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Basics of z/OS RACF Administration

  • Course Code ES19G
  • Duration 5 days

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Public Classroom Price

£2,975.00

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Course Delivery

This course is available in the following formats:

  • Company Event

    Event at company

  • Public Classroom

    Traditional Classroom Learning

  • Virtual Learning

    Learning that is virtual

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Course Overview

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This course begins with an introduction to the z/OS environment, TSO and ISPF/PDF, batch processing, and z/OS data sets. Hands-on labs allow you to gain experience with viewing and allocating data sets, submitting a batch job, and viewing job output. After the introduction to z/OS, you will then learn, through lecture and lab exercises, how to use basic RACF command parameters and/or panels to define users and groups, protect general resources, z/OS data sets, and choose a basic set of RACF options.

Course Schedule

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    • Delivery Format: Virtual Learning
    • Date: 23-27 September, 2024
    • Location: Virtual

    £2,975.00

    • Delivery Format: Virtual Learning
    • Date: 02-06 December, 2024
    • Location: Virtual

    £2,975.00

Target Audience

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  • People who are new to z/OS and the RACF and responsible for security administration using the RACF element of the z/OS Security Server.
  • Students who need to implement some of the more advanced features of the RACF may want to attend one or more of the following courses:
    • Effective RACF Administration (BE87) or (H3927)
    • Implementing RACF Security for CICS (ES84) or (ES840)
    • Exploiting the Advanced Features of RACF (ES88) or (ES88A)

Course Objectives

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  • List and describe the basic features and concepts of zSeries architecture and of the z/OS operating system as they relate to security administration
  • Describe the allocation process for data sets in the z/OS environment
  • Identify the security requirements of a system
  • Use the basic facilities and features of RACF
  • Define users to RACF
  • Set up an RACF group structure
  • Use RACF to protect resources
  • Select a base set of options to tailor RACF

Course Content

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  • Review of z/Architecture, and z/O
  • An introduction to TSO/E and ISPF/PDF
  • An introduction to z/OS data sets
  • Batch processing
  • Security and RACF overview
  • Administering groups and users
  • Protecting z/OS data sets
  • Introduction to general resources
  • RACF options
  • Other administrative features and facilities

Course Prerequisites

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You should have:

  • little familiarity with the facilities of the z/OS system.

The first day of the course presents the background material needed to proceed.

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