Data Facility Storage Management

Course Overview

This course provides the skills required to plan and implement DFSMS (Data Facility Storage Management Subsystem). In the hands-on labs, students will create constructs as well as coding ACS routines.

Audience

People Responsible for developing and implementing effective storage management techniques.

Skills Gained

• Establish a DFSMS configuration to automatically enforce your installation's storage management policies
• Convert service level requirements into appropriate parameters for data class, storage class, management class, and storage groups
• Create and test automatic class selection (ACS) routines
• Convert volumes and move data to system-managed volumes with data facility data set services (DFSMSdss)
• Specify appropriate management class and storage group parameters for DFSMShsm processing of system-managed data sets
• Establish procedures to control, manage, and recover the storage management subsystem with ISMF and operator commands
• Develop a DFSMS implementation plan

Prerequisites

Before taking this course, you should take Introduction to Data Storage Subsystems (SS05GB) and Storage Management Fundamentals (SS06GB).

Course Outline

• DFSMS overview

• Activating SMS
• Managing Temporary Data Sets
• Managing Permanent Data Sets
• Device Preparation and Data Movement
• Tape To DASD
• Controlling DFSMS
• Additional Considerations