Advanced Parallel Sysplex Operations and Recovery Workshop

This course describes advanced operator actions to implement new policies, coupling facilities, structures and sysplex related operational enhancements. It diagnoses problems and demonstrates recovery techniques in these areas. These include: Identifying HMC problems and recovery, including IPL problems during system and sysplex activation Recovery with and without SFM policies Couple data set failures CF and CF structure failures Labs are provided to submit jobs to format CDS, define policies, start and verify that they are working as desired, identify any policy change pending conditions and correct as needed. Labs take students through the required steps to implement ECS, GRS star, JES checkpoint, Operlog, Logrec, and SM duplexing on the CF. Students will also identify potential problems during the implementation process, identify various CDS and other sysplex related problems. Students will remove a CF from the sysplex as in the case of required maintenance to a CF; add a new CF to the sysplex and perform system and CF failure and recovery scenarios. If you are enrolling in a Self Paced Virtual Classroom or Web Based Training course, before you enroll, please review the Self-Paced Virtual Classes and Web-Based Training Classes on our Terms and Conditions page, as well as the system requirements, to ensure that your system meets the minimum requirements for this course.

Training Paths that reference this course are:

z/OS and System z

z/OS Operation and Parallel Sysplex

1. Day 1
1. Welcome
2. Unit 1: Parallel Sysplex overview Exercise 1: Setup for remote lab access
3. Exercise 2: HMC 2.n.n navigation hints and tips: Classic and tree UI (optional)
4. Exercise 3: Groups and profiles for sysplex activation Exercise 4: MCS console setup through OSA ICC Exercise 5: Using commands to determine sysplex status
2. Day 2
1. Unit 2: Sysplex initialization, CDS usage, and recovery
2. Exercise 5: Using commands to determine sysplex status (continued) Exercise 6: ECS and dynamic GRS STAR activation
3. Exercise 7: JES2 reconfiguration
4. Exercise 8: CDS mismatch during plex activation
3. Day 3
1. Unit 3: Managing CFs, structures, policies, and recovery
2. Exercise 9: Logger
3. Exercise 10: CFRM change pending conditions and recovery options for FP connections
4. Exercise 11: VTAM and ISTGENERIC demo Exercise 12: Managing coupling facilities
4. Day 4
1. Unit 4: Dynamic CF implementation, SFM, and ARM
2. Exercise 12: Managing coupling facilities (continued) Exercise 13: Add new CF and manage reset profile Exercise 14: Implementing SM duplexing
3. Exercise 15: Sysplex failure management
4. Exercise 16: SFM storage reconfiguration (optional)
5. Day 5
1. Machine lab optional exercises 17 and 18
2. Unit 5: STP, DB2, and structure recovery and removal overview