This Professional Certificate is intended to provide the foundational skills required to launch a career in the enterprise platform that powers over 68% of worldwide transactions. Companies around the world are searching for these skills to run their critical system workloads. In this series of courses, the learner will be introduced to various operating systems, mainframe applications, and get real-time hands-on experience on an IBM Z server. The skills acquired on completion of this Professional Certificate allows the learner to pursue a career as a mainframe application developer, system programmer, system administrator, or a DBA Practitioner.
IBM z/OS Mainframe Practitioner Professional Certificate
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IBM z/OS Mainframe Practitioner Professional Certificate
Launch your career as an IBM z/OS Practitioner. Build skills in IBM Z, a platform used in the world's most critical businesses.
Instructor: Jeff Bisti
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4.7
(928 reviews)
Intermediate level
Recommended experience
1 month at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Earn a career credential
Share your expertise with employers
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Taught in English
53 practice exercises
Professional Certificate - 3 course series
What you'll learn
Identify the different architectural families, explain the enhancements for each architecture family and the functions of an operating system
Explain the concept of a Sysplex and describe methods available for z/OS security.
Define the IOCP statements for the IOCDS and explain the concept of activation profiles.
Describe the process of IPLing an operating system
Skills you'll gain
Category: z/OS
Category: Mainframe Computing
Category: System Configuration
Category: Infrastructure Architecture
Category: Enterprise Security
Category: IBM Cloud
Category: Cryptography
Category: Computer Architecture
Category: Virtualization
Category: Computer Systems
Category: Computer Hardware
Category: Virtualization and Virtual Machines
What you'll learn
Review the main concepts of z/OS
Log on to TSO and start ISPF/PDF
Navigate through ISPF/PDF dialogs and use the basic ISPF/PDF functions and the ISPF Editor
Use ISPF/PDF to allocate data sets and edit data sets using the ISPF Editor primary and line commands
Skills you'll gain
Category: z/OS
Category: Mainframe Computing
Category: Command-Line Interface
Category: Data Storage
Category: Control Panels
Category: User Interface (UI)
Category: System Configuration
Category: Data Management
What you'll learn
Explain how to submit and view JCL output
Describe the use of applications such as CICS, IMS, and DB2 on z/OS
Summarize the application services provided in UNIX
Describe the purpose, benefits, and functions provided by z/OSMF
Skills you'll gain
Category: Job Control Language (JCL)
Category: System Programming
Category: File Systems
Category: z/OS
Category: Data Management
Category: Transaction Processing
Category: System Configuration
Category: Mainframe Computing
Category: IBM DB2
Category: Unix
Category: Operating Systems
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9 weeks, about 3 to 6 hours of learning every week. The first three weeks are lightest on content and can be done quicker, but the second half of the course is very lab intensive.
On successful completion of this professional certificate, the learners will be eligible to claim the IBM z/OS Mainframe Practitioner Professional Certificate badge. More information can be found here
Ideal candidates will have some background in computer programming or, system admininstation.
Please go in the right order to optimize your time and learning:
Introduction to Enterprise Computing
Getting Started on Mainframe with z/OS Commands and Panels
Basic System Programming on IBM Z
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