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Z/OS (OS/390) VSAM ICF Catalogue Admin. Mgt

WDR

Short course

In Horsham ()

£ 350 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Short course

  • Duration

    1 Day

ICF catalogs occupy a vital position in the day-to-day operation of an OS/390 system. This course addresses the need to understand how to define, tune, manage and recover them. Course objectives: On completion of the course, the attendee should be able to correctly define BCS and VVDS datasets and be able to perform backup, restore, general management and. Suitable for: Technical Support, Operations Support or Storage Administrators with responsibility for ICF Catalogs.

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Course programme

Overview
ICF catalogs occupy a vital position in the day-to-day operation of an OS/390 system. This course addresses the need to understand how to define, tune, manage and recover them.

Course objectives
On completion of the course, the attendee should be able to correctly define BCS and VVDS datasets and be able to perform backup, restore, general management and diagnostic tasks.

By the end of this course you will have learned
The structure of an ICF Catalog and how it should be defined. How to apply tuning techniques and use CAS commands. How to manage ICF Catalogs and deal with BCS and VVDS synchronisation problems.

Who should attend
Technical Support, Operations Support or Storage Administrators with responsibility for ICF Catalogs.

Pre-requisites
Experience of using an OS/390 system.

Course synopsis
  • Concepts
  • A look at the structure and function of both the BCS and VVDS datasets.
  • Definition
  • Estimating space for and defining a BCS and VVDS, creating aliases.
  • Tuning
  • Basic tuning using the Catalog Address Space (CAS). Using Catalog Data Space Cache. Related CAS commands.
  • General Management
  • Backup, restore, moving entries between catalogs, etc. Related CAS commands.
  • Diagnosis
  • Using IDCAMS to identify and recover from errors in the BCS and VVDS.


Z/OS (OS/390) VSAM ICF Catalogue Admin. Mgt

£ 350 + VAT