IBM System z Hardware Management Console (HMC) Operations – ES24GCR

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Course Code: ES24G Brand: IBM Z – Mainframe Category: Systems Skill Level: Intermediate Duration: 16H Modality:CR      Audience


This intermediate course is for operations personnel and technical staff who are directly involved in the installation, operation, systems support, and software support of their System z mainframe environment.

  Prerequisites


You should have an understanding of:

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  • Basic data processing and I/O concepts and terminology
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  • z/OS console operation, including display of device, job, and console status
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  Short Summary


This intermediate course is for operations personnel and technical staff who are directly involved in the installation, operation, systems support, and software support of their System z mainframe…  Overview


This course teaches you navigation, operation, and recovery techniques for the Hardware Management Console (HMC) in the System z environment. Through lecture and hands-on exercises, you learn setup and operating procedures for the HMC, gain in-depth problem determination skills, practice HMC operations, and utilize recovery capabilities provided by the System z servers.

  Topic


Day 1

  • Welcome
  • Unit 1: IBM mainframe server hardware: Overview
  • Unit 2: Using the HMC classic style user interface
  • Unit 3: Using the HMC tree style user interface
  • Unit 4: Using the HMC to monitor System z servers
  • Supporting labs

Day 2

  • Review
  • Unit 5: Activation profiles and operational tasks
  • Unit 6: Single object operation: CPC session Supporting labs

  Objectives


Identify the zEnterprise 196 and 114, System z10, System z9, and zSeries servers

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Describe the major differences of the function and features between the System z servers

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Describe and explain the concept of logical partitioning

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Identify how various resources are assigned to LPARs during initialization

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Describe the functions provided by the HMC and SE

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  • User interface styles, local and remote connectivity
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Identify HMC home page to log on HMC application

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Use the classic UI to:

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  • Log on and log off
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  • Open objects
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  • Navigate the HMC workplace using various selection techniques
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  • Exit a task on a window
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  • View the online books and use the Help functions
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    • CPC group, control hardware
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    • Images group, control operating system
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  • Build new CPC and images groups
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  • Identify the contents of the Details window and determine object status
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  • Identify the various task lists
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Use the tree UI to:

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  • Log on and log off
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  • Open objects
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  • Navigate the HMC workplace using various selection techniques
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  • View the online books and use the Help functions
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  • Identify the different types of groups_x000D_
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  • Build new CPC and images groups
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  • Identify the contents of the Details window and determine object status
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  • Identify the various task lists
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Describe how exceptions are reported and presented on the HMC using the tree or classic UI

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Use the HMC to determine the type and cause of the exception

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Describe the three types of hardware messages that can surface on the HMC

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Use the HMC to determine the cause of the hardware message

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Retrieve the hardware messages from the log

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Use the HMC Operating System Messages task to display and send messages to the operating system

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Describe the functions that require the use of the access administrator ID

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Use the HMC to perform access administrator related tasks

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Describe the purpose, functions, and use of the different types of activation profiles

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  • Reset profile
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  • Image profile
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  • Group profile
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  • Load profile
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Use the HMC to build new profiles, modify, view, or delete existing ones

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Use the HMC to determine or change profile assignments Provide operational recommendations for HMC user settings

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Use the HMC to perform

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  • A manual load operation
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  • A system reset
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  • Problem determination for a load failure
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Invoke the system activity display and describe its purpose

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Establish an HMC/SE session using the Single Object Operations task

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Identify the difference between the HMC and SE workplace

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Navigate using classic or tree UI to Identify CP, channel, and CHPID status for the physical CPC and all LPs

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Identify the entry point for I/O and Channel Problem Determination panels

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Log off from a CPC session

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