Effective z/OS Version 1 Release 13 Installation, Migration and Exploitation

Audience

This course will be of interest to anyone involved with successful migration of the data centre to the latest z/OS release level.

Prerequisites

Familiarity with the z/OS operating system at an earlier release level.

Duration

4 days. Can be adjusted to fit specific client priorities and objectives.

Course Objectives

Ideal for staff who have experience installing and/or managing z/OS, and want to plan for and implement the installation of z/OS V1R13. The class will focus upon a number of key issues:

• Technical content of z/OS V1R13 Policies
• Planning for z/OS Positioning , Toleration and Coexistence for z/OS
• Ordering, Deliverables and ServerPac Enhancements - Migration Actions for z/OS functions and related products
• Exploitation of new features.

Course Content

Technical content of z/OS V1R13
This topic will reinforce the attendee’s current z/OS technical knowledge and provide a solid insight into the new features introduced with each release of z/OS.

Policies
Here we will discuss the policies and concepts involved in ensuring that all issues pertaining to Coexistence/Migration/Fallback are fully understood.

Planning for z/OS V1R13
This topic will discuss Elements (Products) and Functionality with in z/OS with the following emphasis:
Withdrawn prior to z/OS V1R13
Introduced up to and including z/OS V1R13
Introduced in z/OS V1R13
Planned to be withdrawn in a release after z/OS V1R13
We will also discuss issues related to planning for z/OS V1R13 on various models of z/Server

Positioning, Toleration and Coexistence for z/OS V1R13
This topic will discuss actions that should be performed in three circumstances:
Before installing z/OS V1R13
Before the first IPL of z/OS V1R13
After the first IPL of z/OS V1R13

Ordering, Deliverables and ServerPac Enhancements
Here we will review the intended order for z/OS to ensure that all required optional products have been included. Evolution of the delivery process (Tape, DVD, Web based etc) and changes to the ServerPac dialog will be discussed as necessary.

Migration Actions for z/OS functions and related products
Migration is the first of two stages in an upgrade to a new z/OS release. During this stage the new system is installed with the objective of making it functionally compatible with the previous system.
General z/OS items
The BCP
DFSMS
Communications Server
Security Server
JES2 or JES3
z/OS UNIX
zFS – Distributed File System
Language Environment
SMP/E
The discussions will identify issues relating to technical support, operations and application development where appropriate.

Exploitation of new features
Exploitation is the second of two stages in an upgrade to a new z/OS release. During this stage we take whatever action is required to exploit the enhancements available in the new release.
The discussions in this topic will follow the same product agenda as in the Migration actions topic above.