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BMC Mainframe: Parallel Sysplex Internals & Fundamentals

The course is developed and delivered by © RSM Technology.

This three-day course examines the fundamental mechanics of IBM's parallel sysplex architecture at a detailed technical level. It will provide attendees with a full and comprehensive understanding of today's sysplex, an environment that can provide continuous availability for a huge variety of workloads. The course describes in considerable detail the three sets of services involved.

This vital course should be considered the technical 'foundation stone' for all involved with a sysplex at a technical level.

Major release:

BMC Mainframe Infrastructure Platform Training

Good for:

Developers

Course Delivery:

Instructor-Led Training (ILT) | 24 hours

Course Modules

  • Introduction to the Parallel Sysplex
    • What is a parallel sysplex?
    • XCF, the Cross-systems Coupling Facility
    • Multisystem environments
    • It's not just signalling!
    • But what about data sharing?
    • The Coupling Facility
    • Coupling Facility data - Structures
    • Data sharing services
    • OK, so WHY parallel sysplex?
    • How big!?!
    • A single image environment
    • A sysplex is just a bigger multiprocessor!
    • Dispatching work
    • Recovery and expendability
    • Continuous availability
    • Why the fuss about continuous availability?
  • XCF Services
    • Managing the sysplex
    • Member status and attributes
    • Joining a group
    • Interrogating XCF
    • Sending and receiving messages
    • Advanced message services
    • Large messages
    • User Status tracking
    • Group Status tracking
    • Leaving a group
    • Abend handling
    • ARM concepts, policies and exit routines
    • Sample Application
    • JESXCF
    • JESXCF services
  • Data Sharing
    • CF data sharing
    • Coupling Facility data structures
    • CF sharing mechanics
    • Products supporting data sharing
    • XES services
    • Application protocols
  • Connection Services
    • Connection services overview
    • Permissions to use a structure
    • Allocation of structures
    • First connection
    • Allocation parms
    • Connection failures
    • LISTEN exit
    • Connection States
    • Connection & structure persistence
    • Structure rebuilds
    • Structure Alter and Disposition
    • Disconnecting from a structure
    • CF management services
  • Cache Services
    • Elements of a cache system
    • Elements of a cache structure
    • Allocation parameters
    • Event suppression
    • Managing the local cache buffers
    • Local Cache Vector
    • Casting out data
    • Cast-out Classes, Storage Classes, Reclaims and Reclaim Vectors
    • Cache Types
    • Synchronous and asynchronous services
    • Physical CF access processing
    • Changed CF requests
  • Lock Services
    • Elements of a Lock Structure
    • Allocation parameters
    • Requesting a Lock
    • Resource Request Queue states
    • Contention & false contention
    • Handling contention
    • Exit processing
    • Recovery Management
    • Services and synchronization
  • List Services
    • Elements of a List Structure
    • List Controls and List Entry Controls
    • Allocation parameters
    • Referencing list entries
    • Serialised lists and lock processing
    • LOCKCOMP processing
    • Synchronous and asynchronous processing
    • Handling lock contention
    • List transition monitoring
    • Sublists and monitoring
    • Event queues and event monitoring
    • List services extensions
    • Secondary keys
    • IXLLSTE, IXLLSTM and IXLLSTC
    • JES checkpoint
  • Workload Manager Services
    • The continuous availability environment - a review so far
    • WLM's role in the sysplex
    • WLM service definition
    • Setting goals
    • Work-unit types
    • Classifying work
    • WLM Work Manager services
    • Execution Delay Monitoring Services
    • CICS and CICSplex SM
    • Enclaves and the enclave services
    • Enclave vs address space level work
    • SWUQ
    • Enclaves and preemptable SRBs
    • Independent enclaves
    • Dependent enclaves
    • Multisystem enclaves
    • Application Environments
    • AE - the Queuing Manager Model
    • AE - the Routing Manager Model
    • Defining Application Environments
    • DB2 and the Distributed Data Facility
    • Sysplex Routing Services
    • DDF Workload balancing
    • UNIX System Services fork support
    • VTAM generic resources
    • Scheduling environments
    • WLM-managed Initiators