z/OS Management Facility Implementation and Use

• Describe the purpose and benefit of z/OS Management Facility
• Describe the functions provided by z/OS Management Facility 
• Describe the technical overview of z/OSMF features and architecture 
• Describe the z/OSMF client and server operating environment 
• Describe the systems management tasks and updates with every release 
• Indicate list of publications and references 
• Describe setup and configuration overall process: 
  • Configure z/OS prerequisites for plug-ins 
  • Configure z/OSMF 
• Explain any migration issues or concerns 
• Describe the details of each function, updated for each release of z/OSMF 
• Understand the detailed examples of how to use the z/OSMF features 
• Describe the z/OSMF tasks (and release of z/OS and z/OSMF that was introduced) 
• Manage the z/OSMF Administration: 
  • Adding users, defining roles, new SAF-based authorization 
  • Add Links 
• Exploit the various z/OSMF functions and plugins
  • You will be able to pick and choose which functions and plugins you want to deploy and exploit

This course is intended for experienced system programmers and subsystem administrators responsible for installing and implementing z/OSMF in their enterprise. The students must have knowledge of z/OS and its subsystems, including TSO, ISPF and z/OS UNIX System Services (USS), and the skills normally required to install a z/OS product using SMP/E and batch jobs to update system data sets. RACF knowledge is useful, as well as WebSphere Liberty profile for z/OS. 

You should have a good knowledge of z/OS at the level of a z/OS system programmer, acquired on the job or through the z/OS curriculum, including skills required to install and customize z/OS UNIX applications.

If the above prerequisites are not met, then the courses listed in the Curriculum are recommended.

Day 1(00:30) Welcome (01:00) Unit 1: z/OS Management Facility: Overview (03:00) Unit 2: z/OS Management Facility: Implementation and configuration (01:00) Exercise 1: z/OSMF planning and prerequisites(01:00) Exercise 2: z/OS Management Facility configuration and setupDay 2(01:00) Exercise 2: continued(03:00) Unit 3: z/OS Management Facility: Usage(01:30) Exercise 3: z/OS Management Facility Logging, Adding plug-ins and the user interface.Day 3(01:00) Unit 3: z/OS Management Facility: Usage (cont)(03:00) Exercise 4: z/OS Management Facility plugins exploitation (02:00) Exercise 5: z/OS Management Facility Workflows and REST APIs exploitation (01:00) Exercise 6: z/OS Management Facility WLM, Resource Management and performance exercise.(00:30) Wrap-up