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Course Overview
This introductory course enables a new system operator to develop basic to intermediate level skills needed for day-to-day operations of the Power System with IBM i. Focus is given to using the GUI (IBM i Access Client Solutions and IBM Navigator for i) as well as 5250 emulation sessions to perform tasks including job control, monitoring, sending messages, managing systems devices, and more. Hands-on exercises reinforce the lecture topics and prepare the student to successfully operate a Power System with IBM i.
Who Should Attend
This course is intended for the person who has responsibility for daily system operations.
It is not intended for technical audiences who are seeking an in-depth look at how the Power System with IBM i works. This audience should instead attend the IBM i Technical Introduction (OL4AG).
Course Objectives
- 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
Course Outline
1 - Day 1
- Unit 1: Power Systems and IBM i concepts and overview
- Unit 2: Reference material and support
- Unit 3: Overview of IBM i Access Client Solutions
- Exercise 1: Using the keyboard and system displays
- Unit 4: Overview of 5250 emulation and help
- Exercise 2: Overview of IBM i Access Client Solutions
- Unit 5: Overview of IBM Navigator for i
- Exercise 3: Overview of IBM Navigator for i
- Unit 6: Messaging concepts
- Unit 7: Messaging with 5250 emulation
- Exercise 4: Messages with 5250 emulation
- Unit 8: Messaging with IBM Navigator for i
- Exercise 5: Messaging with IBM Navigator for i
- Unit 9: CL command concepts
- Unit 10: CL commands with 5250 emulation
- Unit 11: Concepts: Object, library, and the IFS
2 - Day 2
- Unit 12: Object management with 5250 emulation
- Exercise 6: Object management with 5250 emulation
- Unit 13: Object management with IBM Navigator for i
- Exercise 7: Object management with IBM Navigator for i
- Unit 14: Introduction to work management
- Unit 15: Work management with 5250 emulation
- Exercise 8: Work management with 5250 emulation
- Exercise 9: Work management with IBM Navigator for i (Optional)
- Unit 16: Job control with 5250 emulation
- Exercise 10: Job control with 5250 emulation
- Unit 17: Job control with IBM Navigator for i
- Exercise 11: Job control with IBM Navigator for i (Optional)
- Unit 18: Print concepts
- Unit 19: Print control with 5250 emulation
- Exercise 12: Print control with 5250 emulation
- Unit 20: IBM i Access Client Solutions printer output
- Exercise 13: Print with IBM i Access Client Solutions
- Unit 21: Print control with IBM Navigator for i
- Exercise 14: Print control with IBM Navigator for i (Optional)
3 - Day 3
- Exercise 15 Creating your own subsystem description
- Exercise 16 Special work management functions
- Unit 22: Starting and stopping the system
- Exercise 17: System values with 5250 emulation
- Exercise 18: System values with IBM Navigator for i (Optional)
- Unit 23: System security concepts
- Unit 24: System security with 5250 emulation
- Exercise 19: System security with 5250 emulation
- Unit 25: System security with IBM Navigator for i
- Exercise 20: System security with IBM Navigator for i (Optional)
- Unit 26: System configuration overview
- Unit 27: Configuration with 5250 emulation
- Exercise 21: Managing your system configuration
- Unit 28: Configuration with IBM Navigator for i
- Unit 29: Control language programming
- Exercise 22: Write a basic CL program
4 - Day 4
- Unit 30: IBM DB2 for i introduction
- Unit 31: Save concepts
- Unit 32: Save with 5250 emulation
- Exercise 23: Save with 5250 emulation
- Unit 33: Save with IBM Navigator for i
- Unit 34: Restore concepts and overview
- Exercise 24: Restore with 5250 emulation
- Unit 35: Problem determination with 5250 emulation
- Exercise 25: Problem determination
- Unit 36: Overview of the PTF process
- Unit 37: PTFs with 5250 emulation
- Unit 38: Storage management
- Unit 39: Introduction to system tuning
- Unit 40: Class summary