z/OS VSAM and Access Method Services

VSAM specialists ­take charge of VSAM data sets with the IDCAMS utility. Practical course builds on prior knowledge of JCL and OS/390 Concepts

This course is suitable for Storage Administrators, Data Base Administrators, Systems Analysts, Operations Analysts, Application Programmers, and Systems Programmers.

After completing this course, you should be able to:

• Interpret and code the Access Method Services (IDCAMS) commands to:
• Define and load VSAM clusters
• Define and load alternate indices
• List catalog entries
• Alter catalog entries
• Delete catalog entries
• Print data sets
• Calculate the DASD space requirements for VSAM clusters
• Code the JCL for use with Access Method Services (IDCAMS) and application programs which process VSAM clusters
• Use IDCAMS and JCL options to improve the performance of a given VSAM jobstream
• Reorganise, backup, and recover VSAM and non-VSAM data sets
• Interpret an Access Method Services listing of an ICF catalog
• Select and use the appropriate documentation to utilise VSAM and IDCAMS