Hands-On Sandbox Labs ★

These labs provide a range of JCL exercises that can be run in your organization's mainframe training sandbox. Initial exercises focus on basic coding and resolving syntax errors and increase in complexity throughout the exercises.

The z/OS Operator labs provide a range of exercises that can be run in your organization's mainframe training sandbox. Exercises focus on the major tasks performed by the z/OS Operator including responding to system messages, displaying system activity and identifying the status of hardware and software.

These mainframe exercises provide scenarios where you are required to perform tasks and resolve simple and more complex z/OS-related problems, using your organization's training sandbox.

The Labs – JES2 (z/OS) labs provide a range of exercises that can be run in your organization’s mainframe training sandbox. Initial exercises focus on entering JES2 commands to manage batch jobs and SYSOUT. In later modules, more advanced JES2 tasks associated with spool offload, JES2 checkpointing and JES2 initialization are presented.

The SDSF Labs provide a range of exercises that can be run in your organization’s mainframe training sandbox. Initial exercises focus on configuring SDSF screen defaults and then move on to managing batch jobs and their output using a number of SDSF options. Several exercises relating to searching and saving data from system and user logs are also provided. The last two exercises are for more experienced personnel and deal with JES2 initiator manipulation, and locating data that can assist if there is a JES2 resource shortage.

The TSO/ISPF Labs provide a range of exercises that can be run in your organization’s mainframe training sandbox. Initial exercises focus on modifying TSO session defaults and allocating data sets, while later modules deal with copying and manipulating mainframe data using ISPF panels and utilities.

These z/OS UNIX labs allow the learner to interact with the z/OS UNIX system using several popular interfaces. Tasks include creating and modifying z/OS UNIX files and directories, displaying z/OS UNIX activity and running an interactive script.

The CICS labs provide a range of exercises that can be run in your organization's mainframe training sandbox. Exercises focus on the tasks performed by CICS Administrators and Operators that include displaying CICS resources, system configuration and extracting and analyzing CICS statistics and performance data from SMF.

The Labs - Db2 12 for z/OS provide a range of simulations and exercises, the latter of which can be run on your organization's mainframe training sandbox. Initial exercises focus on operational aspects of Db2 including the starting and stopping, of Db2 on z/OS. It then moves to commands used to display Db2 structures and content, and methods used to gather Db2 data that can be subsequently used to resolve Db2 system and performance issues. The last exercise concentrates on using SQL predominantly to create a working database, so, the creation of table spaces, tables, indexes, keys, as well as the loading of data into tables.

The Labs – COBOL (z/OS) – COBOL Basics course provides a range of exercises that can be run in your organization’s mainframe training sandbox. Initial exercises focus on compiling, binding and executing existing COBOL programs, and then move to creating basic COBOL code used to display formatted output.

The Labs – COBOL (z/OS) – COBOL and VSAM Data Set File Processing course provides a range of exercises that can be run in your organization’s mainframe training sandbox. Exercises in this course focus on copying data into a VSAM data set, and then for part of that data to be updated.

The Labs – COBOL (z/OS) – COBOL and Sequential Data Set File Processing course provides a range of exercises that can be run in your organization’s mainframe training sandbox. Exercises in this course focus on accessing records from a sequential data set and performing various actions with that data.

The Labs – COBOL (z/OS) – Working with COBOL Data course provides a range of exercises that can be run in your organization’s mainframe training sandbox. Exercises in this course are more difficult than those from the Labs – Basic course, focusing on a range of arithmetic operations, calling programs and passing information between programs.

These labs provide a range of JCL exercises that can be run in your organization's mainframe training sandbox. Initial exercises focus on basic coding and resolving syntax errors and increase in complexity throughout the exercises.

The Labs - JES2 (z/OS) labs provide a range of exercises that can be run in your organization's mainframe training sandbox. Initial exercises focus on entering JES2 commands to manage batch jobs and SYSOUT. In later modules, more advanced JES2 tasks associated with spool offload, JES2 checkpointing and JES2 initialization are presented.

The SDSF labs provide a range of exercises that can be run in your organization's mainframe training sandbox. Initial exercises focus on configuring SDSF screen defaults and then move on to managing batch jobs and their output using a number of SDSF options. Several exercises relating to searching and saving data from system and user logs are also provided. The last two exercises are for more experienced personnel and deal with JES2 initiator manipulation, and locating data that can assist if there is a JES2 resource shortage.

The TSO/ISPF labs provide a range of exercises that can be run in your organization's mainframe training sandbox. Initial exercises focus on modifying TSO session defaults and allocating data sets, while later modules deal with copying and manipulating mainframe data using ISPF panels and utilities.

The z/OS Operator labs provide a range of exercises that can be run in your organization's mainframe training sandbox. Exercises focus on the major tasks performed by the z/OS Operator including responding to system messages, displaying system activity and identifying the status of hardware and software.

These mainframe exercises provide scenarios where you are required to perform tasks and resolve simple and more complex z/OS-related problems, using your organization's training sandbox.

These z/OS UNIX labs allow the learner to interact with the z/OS UNIX system using several popular interfaces. Tasks include creating and modifying z/OS UNIX files and directories, displaying z/OS UNIX activity and running an interactive script.