DFSMS Implementation

Establish a DFSMS configuration to automatically enforce your installation's storage management policies
Convert service level requirements into appropriate parameters for data class, storage class, management class, and storage groups
Create and test automatic class selection (ACS) routines
Convert volumes and move data to system-managed volumes with data facility data set services (DFSMSdss)
Specify appropriate management class and storage group parameters for
DFSMShsm processing of system-managed data sets
Establish procedures to control, manage, and recover the storage management subsystem with ISMF and operator commands
Develop a DFSMS implementation plan

This is an intermediate course is for personnel responsible for developing and implementing effective storage management techniques using DFSMS.

You should take the following courses or quivalent knowledge may be substituted for these courses.


IBM DS8880 Family of Storage Systems (SS02G)


It is recommended that the student have programming experience which will aid in the writing of the ACS routines.