SMS Overview

Audience

This course is intended for all those who may be concerned with system-managed storage in an installation from an overview or user perspective. As such it is suitable for Application programmers, operations staff and associated managers.

Prerequisites

Delegates are expected to be familiar with JCL, which may be obtained from the z/OS JCL course and the basics of data management, which may be obtained from the z/OS for Beginners course.

Duration

1 day.

Course Objectives

The course will provide delegates with an overview of the functions of SMS and how SMS affects the typical activities within a z/OS installation, from operations to users.

Course Content

SMS Overview
Reasons for SMS
Objectives of SMS
High Level View
Unsupported features

The Data Class Construct simplifies JCL/TSO
JCL and SMS
Specifying SPACE
VSAM and SMS
PDS & PDSE
TSO and SMS

The Storage Class
DFW, CFR, DUAL COPY
Concurrent Copy
Data Striping

The Management Class – automatically managing the data
DFSMShsm and SMS
GDG processing

The Storage Group – where the data resides

SMS in Operation
SMS data sets
ISMF
SMS and Utilities
SMS and RACF
Tape Mount Management
System Managed Tape and ATLs

SMS and Operations
SG and Volume Status
SMS commands

SMS Migration Strategies
DFDSS
In-place conversion
Data Access with and without SMS

Maintaining SMS