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.

 

This intermediate course is for z/OS Operators (console and periphery), help desk, and support personnel.

 

Prerequisites

 

You should have completed:

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

 

Objectives

 

• Understand the z/OS environment and JES2 role
• Start JES2 with focus on options and shutdown
• Control JES2 with commands and SDSF
• Control JES2 job flow, selection, and processing
• Control output processing and printers
• Understand z/OS influence on JES2 processing

 

Topics

 

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)