IBM SS86G - DFSMShsm Implementation

Course Outline

Day 1

• Welcome and introduction
• Unit 1: Overview DFSMShsm functions and environment
• Exercise 1: ISMF introduction

Day 2

• Exercise 1: Review
• Unit 2: Space management
• Exercise 2: Preparing DFSMShsm for space management
• Unit 3: Command space management
• Exercise 3: Command space management

Day 3

• Exercise 3: Review
• Unit 4: Availability management
• Exercise 4: Preparing DFSMShsm for availability management
• Unit 5: Command availability management
• Exercise 5: Command availability management

Day 4

• Exercise 5: Review
• Unit 6: DFSMShsm in large systems
• Unit 7: Recovery
• Exercise 6: Recovery
• Unit 8: DFSMShsm forward recovery
• Exercise 7: Forward recovery

Day 5

• Exercise 7: Review
• Unit 9: Managing and monitoring DFSMShsm

Objective

• Understand the relationship between DFSMShsm and DFSMS and get an overview of the functions of DFSMShsm and its operating environment.
• Understand the DFSMShsm activities for Primary and Secondary Space Management and setup the required configuration for automatic space management.
• Authorize special users for DFSMShsm commands and perform space management functions using authorized DFSMShsm commands.
• Understand the DFSMShsm activities for Availability Management and setup the required configuration for automatic availability management.
• Implement the Automatic Backup and Recovery Support (ABARS), and perform data set and volume management using authorized DFSMShsm commands.
• Understand DFSMShsm processing in large systems.
• Understand recovery using ABARS, recovery from data set or volume loss, recovery of control data sets and journals.
• Use the AUDIT command to detect and fix discrepancies and the LIST, QUERY and FIXCDS commands to correct error situations.
• Manage and monitor DFSMShsm using log data sets and statistical information as well as manage DFSMShsm tapes.