Course code

SS8100CE

Delivery type

Classroom

Duration

4.0 days

Course type

Public or Private on-site

Public price

CAD $3,450 

This classroom course of 4 days discusses catalog management and availability issues of Integrated Catalog Facility (ICF) catalogs in the z/OS and OS/390 environments. Parallel sysplex considerations are examined, and the influence of the Storage Management Subsystem (SMS) on catalogs is discussed. A comparison of catalog caching techniques is analyzed. The course compares the efficiency of two catalog sharing modes: VSAM Volume Data Set (VVDS) Mode and Enhanced Catalog Sharing (ECS) Mode.

Operational examples using a number of IDCAMS commands, such as REPRO, EXPORT, IMPORT, EXPORT DISCONNECT, IMPORT CONNECT, and ALTER are provided and discussed. The course addresses the structures (catalog, VVDS, and VTOC) involved in the ICF environment. Emphasis is placed on systematic error diagnosis, recovery, and backup procedures. Sizing and performance considerations are also introduced.

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Audience

z/OS and OS/390 systems programmers who are responsible for the management, error diagnosis, and recovery of ICF catalogs.

Skills taught

After completing this course, you should be able to:

• Work with VSAM and SMS-managed data sets in a sysplex environment
• Describe the access to and support of catalogs on SMS and non-SMS volumes
• Discuss ISC and CDSC cache characteristics
• Describe the differences between VVDS and ECS sharing modes
• Move, merge, copy, and split catalogs
• Determine when select REPRO and when to select EXPORT/IMPORT
• Describe the structures of a BCS, VVDS, and VTOC
• Systematically diagnose errors to damaged catalogs
• Develop effective recovery procedures to recover damaged catalogs
• Select the appropriate backup procedure for the catalog environment
• Determine the proper size for catalog allocation
• Develop procedures to monitor/improve the performance of catalog processing

Course outline

• The z/OS environment
• The ICF catalog environment
• Basic catalog operations
• Structure and error diagnosis
• Recovery
• Backup considerations
• Sizing and performance
• Summary
• Appendix: catalog conversion

Remarks

This is a Canadian-owned offering.  

You can contact RIGCI at (514) 898-3130 or contact IBM Learning Services Canada for questions regarding this offering at

Outside Line:  1 800 IBM-TEACH or 1 800 426-8322