1. Storage Tape/DASD Hardwares.(Capacity /Models/Vendors)
2. Different types of datasets.
3. Space allocation understandings.
4. Initializing/Reformat DASD volumesStorage Tape/DASD Hardwares.(Capacity /Models/Vendors)
5. Different types of datasets.
6. Space allocation understandings.

Initializing/Reformat DASD volumes

Planning for an integrated mainframe storage management implementation
Implementing DFSMS:
SMS Solution Areas
• Space Management
• Performance Management
• Availability Management
• SMS Automatic Class Selection
SMS Constructs
+D94
• Data Class
• Storage Class
• Management Class
• Storage Group
POOL Storage Group
DUMMY Storage Group
VIO Storage Group
• Automatic Class Selection (ACS) Routines
Execution Sequence
Support and Management with ISMF
Considerations for SMS
• SMS Supported Data Sets
• JCL Considerations
Parameter Changes
VSAM definition in JCL
Temporary VSAM
TSO/ISPF Changes
The SMS Environment
• An SMS Complex
• The Control Data sets
• SYS1.PARMLIB Members
• Planning and Preparation
SMS Implementation
Preparing the System
• Creating the SMS Control Data Sets
• Parmlib Members
• IGDDFPKG
• IEFSSNx
Changing ISMF Status
Creating the Constructs
• Base Configuration
System Defaults
SMS Use of Cache Structures
• Cache Structure Names
Systems and System Groups
• Data Class
• Storage Class
Millisecond Response Time and Data Set Allocation
• Management Class
Management Class Usage
Creating Storage Groups
• DASD
Defining the Storage Group
Storage Group Status
Adding Volumes
• VIO
• DUMMY
Other ISMF Operations
• LIST
• ISMF Line operators
COPY
LISTSYS
LISTVOL
SETCACHE
CONVERTV
COPY or DUMP
INITIALIZE
Automatic Class Selection
• Changes to the Allocation Process
• Flow of Control in A
ACS Routine Creation
• Coding

• Variables
Read-Write Variables
Read-Only Variables
• Literals
• Numerics
• Masks
Simple Masks
Data Set Masks
• Comparison Operators
• Statements

PROC, END, SET, IF, DO, EXIT, SELECT, FILTLIST, WRITE
Practical Statement Examples
Completing the ACS Routines
• Translation
• Validation
• Testing the ACS Routines
• ACS Object Information
• Deleting an ACS Object
ACS Exits

Manually for the First Time
Validating the Entire SCDS
• Activating the Configuration
Automatically Changing Configuration
• Considerations
Controlling SMS
SET SMS
• Examples
VARY SMS
Displaying SMS Information
• DISPLAY SMS
• Major Parameters
D SMS,ACTIVE/A
D SMS,CACHE
• DEVSERV SMS

Manually for the First Time
Validating the Entire SCDS
• Activating the Configuration
Automatically Changing Configuration
• Considerations
Controlling SMS
SET SMS
• Examples
VARY SMS
Displaying SMS Information
• DISPLAY SMS
• Major Parameters
D SMS,ACTIVE/A
D SMS,CACHE
• DEVSERV SMS

1. DFSMShsm major functions
2. Space management
3. Availability management
4. DFSMShsm Environment Overview
5. The HSM address space
6. DFSMShsm control dataset o/view
7. DFSMShsm parameters overview
8. DFSMShsm command overview
9. Space Management
10. Primary Space Management
11. Scondary Space Management
12. Interval Space Management
13. The RECALL Process
14. Availability Management
15. Data Set Backup
16. Volume Dumping
17. Data Set Recovery
18. Volume Recovery
19. DFSMShsm Recovery
20. CDS Loss/Failure

1. ICF Catalog introduction.
2. Catalog Structure.
3. Defining ,Maintaining and deleting catalogs.
4. Backup and recovery of ICF catalogs
5. Overview of catalog address space.

1. Detailed study about RMM & RMM parmlibs, RMM Utilities
2. Detailed study about CA1-Parmlibs and CA1 Utilities

1. DASD and Tape replication set ups overview.
2. Monitoring the replication sessions and understanding the events and logs.
3. SNAP/recovery functions.
4. GUI based Hardware montoring and understanding the events and logs.

1. Perform the space management activities such as VTOC resizing,
2. Compress/Reclaim/Release/Cleanups.
3. DASD and Tape reportings.(Dcollect,Rmm),ISPF panel interpretation process