IBM SS84G - DFSMS Implementation

Course Outline

Day 1

• Welcome
• Unit 1 - Course introduction and DFSMS overview Lab 1 - ISMF
• Lab 1 - Review
• Unit 2 - Activating SMS

Day 2

• Lab 2 - Activating SMS with minimal configuration
• Lab 2 - Review
• Unit 3 - Writing ACS routines
• Unit 4 - Managing temporary data sets
• Lab 3 - Managing temporary data sets

Day 3

• Lab 3 - Review
• Unit 5 - Exploiting DFSMS
• Unit 6 - Managing permanent data sets
• Lab 4 - Managing permanent data sets

Day 4

• Lab 4 - Review
• Unit 7 - Using NaviQuest
• Unit 8 - Device preparation and data movement
• Lab 5 - Volume and data set conversion to SMS
• Lab 5 - Review
• Unit 9 - Controlling DFSMS
• Lab 6 - System operations
• Unit 10 - Additional considerations

Objective

• Establish a DFSMS configuration to automatically enforce your installation’s storage management policies
• Convert service level requirements into appropriate parameters for data class, storage class, management class, and storage groups
• Create and test automatic class selection (ACS) routines
• Convert volumes and move data to system-managed volumes with data facility data set services (DFSMSdss)
• Specify appropriate management class and storage group parameters for
• DFSMShsm processing of system-managed data sets
• Establish procedures to control, manage, and recover the storage management subsystem with ISMF and operator commands
• Develop a DFSMS implementation plan