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By the end of this lesson, Students will be able to understand what exactly is a Mainframe and when Mainframe Computers are used
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to understand the types of organizations which uses Mainframe. Students will also understand why these companies uses Mainframe.
By the end of this lesson, students will understand the process background idea on how to connect to Mainframe from our local operating system.
By the end of this section, students will be able to connect to the older version of Mainframe computer which is MVS 3.8J
By the End of this lesson, students will be able to log on to a modern mainframe server using a proper IP address other than localhost. Sometimes, students might rent Mainframe server access and this lesson shows them on how to connect to that IP address.
Log in with your user ID and password at the ready prompt, then type ISPF to enter the ISPF panel; log off to exit when finished.
This section provides a detailed overview to mainframe professionals about various operating systems that can be used in mainframe
Thia section explains about various programming language that can be used to interact with mainframe.They vary from c,c++, Java, pli, Cobol, assemblers and so on
TSO is called as Time sharing option and ISPF is called as Interactive System Productivity Facility.
Sequence of steps to perform a set of tasks is called a job. In mainframe, job is performed by JCL which is Job control language.once a jcl is run, the result of the job can be seen in spool(simultaneous peripheral operations online)
Master ISPF basics: rename screens with SCRNAME, open utilities, list datasets starting with MATEKS.*, and view, browse, or edit files using V, B, E, and F7/F8 navigation.
Explore how to use the refresh list, or RDF list, in TSO/ISPF to view the current and personal dataset lists, and recall the last 30 accessed datasets with F8.
Option 15 teaches the extended searchfor utility in the TSO/ISPF search facility, showing how to search datasets like mateks for single or multiword strings using the utility selection panel.
Learn to organize ISPF spool columns by moving items with A/B, adjust column widths, and back up job details to files using explicit entries and print options.
Allocate datasets with space, tracks, 80-byte record length, and fixed block format to create ps and pds with catalog entries. Browse and edit datasets; copy, cut, and paste records.
Master the ISPF Exclude command to hide lines by matching strings, learn practical examples with sysout, case sensitivity for capital and lowercase letters, and how to reset the view.
This section explains how we can find a set of strings and can be replaced by some other strings also. The strings can be any stings like words, characters, null value and so on.
Learn to repeat commands at the command line by using an ampersand to preserve the command, replace text with find and change, and clear the line with end or delete.
Use the keys F7/F8/TOP/BOTTOM/F10/F11 effectively. You can give a number followed by the key to perform the operation as well. Want to see how, please refer the video
Various ways of implementing the CREATE command is shown here.
Use CREATE command to resolve the space issue. We can also use CUT/PASTE to resolve it based on your personal choice. While my personal choice is always to compress a dataset to resolve the space issue. We will cover that in next section
To compress a PDS - Give 'Z' in front of the PDS
SCROLLING OPTIONS
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CSR - Based on current cursor position. The line or column indicated by the cursor is moved to the top, bottom, left margin, or right margin of the screen, depending upon which scrolling command is used.
PAGE- scrolling based on one full page. One page is full login screen which is available to the user. Functional keys are not part of the page
DATA- Scroling based on One line less than page
HALF- Scrolling half of page. If we have 15 lines on a page and the scrolling option is set to 'HALF', once you press F8, 8th Line will be at the top. so it is upper interger number of the half value. In this case, it is 15/2 = 7.5. The upper integer value is 8 for this.
When you are browsing Internet, we have an option called autofill or autocomplete which means if you just type 'goo', automatically it will show 'Google.com'. If you type 'face', the browser shows 'facebook' and so on. so when we enter few letters in the address bar and the browser auto completes it with the closest guess. We have the similar option on Mainframe as well. Just type 'KEYS' and set any unused key or the key of your preference as 'AUTOTYPE'. Save and exit.
I added a list of TSO commands. It includes few commands which we already discussed and few are added later.
Learn how to locate a PDS member by name using the member command, even with thousands of files, by searching across PDSs with wildcard matrix.*.
By the end of this article, students will understand that Z/OS has a copyright of IBM and the next lesson is for those students who have ZOS in their office or they purchased it somehow(though it is very rare due to its high cost).
In this section, students will be able to connect to Mainframe server from PC using Hercules emulator.
Explore how COBOL uses level numbers to structure data, with 01 groups, 05 entries, and 66/77 clauses, featuring ws-display, picture clauses, and conditional department values.
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The Course assumes no prior knowledge of Mainframes and teaches you from absolute beginners.
Most of my students personally message me about their success with this Course. One of my students even surprised me by saying - After taking up this Course, I knew even more TSO/ISPF command than my seniors.
Once you Enroll for this Course, you get lifetime access to this course and you will get all the future updates. you also get a Certification of Completion once you complete the Course.
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If you have some prior knowledge of Mainframes or if you are a complete fresher, you are at the right place. The Course teaches you to complete TSO/ISPF right from Scratch to an Advanced level. The course goes one level up and provides a basic introduction to COBOL, JCL, VSAM, and DB2
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Well, the course has everything you need to master TSO/ISPF commands. If you want to build a career in Mainframe, TSO/ISPF is a 'MUST HAVE' skill and this is the starting point of Mainframe. The Course gives you a path to learn COBOL, JCL, VSAM, and DB2 as well.
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This course comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee. I am sure that this is the best course on TSO/ISPF and you can compare the content which is provided in this course against any TSO/ISPF Course I guarantee you that you will not get such good structured content anywhere. Still, if you are not completely satisfied with the course, please let us know and we will provide a refund without asking any questions.
What if you are stuck?
I personally answer all the questions which are asked here. If you are stuck anywhere, ask a question or you can message me directly and I will answer all your doubts.
Are you getting updated content?
Yes, I keep updating the content always to make sure, I provide all the information to my students.
Once you enroll for this course-
1) Learn how to connect to the Mainframe
2) Learn more than 100 TSO/ISPF commands with real-time examples.
3) Course empowers students to learn COBOL and JCL as well.
4) Basic COBOL, JCL, VSAM, and DB2 training is provided as a supplementary topics to all my students.
5) Students will be able to perform TSO/ISPF operations by creating a COBOL and JCL.
6) Create a strong knowledge base on TSO/ISPF and apply it to your project.
7) Think about when you need to apply a particular TSO/ISPF command.
8) Practice all major Line commands in a PDS or PS
9) Create a PS and PDS file.
10) Build your own set of keys
11) You will be able to perform most of the TSO/ISPF operations inside a file
12) Save at least 20% of the daily time which you consume to perform TSO/ISPF operations.
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To understand the complete Mainframe, a professional must have TSO/ISPF skills on the Mainframe server