Audience
This intermediate course is primarily intended for system administrators and system analysts who are responsible for defining the automation policy that is used by IBM Z System Automation.
Prerequisites
Before taking this course, you should have attended the following courses or have equivalent skills:
- IBM System Automation for z/OS 4.3 Architecture - SM919G
- IBM System Automation for z/OS 4.3 Operations - SM929G
You should have the following skills:
- Good knowledge of System Automation for z/OS architecture and concepts
- Basic knowledge of System Automation for z/OS operations
- Basic z/OS operations skills and started task concepts
- Basic NetView skills
- Basic ISPF use
- JCL coding and z/OS data set allocation
Duration
5 days. Hands on.
Course Objectives
In this course, you learn how to define automation policy for IBM Z System Automation (SA for z/OS).
You learn how to create policy definitions for systems, applications, application groups, and monitor resources. This is delivered in an environment with multiple opportunities for hands-on lab exercises. You define automation policy for several environments: single system and multiple system within a basic sysplex. The system automation manager and automation agent run in a z/OS 2.4 environment. The automation platform, IBM Z Netview is at version 6 release 4 and IBM Z System Automation is at version 4 release 3.
Course Content
When you complete this course, you can use IBM Z System Automation 4.3 to perform the following tasks:
- Customize z/OS, NetView, and SA using the configuration assistant
- Use the customization dialog to:
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- Create a Policy Data Base (PDB) and import automation policy
- Create automation policy to automate z/OS applications and application groups
- Build the automation configuration file and create reports
- Start and stop SA and refresh automation policy
- Monitor and control automated resources
- Customize the SDF component and panels
- Implement end-to-end and pro-active automation
- Describe the coexistence and migration issues for current releases