Large Systems Overview

Outline

1. Contents
2. Description
3. Audience
4. Prerequisites
5. Topics Include
6. Duration
7. Minimum Requirements
8. Media

Description

Explains and demystifies the world of large IBM and compatible computer systems. Expands the more common acronymns and explains the concepts to which they refer.

Audience

Management, End Users, Programmers and Analysts, unfamiliar with large systems.

Prerequisites

None.

Topics Include

Introduction Computer Manufacturers Goals; Current Market Trends; Hardware Basic Components of S/390 and Their Functions; Triadic, Dyadic and Uniprocessors; Coupled, Partitioned Configurations; Logical Input/Output Units; Logical CommunicationsUnits; The Operating System MVS Operating System; Role of JES, JCL and BCP; VM, CP and CMS; Processing Timesharing and Transaction Processing; TSO and ISPF; CICS and IMS/DC; Batch vs. OnLine Processing; Data Management Dataset Types; VSAM Files; ICF Catalog; System-Managed Storage; The Database Database Concepts; Major Database Vendors, Products; DB2 Database; IMS Database; Communications Components of a Communications Network; Systems Network Architecture (SNA); Distributed Processing; Systems Applications Architecture (SAA); Local Area Networks (LANs);

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