IBM z/OS 2.4 Update

This course is intended for system programmers and subsystem administrators responsible for installing and implementing z/OS V2.4 in their enterprise.

• List the main enhancements in z/OS V2R4
• Describe and implement, where necessary, the other enhancements packaged with z/OS V2.4 including:
• The BCP includes the I/O configuration program (IOCP), the Workload Manager (WLM), System Management Facilities (SMF), HCD/HCM, the program management binder, Language Environment, Global resource serialization, z/OS sysplex, cross-system coupling facility (XCF), Coupling Facility Resource Manager (CFRM), SFM, system Logger) and other components like BCPii, z/OS Resource Measurement Facility (RMF) and z/OS Job Entry Subsystem 2 (JES2), JES3, SDSF, z/OS Interactive System Productivity Facility (ISPF), time-sharing option (TSO), REXX.
• z/OS Management Facility (zOSMF).
• The USS kernel, USS shell, and related file system services.
• Data storage management which includes Extended Address Volumes, DFSMSdfp, DFSMSdss, and DFSMShsm.
• Communications Server which includes features of the TCP/IP address space, general IP, and SNA modernization.
• System security - RACF.
• z/OS Management Facility (zOSMF).
• z/OS Container Extensions
• Plan for and install the z/OS V2.4 system.

Knowledge of z/OS at the level of a z/OS system programmer, acquired on the job or through the z/OS curriculum. Warning: This class only covers changes packaged in z/OS V2.4 and expects students to be familiar with the contents of the z/OS V2R3 and previous system upgrades.