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<!DOCTYPE FL_Course SYSTEM "https://www.flane.de/dtd/fl_course095.dtd"><?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://portal.flane.ch/css/xml-course.xsl"?><course productid="5496" language="en" source="https://portal.flane.ch/swisscom/en/xml-course/ibm-es73g" lastchanged="2025-12-02T12:06:57+01:00" parent="https://portal.flane.ch/swisscom/en/xml-courses"><title>IBM System z Parallel Sysplex Operations</title><productcode>ES73G</productcode><vendorcode>IB</vendorcode><vendorname>IBM</vendorname><fullproductcode>IB-ES73G</fullproductcode><version>1</version><essentials>&lt;p&gt;You should have an understanding of:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;

	&lt;li&gt;Basic data processing and I/O concepts and terminology&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;z/OS console operation, including display of device, job, and console status&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</essentials><audience>&lt;p&gt;The audience includes operations personnel and technical staff who are directly involved in the installation, operation, systems support, and software support of their Parallel Sysplex environment.&lt;/p&gt;</audience><contents>&lt;p&gt;This course is designed so that students can learn how z/OS systems operate in a Parallel Sysplex environment through discussion topics and hands-on lab exercises. Students learn problem determination skills, practice enhanced sysplex operations, including management of the coupling facility (CF), and use recovery capabilities provided by the System z servers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The course consists of six units and 12 hands-on lab exercises.&lt;/p&gt;</contents><outline>&lt;p&gt;Day 1 &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Welcome&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Unit 1: Sysplex overview&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Unit 2: Coupling facility&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Supporting labs&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Day 2 &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Review&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Unit 3: Sysplex operation and recovery&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Supporting labs&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Day 3 &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Review and labs&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Unit 4: Sysplex Failure Manager&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Unit 5: Server Time Protocol operation&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Unit 6: z/OS IPL flow&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Supporting labs&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</outline><essentials_plain>You should have an understanding of:



	- Basic data processing and I/O concepts and terminology
- z/OS console operation, including display of device, job, and console status</essentials_plain><audience_plain>The audience includes operations personnel and technical staff who are directly involved in the installation, operation, systems support, and software support of their Parallel Sysplex environment.</audience_plain><contents_plain>This course is designed so that students can learn how z/OS systems operate in a Parallel Sysplex environment through discussion topics and hands-on lab exercises. Students learn problem determination skills, practice enhanced sysplex operations, including management of the coupling facility (CF), and use recovery capabilities provided by the System z servers.

The course consists of six units and 12 hands-on lab exercises.</contents_plain><outline_plain>Day 1 


- Welcome
- Unit 1: Sysplex overview
- Unit 2: Coupling facility
- Supporting labs
Day 2 


- Review
- Unit 3: Sysplex operation and recovery
- Supporting labs
Day 3 


- Review and labs
- Unit 4: Sysplex Failure Manager
- Unit 5: Server Time Protocol operation
- Unit 6: z/OS IPL flow
- Supporting labs</outline_plain><duration unit="d" days="3">3 days</duration><pricelist><price country="NL" currency="EUR">2100.00</price><price country="BE" currency="EUR">2100.00</price><price country="FR" currency="EUR">1950.00</price><price country="CH" currency="CHF">2700.00</price><price country="DE" currency="EUR">2550.00</price></pricelist><miles/></course>