Need to get up to speed quickly? Have a requirement for z/OS storage management training, but not much time and limited funding? Verity Systems half-day webinars are designed to get you the information you need, when you need it, where you need it - here, now, and at your desk. Most webinars run 3.5 hours, enough time to provide a thorough grounding in a critical z/OS topic. Call us at 1.404.210.5975 or email support@veritysys.com to arrange a webinar today.

Duration: 3.5 hours
Cost: $450USD/student (or $1200USD for 3 or more students)
Important for users new to the FDRABR DASD Management System as well as those who already have some familiarity with FDRABR, this 3.5-hour webinar provides a technical introduction to the most important components of the FDRABR system, including recommended practices for backup/archive and recover/recall. Topics include:

• Understanding the FDRABR Architecture
  
• Backup and Restore Jobs, JCL, and Control Statements
  
• Backup Tracking and Management in the FDRABR System
  
• Archive and Automatic Recall
  
• and more
  

Duration: 3.5 hours
Cost: $450USD/student (or $1200USD for 3 or more students)
Efficiently managing z/OS disk and tape storage is a critical yet complex task. An understanding of the part DFSMS plays in the dataset life cycle is important for anyone involved in the mainframe environment. This webinar explains all of the most important detailed technical aspects of System Managed Storage, including disk architecture, DFSMS concepts and functions, SMS classes and constructs, and the role of DASD management systems such as FDRABR and DFSMShsm. Topics include:

• DFSMS - What is it, Why is it needed, and How Does it Work?
  
• The SMS Constructs and ACS Routines 
  
• Dataset creation, use, and life cycle under DFSMS
  
• The role, responsibilities, and tasks of the storage administrator
  

Duration: 2.5 hours
Cost: $250USD/student (or $650USD for 3 or more students)
IAM, the Innovation Access Method, is an enhanced VSAM-compatible file architecture from Innovation Data Processing which provides improved performance, space utilization, reliability, and usability for many types of online and batch applications. While the use of IAM is transparent to most applications, an understanding of how IAM works and its enhanced  features and functions is important in insuring that installations get the most out of this powerful tool.This course introduces:

• The unique IAM file structure and access method
  
• Creating and Using IAM files
  
• JCL, control statements, and utilities for IAM
  

Duration: 3.5 hours
Cost: $450USD/student (or $1200USD for 3 or more students)
Need to train a new hire? Moving from open systems into the mainframe environment? This webinar covers the most important topics in running z/OS jobs, including JCL coding, important utilities such as IEBGENER, IEBCOPY, SORT, IDCAMS, and more, along with the basics of ISPF required to create and submit jobs and retrieve output. Recommended for operations personnel, data center staff, or anyone new to the z/OS platform.