose system issues, but some aspects may also be applicable to Application Programmers, and Security Administrators.
Prerequisites
This person needs to have solid knowledge of the z/OS operating system and how workloads are processed.
Objectives
After completing this course, the student should be able to:
- Display job and system memory data for diagnostic purposes
- Identify Key System Data Sets and Describe how they are Displayed Using SDSF
Course Content
Address Space and Storage Monitoring
Displaying Job Memory Usage
Displaying Task Control Block Information for an Address Space
Identifying Modules Loaded for an Address Space
Displaying Address Space Storage Utilization
Diagnosing Address Space Data
Listing System Memory Contents
Displaying Common Storage Subpool Usage and Attributes
Advanced System Management and Configuration
Identifying PROCLIB and PARMLIB Data Sets
Displaying Link Pack Area Concatenation
Identifying Authorized Programs
Viewing Existing Page Data Sets
Displaying SMF datasets, options, and subsystems.
Displaying Couple Data Sets
Displaying Sysplex Information and Coupling Facility Details
Viewing Supervisor Call Instructions
Displaying the Properties of Dynamic Exits
Viewing Logical Partitions
Displaying Eligible Device Table and Unit Control Blocks
Viewing Program Properties and Runtime Attributes
Viewing z/OS UNIX System Attributes
Advanced System Performance, Troubleshooting, and Security
Displaying Generic Tracker Events
Monitoring Enqueues
Tracking Workloads Using the Enclaves Panel
Viewing Coupling Facility Structure Activity
Viewing Cross-system Coupling Facility Path Statistics
Displaying Module Fetch Statistics
Viewing Important System Events
Display RACF Classes, Profiles, Groups, and Users