Mainframe Training Curriculum

Session 1: 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 An overview of Mainframes

What is a mainframe? Why Mainframes? Factors contributing to mainframe use IBM mainframe time line Brief History Mainframe Evolution Why z series?? Tri modal addressing Hardware requirements Typical mainframe workloads 1.9.1 Typical batch use 1.9.2 Typical online use TSO/ISPF

Session 2: 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8

TSO Introduction to TSO/ISPF ISPF Preliminaries Options Available Line Commands Primary Commands Various Screens How to LOG OFF TSO JCL

Session 3:

3.1 Introduction to JCL 3.2 JCL Statements 3.2.1 Job Statement 3.2.2 Exec Statement 3.2.3 DD Statement

Session 4: Session 5: Session 6:

COBOL DB2 CICS

6.1 Introduction to CICS 6.2 Basic Mapping Support

6.3 Program Control 6.4 File Processing 6.5 Error Handling 6.6 Queues 6.7 Interval and Task Control 6.8 Recovery and Restart 6.9 Program preparation 6.10 CICS Supplied Transactions