On successful completion of this course you will be able to:

• explain IBM's storage management concept as implemented through SMS
• exploit the hardware features utilised by SMS
• define I/O devices and get them recognised by z/OS
• define VTOCs and VTOCIXs
• administer ICF Catalogs
• define and maintain data classes, storage classes, management classes and storage groups
• write and maintain optimised ACS routines
• audit and optimise the SMS environment
• describe the functions of HSM.

• Storage Management Overview
  • What is storage management?
  • Space management roles
  • DFSMS products
  • DFSMS Optimizer
  • NaviQuest feature
  • Advantages of an SMS environment
  • Availability management
  • Performance management
• Data Storage Hardware
  • Direct Access Storage Devices
  • I/O operations on disks
  • DASD performance reporting
  • caching concepts
  • Read Hit
  • Write commands
  • Write Hit
  • Read Miss
  • Write Miss
  • cache modes
  • Record Level caching
  • Peer to Peer Remote Copy (PPRC)
  • Extended Remote Copy (XRC)
  • Concurrent Copy
  • Extended Format Data Sets
  • Sequential Data Striping support
  • RAID technology
  • Flashcopy
  • Extended Address Volumes-
  • Virtual Tape Servers
  • Virtual Tape configurations
• Introduction to HCD
  • I/O configuration principles
  • I/O configuration practicalities
  • I/O configuration addressing
  • HCD definition process
  • Objects managed by HCD
  • Load member
  • IODF processing at IPL
  • HCD Primary Option menu
  • Creating a new work IODF
  • Sizing the work IODF
  • Defining the new configuration menu
  • Pull-down menu action bar
  • Goto pull down menu
  • Filter pull down menu
  • Backup pull down menu
  • Query pull down menu
  • Help pull down menu
  • Context menus
  • PF keys
  • Keyboard navigation
• Catalogs & VTOCs
  • Catalog overview
  • Catalog search order
  • Catalog environment
  • Multi-level aliases
  • Catalog address space
  • VTOC and IXVTOC
  • Initialising DASD volumes
  • VTOC & VTOCIX sizing
  • Extending VTOC & VTOCIX
• Auditing SMS
  • Working with users
  • identify general requirements
  • how to gather user data
  • Negotiate service levels with users
  • Space requirements
  • Meeting space requirements
  • Other space issues
  • Availability issues
  • Recovery
  • Backup/Recovery
  • Other service level issues
  • Monitor service levels
  • DCOLLECT
  • Running DCOLLECT
  • DCOLLECT output records
  • Managing data sets
  • PDSE processing
  • PDSE load libraries
  • Access Methods enhancements
  • VSAM Record Level Sharing
  • VSAM greater than 4 GB
  • What is Pooling?
  • Why pooling?
  • How many pools?
  • Positioning for SMS - review questions
• DFSMS Constructs
  • Service levels for data
  • SCDS Base Definition Panel
  • Data Class
  • defining a Data Class
  • defining Data Class Attributes
  • Dataset compression
  • Dataset compression information
  • Data Class control
  • Data Class implementation
  • JCL keywords
  • JCL changes
  • Generation Data Sets
  • new JCL requirements
  • non-VSAM Data Classes
  • VSAM Data Classes
  • Management Class
  • Management Class characteristics
  • defining Management Class Introduction Menu
  • Defining Management Class Panel
  • Storage Class
  • Storage Class characteristics
  • Cache attribute determination (simplified)
  • Storage Class application selection
  • Storage Class define
  • Storage Class maintenance
  • Storage Groups
  • Storage Group major activities
  • isolate non-SMS data: Defining a Storage Group
  • Defining VIO Storage Group attributes
  • Defining Pool Storage Group attributes
  • Storage Group rules
  • Volume selection preference attributes
  • Device selection
  • Defining a Copy Pool
• Writing ACS Routines
  • ACS routines - what are they?
  • Automatic Class Selection - how many?
  • an ACS example
  • ACS routine rules
  • ACS mask rules
  • ACS Read/Write variables
  • ACS Read-only variables
  • ACS special purpose variables
  • Other ACS variables
  • OAM & tape ACS variables
  • ACS operations
  • ACS statements ( PROC, END, SET, FILTLIST)
  • ACS statements (SELECT, END)
  • Coding ACS routines
  • ACS application selection
  • ACS translation panel
  • ACS validation panel
  • Testing ACS routines
  • Defining test cases
  • ACS coding tips
  • ACS exit routines
  • ACS exit steps
  • Programming ACS exits
  • ACS exit parameter structure
  • Actions in ACS exits
  • ACS routines - hands-on exercises
• DFSMS Set-up & Control
  • Control Data Sets
  • sizing SMS Control Data Sets
  • defining Control Data Sets
  • Control Data Set application selection
  • SCDS base definition panel
  • IGDSMSxx
  • IEFSSNxx
  • activating SMS
  • SETSMS command
  • SMS-related commands
  • displaying SMS information
  • displaying Storage Group information
  • displaying SMS volume information
  • displaying device information
  • Start/Restart SMS address space
  • recovering ACDS
  • recovering COMMDS
  • enhanced ISMF
• HSM Functional Overview
  • HSM as part of SMS
  • Key commands
  • Migration types
  • Defining ML1 volumes
  • Small data set packing
  • Secondary migration
  • Controlling migration from ML0
  • Interval Migration
  • Command migration
  • Recalling datasets
  • Recall process
  • Backup flow
  • Backup control
  • Command backup - volume
  • BACKVOL examples
  • Backup command
  • Controlling command backup - SETSYS DSBACKUP
  • Controlling command backup - ML1 overflow
  • Command backup - dataset

Live instructor-led training, with plenty of opportunities for hands-on exercises and discussion.
This course is also available for exclusive, one-company presentations and for live presentation over the Internet, via the Virtual Classroom Environment service.

Delivered as a live, interactive online training.

There are a number of challenging online practical sessions during the course which, among other things, teach how to write optimised ACS routines.

A general knowledge of z/OS concepts, the ability to use TSO and familiarity with JCL and Utility programs.

This course is ideal for all those responsible for the z/OS Data Storage environment. It is primarily designed for Storage Administrators, but is also beneficial for technical support and senior operations personnel.