IBM System z Hardware Management Console (HMC) Operations – ES24GCR
Enrol Details
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
- 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
- Open objects
- Navigate the HMC workplace using various selection techniques
- Exit a task on a window
- View the online books and use the Help functions
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- CPC group, control hardware
- Images group, control operating system
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- Build new CPC and images groups
- Identify the contents of the Details window and determine object status
- Identify the various task lists
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Use the tree UI to:
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- Log on and log off
- Open objects
- Navigate the HMC workplace using various selection techniques
- Exit a task on a panel
- View the online books and use the Help functions
- Identify the different types of groups_x000D_
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- CPC group, control hardware
- Images group, control operating system
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- Build new CPC and images groups
- Identify the contents of the Details window and determine object status
- 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
- Image profile
- Group profile
- 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
- A system reset
- 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