z/OS Migration Workshop

Objectives
On successful completion of this course, attendees will be able to:

• describe the major changes introduced with z/OS and z/Architecture
• identify the main installation issues
• describe the migration and customization issues.

Who Should Attend
Systems Programmers, senior operations personnel and all support staff that are looking after an installation planning to move to a current z/OS level.
Prerequisites
Systems programmer or senior operations experience of the MVS environment, up to and including OS/390 2.10 level.
Duration
2 days
Course Code
MZOS
Contents
Introduction and overview
IBM hardware review; zSeries z/900 Server; 2105 Enterprise Storage Server (ESS); overview of software changes (MVS, JES, dfp).


Introduction to the IBM z/architecture
64-bit addressing and registers; new translation tables and ''trimodal addressing''; new prefix system area; signal processor operation; new instructions; compatibility with ESA/390.


Operator console changes
2074 Console Support Controller (the lighthouse solution); SNA MCS (SMCS) consoles.


Changes from z/OS V1.1
Intelligent Resource Director (IRD); IRD CPU management; Dynamic Channel Path Management (DCM); channel subsystem priority queuing; managed system infrastructure (msys) for setup; support for 64-bit real addressing; SMCS console support; JES2 and JES3 changes.


Changes from z/OS V1.2
64-bit virtual storage; System managed Coupling Facility (CF) duplexing; system logger support for CF duplexing rebuild; console command control; GRS RNL wildcard support; IPCS changes; WLM changes; allocation changes; Managed system infrastructure (msys) for setup changes; new managed system infrastructure (msys) for operations; security changes; new SMP/E Version 3; UNIX System Services changes; JES2 changes.


Changes from z/OS V1.3
msys for Setup; System Logger; TSO Broadcast; Program Management; USS changes; HSM changes; SMF changes; dfp changes.


Changes from z/OS V1.4
msys for Setup; USS changes; JES2 changes.


Changes from z/OS V1.5
BCP differences; BPAM for USS, Catalog enhancements, VTOC & IXVTOCs, DFSMS changes, VSAM enhancements, DFSMStvs, JES2 changes, JES3 changes.


z/OS migration considerations
Migrating to z/OS and z/Architecture; Architecture support on IBM machines; z/OS V1R2/3/4 bimodal migration accommodation; RCHLVL - Setting architecture mode for z/OS; support on older machines.


Migrating from OS/390 2.10 to z/OS
Migrating to Goal Mode, migration action that everyone must do, hardware actions, BCP requirements, SMS requirements, ISPF actions, JES2 changes, SDSF actions, Security Server changes, SMP/E actions, USS changes, LE activities, InfoPrint actions, Communication Server actions, RMF changes, BookManager activities, C/C++ requirements.