Labs – z/OS Operator (z/OS) 2.5

Duration

2.5 hours

Overview

Description

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.

Audience

These exercises are suitable not only for z/OS Operators but also System Programmers who may need to perform some of these tasks.

Prerequisites

A solid understanding of z/OS or the successful completion of the following Interskill courses:

• z/OS – Initializing and Terminating the z/OS System 2.5
• z/OS – Displaying z/OS System Activity 2.5
• z/OS – Advanced z/OS Monitoring Facilities 2.5
• z/OS – Identifying z/OS System Problems 2.5
• z/OS – Removing Tasks from the z/OS System 2.5
• z/OS – Techniques for Handling General z/OS Problems 2.5
• z/OS – Advanced – Tips and Tricks 2.5

Note: Each Lab below contains its own list of prerequisites or equivalent knowledge, which is displayed when accessing the module.

Objectives

After completing these Labs, the student should be able to:

• Identify log activity
• Respond to common WTORs
• Display the status of tapes, and DASD, and the paths available to these devices
• Display and modify system date and time
• Display system activity
• Perform tasks in preparation for system shutdown
• Display and manage SMF data capture
• Display and modify system date and time
• Manage message suppression

Course Content