Getting Started on Mainframe with z/OS Commands and Panels (Coursera)

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Getting Started on Mainframe with z/OS Commands and Panels (Coursera)

Getting Started with the IBM Mainframe with z/OS Commands and Panels is a mostly hands-on in an IBM Mainframe z/OS Environment. A total of seven labs will provide live access to an IBM Z server. The labs are designed to teach you the fundamental practical skills to navigate and work in a z/OS environment. This includes the use of ISPF/PDF dialogs, and TSO/E commands.

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What You Will Learn

  • Review the main concepts of z/OS
  • Log on to TSO and start ISPF/PDF
  • Navigate through ISPF/PDF dialogs and use the basic ISPF/PDF functions and the ISPF Editor
  • Use ISPF/PDF to allocate data sets and edit data sets using the ISPF Editor primary and line commands

Course 2 of 3 in the IBM z/OS Mainframe Practitioner Professional Certificate.

Syllabus

WEEK 1: Introduction to Commands and Panels
WEEK 2: Working with Data Sets
WEEK 3: TSO Commands

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