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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="7793" language="de" source="https://portal.flane.ch/swisscom/xml-course/ibm-esb3g" lastchanged="2025-09-12T14:22:21+02:00" parent="https://portal.flane.ch/swisscom/xml-courses"><title>z/OS Management Facility Implementation and Use</title><productcode>ESB3G</productcode><vendorcode>IB</vendorcode><vendorname>IBM</vendorname><fullproductcode>IB-ESB3G</fullproductcode><version>1</version><objective>&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Describe the purpose and benefit of z/OS Management Facility&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe the functions provided by z/OS Management Facility&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe the technical overview of z/OSMF features and architecture&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe the z/OSMF client and server operating environment&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe the systems management tasks and updates with every release&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Indicate list of publications and references&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe ordering and installing the z/OSMF software (code)&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Using ServerPac or SMP/E&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe setup and configuration overall process:&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Configure z/OS prerequisites for plug-ins&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Configure z/OSMF&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain any migration issues or concerns&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe the details of each function, updated for each release ofz/OSMF&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Understand the detailed examples of how to use the z/OSMF features&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe the z/OSMF tasks (and release of z/OS and z/OSMF that was introduced)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Manage the z/OSMF Administration:&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Adding users, defining roles, new SAF-based authorization&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Customize Welcome screen, add Links&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</objective><essentials>&lt;p&gt;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.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If the above prerequisites are not met, then the courses listed in the Curriculum are recommended.&lt;/p&gt;</essentials><audience>&lt;p&gt;This intermediate course is intended for experienced system programmers and subsystem administrators responsible for installing and implementing z/OSMF in their enterprise.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The students must have basic knowledge of 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.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;RACF knowledge is useful, as well as WebSphere 8.5 Liberty profile for z/OS.&lt;/p&gt;</audience><contents>&lt;p&gt;This course is designed to provide you with the skills required to install and customize IBM z/OS Management Facility (z/OSMF) 2.3, and use the functions and features provided by z/OSMF.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;IBM z/OS Management Facility (z/OSMF) is a product for z/OS that will simplify, optimize, and modernize the z/OS system programmer experience.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;z/OSMF delivers solutions in a task-oriented, web browser-based user interface with integrated user assistance.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In this course, we introduce z/OS Management Facility and its architecture; and describe the components that are necessary to run z/OSMF on z/OS.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In this course, you will also learn the installation and customization of z/OS Management Facility, and will customize several system components to exploit the following z/OSMF functions:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;z/OSMF Software Management Manager&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Capacity Provisioning&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Classic (ISPF) Interface&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Incident Log&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Configuration Assistant for the z/OS Communications Server&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Workload Management&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;System Status, Resource Monitoring&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Workflow&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&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: z/OS Management Facility: Overview&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Unit 2: z/OS Management Facility: Implementation and configuration&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Exercise 1: z/OSMF planning and prerequisites&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Day 2&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Exercise 1:z/OSMF planning and prerequisites (continued)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Exercise 2: z/OS Management Facility configuration and setup&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Unit 3: z/OS Management Facility: Usage&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Exercise 3: z/OS Management Facility post-configuration and administration&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Day 3&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Unit 3: z/OS Management Facility: Usage (continued)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Exercise 4: z/OS Management Facility exploitation&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Wrap-up&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</outline><objective_plain>- 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 ordering and installing the z/OSMF software (code)
- Using ServerPac or SMP/E
- 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 ofz/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
- Customize Welcome screen, add Links</objective_plain><essentials_plain>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.</essentials_plain><audience_plain>This intermediate course is intended for experienced system programmers and subsystem administrators responsible for installing and implementing z/OSMF in their enterprise.

The students must have basic knowledge of 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 8.5 Liberty profile for z/OS.</audience_plain><contents_plain>This course is designed to provide you with the skills required to install and customize IBM z/OS Management Facility (z/OSMF) 2.3, and use the functions and features provided by z/OSMF.

IBM z/OS Management Facility (z/OSMF) is a product for z/OS that will simplify, optimize, and modernize the z/OS system programmer experience.

z/OSMF delivers solutions in a task-oriented, web browser-based user interface with integrated user assistance.

In this course, we introduce z/OS Management Facility and its architecture; and describe the components that are necessary to run z/OSMF on z/OS.

In this course, you will also learn the installation and customization of z/OS Management Facility, and will customize several system components to exploit the following z/OSMF functions:


- z/OSMF Software Management Manager
- Capacity Provisioning
- Classic (ISPF) Interface
- Incident Log
- Configuration Assistant for the z/OS Communications Server
- Workload Management
- System Status, Resource Monitoring
- Workflow</contents_plain><outline_plain>Day 1


- Welcome
- Unit 1: z/OS Management Facility: Overview
- Unit 2: z/OS Management Facility: Implementation and configuration
- Exercise 1: z/OSMF planning and prerequisites
Day 2


- Exercise 1:z/OSMF planning and prerequisites (continued)
- Exercise 2: z/OS Management Facility configuration and setup
- Unit 3: z/OS Management Facility: Usage
- Exercise 3: z/OS Management Facility post-configuration and administration
Day 3


- Unit 3: z/OS Management Facility: Usage (continued)
- Exercise 4: z/OS Management Facility exploitation
- Wrap-up</outline_plain><duration unit="d" days="3">3 Tage</duration><pricelist><price country="PL" currency="EUR">2290.00</price><price country="SI" currency="EUR">2290.00</price><price country="CH" currency="CHF">2800.00</price><price country="US" currency="USD">2445.00</price><price country="CA" currency="CAD">3375.00</price><price country="FR" currency="EUR">2550.00</price></pricelist><miles/></course>