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    SMP/E for z/OS Workshop

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    This course is designed to provide the SMP/E skills needed in the installation and maintenance of optional features and maintenance in the z/OS operating environment. You are taught to define the SMP/E database and invoke SMP/E to add, modify, or replace system elements. The course includes extensive hands-on labs using a current level of SMP/E. You will get practical experience in the SMP/E tasks involved in installing a z/OS product. Emphasis is on interpreting results of SMP/E processing. SMP/E concepts examined in this course include modification control statements, the consolidated software inventory, zone structure, and error analysis. SMP/E commands such as RECEIVE, APPLY, ACCEPT, RESTORE, REPORT, and LIST are discussed. You will also learn how to perform automated SMP/E delivery of z/OS and product maintenance over the Internet with an automated SMP/E process that downloads and installs IBM preventive and corrective service over the Internet.

    SMP/E for z/OS Workshop
    Table of contents
    1. Short Summary
    2. Modality
    3. Cost
    4. Publish date
    5. Retire date
    6. Duration
    7. Agenda
    8. Objectives
    9. Brand/Department
    10. Product
    11. Skill Level
    12. Key Topics
    13. Audience
    14. Labs
    15. Follow-on Courses
    Short Summary

    This basic course is for system programmers with no prior SMP experience who plan to use SMP/E for system and subsystem maintenance and installation.

    Modality

    Classroom or Instructor-led online

    Cost

    paid

    Amount

    300

    Publish Date

    July 20, 2002

    Retire Date

    December 30, 2028

    Duration

    36 hours

    Agenda

    Please refer to Course Overview for description information.

    Objectives
    • Describe how SMP/E is used as a tool for system maintenance
    • Interpret modification control statements in a sample SYSMOD
    • Create a consolidated software inventory database to support installation and maintenance requirements
    • Use the SMP/E dialogs to install a product and its related service
    • Manage exception SYSMOD data
    • Describe the use of the primary and secondary data sets required by SMP/E
    • Analyze output from SMP/E processing and resolve commonly encountered problems
    • Describe the use of the REPORT command to determine software dependencies between zones
    • Use the BUILDMCS process to create a function SYSMOD from an installed product and its service
    • Use the new SMP/E functions to install software service automatically over the internet
      • Implement support for communication server FTP client
      • Use the new RECEIVE ORDER command to order and install z/OS maintenance automatically over the Internet
    Brand/Department

    IBM Z - Mainframe

    Product

    z/OS

    Skill Level

    Instructor: intermediate, Student: basic

    Key Topics

    SMP/E overview, SYSMOD packaging, zos, ES26G, ES26

    Audience
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  1. This basic course is for system programmers with no prior SMP experience who plan to use SMP/E for system and subsystem maintenance and installation.
    2. Labs

    Yes

    Follow-on Courses

    Not provided.