IBM i Administration & Operation

This course goes from introduction to advanced on IBM i Administration and Operation and combines the following 2 courses into a one week course:
System Operator for IBM i
Advanced System Operator Workshop for IBM i

• Use the online help and references
• Send, display, and reply to messages
• Monitor and control jobs, devices, and job and output queues
• Start and stop the system
• Create and change user profiles
• Use authorization lists and group profiles
• Manage system configuration  --> this could be the replacement for Manage system devices, user display stations, and printers
• Save and restore objects, libraries, and the system
• Monitor job and history logs
• Diagnose a system problem
• Order, receive, and apply PTFs
• Perform all of these functions using a 5250 emulation session as well as IBM i Access Client Solutions and IBM Navigator for i
• Explain the concept of how LPAR works
• Explain the functions served by the HMC
• Explain how user versus resource security are implemented
• Explain the difference between group profiles and authorization lists
• Describe how adopted authority works
• Describe how work is managed on the system and the concepts of the performance tuning process on the system
• Explain how Management Central can be used to manage a single system or a network of System i servers
• Perform the steps to create a basic CL program using both the traditional (PDM and SEU) and the newer GUI (RSE and LPEX) application development tools
• Perform the steps to create a menu using SDA
• Provide some tips on how you can improve your operations

• Power Systems and IBM i concepts and overview
• Reference material and support
• Overview of IBM i Access Client Solutions
• Overview of 5250 emulation and help
• Overview of IBM Navigator for i
• Messaging concepts
• Messaging with 5250 emulation
• Messaging with IBM Navigator for i
• CL command concepts
• CL commands with 5250 emulation
• Concepts: Object, library, and the IFS
• Object management with 5250 emulation
• Object management with IBM Navigator for i
• Introduction to work management
• Work management with 5250 emulation
• Job control with 5250 emulation
• Job control with IBM Navigator for i
• Print concepts
• Print control with 5250 emulation
• IBM i Access Client Solutions printer output
• Print control with IBM Navigator for i
• Starting and stopping the system
• System security concepts
• System security with 5250 emulation
• System security with IBM Navigator for i
• System configuration overview
• Configuration with 5250 emulation
• Configuration with IBM Navigator for i
• Control language programming
• IBM DB2 for i introduction
• Save concepts
• Save with 5250 emulation
• Save with IBM Navigator for i
• Restore concepts and overview
• Problem determination with 5250 emulation
• Overview of the PTF process
• PTFs with 5250 emulation
• Storage management
• Introduction to system tuning
• LPAR concepts and overview
• Console options and HMC overview
• IASP concepts and overview
• Security concepts and overview
• System values
• User security (user and group profiles)
• Resource security
• Authorization lists and adopted authority
• Management Central overview
• Commands and tasks using Management Central
• Inventory using Management Central
• System values using Management Central
• Other Management Central functions
• Work management: Concepts and overview
• Work management: Subsystem concepts and overview
• Work management: Job processing concepts and interactive jobs
• Work management: Job processing concepts of other job types
• Work management: Submitting and tracking of batch jobs
• Programming concepts
• CL programming concepts
• Using PDM and SEU to create a CL program
• Starting and setting up RSE
• Creating a CL program using RSE and LPEX Editor
• Creating a menu using SDA
• Tips for improved operation