Table of Contents

1. Short Summary
2. Duration
3. Content Description
4. Objectives
5. Agenda
6. Audience
7. Skill Level
8. Labs?
9. Keywords
10. Prerequisites
11. Enrollment
12. Errata
13. Follow-on Courses

Short Summary

This intermediate course is for z/OS Operators (console and periphery), help desk, and support personnel.

Duration in Hours ⌚

20

Content Description

This course is designed to give the z/OS Operator personnel as well as entry systems programmers an overview about JES2. The students should be able to use JES2 commands at the z/OS Console and use SDSF.

Objectives

• Understand the z/OS environment and JES2 role
• Start JES2 with focus on options and shutdown
• Control JES2 with commands and SDSF
• Control JES2 job flow, selection, and processing
• Control output processing and printers
• Understand z/OS influence on JES2 processing

Agenda

Day 1

• Welcome
• Unit 1 - z/OS and JES2 overview
• Unit 1 - SDSF demo
• Unit 2 - Manage a JES2 subsystem
• Exercise 1 - Start a z/OS system

Day 2

• Review day 1
• Exercise 1 - Start a z/OS system (continued)
• Exercise 2 - Log on to TSO
• Unit 3 - Control JES2
• Exercise 3 - JES2 commands
• Unit 4 - Checkpoint, Spool offload, printer server, NJE, RJE, and MAS

Day 3

• Review day 2
• Unit 4 - Checkpoint, Spool offload, printer server, NJE, RJE, and MAS (continued)
• Exercise 4 - Spool and checkpoint management
• Exercise 5 - System display and search facility
• Exercise 6 - Automatic Command Facility (optional)

Audience

This intermediate course is for z/OS Operators (console and periphery), help desk, and support personnel.

Skill Level

Intermediate

Labs? 💻

Yes

Keywords

z/OS and JES2 overview;SDSF demo;zos;ES28G; ES28

Prerequisites

You should have completed:

• z/OS Basic System Skill (ES10)
• z/OS System Operations (ES27)

Enrollment

https://www.ibm.com/training/course/ES28G

Errata

None specified.

Follow-on Courses

None