JES2 Facilities and Operations
Mainframe Training Overview
This course provides the fundamentals of JES2 to Operators. It is intended to provide the student with the understanding to control and administer the JES2 subsystem in the z/OS environment.
Operations personnel and I/T professionals that need an understanding of JES2 operation and control.
z/OS Overview
Instructor led, hands-on workshops
3 days
Workstations are needed for this session. Note: The commands section is a hands-on lab to explore and use JES2 commands. If possible a secondary JES2 subsystem can be set up (with instructor assistance) so that JES2 recovery procedures can be used without impacting a "live" JES2 subsystem.
Mainframe Training Audience
Mainframe Training Prerequisites
Delivery method
Mainframe Training Course duration
Mainframe Training Course outline
I. Introduction to JES2 Concepts
A. Introduction to JES2 Checkpoint and Spool Operations
II. SDSF
B. Examination of JES2 Job execution phases
C. JES2 and Workload Manager (WLM)
D. Overview of JES2 facilities
A. Introduction to SDSF screens
III. JES2 Operation
B. SDSF commands
C. SDSF screen arrangement
A. JES2 Commands
IV. JES2 Spool and Checkpoint Processing
B. Starting/stopping JES2
C. Controlling JES2 processes
A. SPOOL commands
V. JES2 Network Job Entry (NJE) and Remote Job Entry (RJE)
B. Checkpoint commands and processing
C. Checkpoint Reconfiguration Dialogue
A. JES2/VTAM operations
VI. JES2 Monitor
B. Network Job Entry configuration and commands
C. Remote Job entry configuration
A. Introduction to the JES2 monitor and commands
