z/OS JES2 Operator Training

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.

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• Understand the z/OS environment and JES2 role
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• Start JES2 with focus on options and shutdown
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• Control JES2 with commands and SDSF
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• Control JES2 job flow, selection, and processing
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• Control output processing and printers
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• Understand z/OS influence on JES2 processing
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This intermediate course is for z/OS Operators (console and periphery), help desk, and support personnel.

You should have completed:

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