z/OSMF: Introduction and Installation
z/OS Management Facility (z/OSMF) is a game-changing innovation from IBM which, if not already in place at your installation, soon will be.
z/OSMF is a product for z/OS that will simplify, optimize and modernize the z/OS system programmer experience.
z/OSMF delivers solutions in a task-oriented, web browser-based user interface with integrated user assistance.
In this course we introduce z/OS Management Facility and its architecture and describe the components that are necessary to run z/OSMF on z/OS.
In day two of the course, students will also learn the installation of z/OS Management Facility with realistic, practical exercises that will reinforce what is taught in the theory sessions.
This course is also available for exclusive, one-company presentations and for live presentation over the Internet, via the Virtual Classroom Environment service.
What you will learn
On successful completion of this course you will be able to:
- describe the purpose and benefits of z/OS Management Facility
- discuss at an overview level the technical z/OSMF features and architecture
- describe the z/OSMF client and server operating environment
- list the features and concepts of the WebSphere Liberty Profile and IVP
- list the core tasks of z/OSMF
- describe the z/OS prerequisites for plug-ins
- identify the RACF jobs that are used for the installation and configuration of the plug-ins
- describe the pre-requistites for all the z/OSMF components
- list PARMLIB and PROCLIB parameters for z/OSMF
- recognise the need for speciality engines, such as ZIIP
- list and discuss the functions provided by z/OS Management Facility which include the following:
- Capacity Provisioning
- Classic (ISPF) Interface
- Incident Log
- Configuration Assistant for the z/OS Communications Server
- Workload Management
- Software Management
- System Status, Resource Monitoring
- SDSF
- z/OS Operator Console base function
- Desktop interface and Classic interface
- z/OSMF Settings
- z/OSMF Administration
- Sysplex management function
- Working with Workflows task and create workflows
- Working with the REST APis (jobs, dataset,...)
- Usage statistics
- Network ZERT Analyser.
Who Should Attend
System Programmers and any other personnel who want to understand the architecture and installion needs of z/OSMF.
Prerequisites
A working knowledge of z/OS together with an understanding of RACF and UNIX System Services.
Duration
2 days
Fee (per attendee)
£1200 (ex VAT)
Course Code
ZMFI
Contents
Introduction to z/OS Management Facility
Purpose and benefits of z/OS Management Facility; technical overview of z/OSMF features and architecture; the z/OSMF client and server operating environment, IZUSVR1 and IZUANG1; the WebShere Liberty Profile; Pre-Requisites, CEA,CIM,AXR,USS,Security Products ( e.g. RACF),RMF,DDS.
Installion requirements
RACF jobs; PARMLIB settings; PROCLIB parameters; AUTOSTART; HFS datasets; directories and files; CEA;CIM;AXR;DDS;IVP; Dump datasets; Logstream datasets,LOGGER,DAE,RMF and Health Checker.
z/OSMF Core Tasks
Welcome task; Notifications and Notification Settings tasks; Workflows task; Workflow Editor task; Application Linking Manager task; Import Manager task; Links task; FTP Servers task; Resource Management task; Software Services task; Sysplex Management task;Systems task; Usage Statistics task; z/OS Operator Consoles task; The z/OSMF online help system.
z/OMSF Plug-ins
Capacity Provisioning; Network Configuation Assistant; Incident Log; ISPF; Resource Monitoring; Software Management; Sysplex Managment; Workload Management; Network ZERT Analyzer.
Logging onto z/OSMF
Classic Interface; Desktop Interface.