Who should attend
This intermediate course is primarily intended for system administrators and system analysts who are responsible for defining the automation policy that is used by System Automation for z/OS.
Prerequisites
Before taking this course, you should have attended the following courses or have equivalent skills:•SM917 - IBM System Automation for z/OS 4.1 Architecture•SM927 - IBM System Automation for z/OS 4.1 Operations
You should have the following skills:•Good knowledge of System Automation for z/OS architecture and concepts•Basic knowledge of System Automation for z/OS operations•Basic z/OS operations skills and started task concepts•Basic NetView skills•Basic ISPF use•JCL coding and z/OS data set allocation Recommended NetView courses before this course are:•TZ203 - IBM Tivoli NetView for z/OS 6.1 Fundamentals•TZ213 - IBM Tivoli NetView for z/OS 6.1 Automation
Course Content
In this course, you learn how to define automation policy for IBM System Automation for z/OS® (SA z/OS).You learn how to create policy definitions for systems, applications, application groups, and monitor resources. This is delivered in an environment with multiple opportunities for hands-on lab exercises. You define automation policy for several environments: single system and multiple system within a basic sysplex. The System Automation for z/OS automation manager and automation agent run in a z/OS 2.2 environment. The automation platform, Tivoli® NetView for z/OS is at version 6 release 2.