z/OS System Services Structure

The primary audience for this intermediate course are z/OS system programmers who are new to z/OS installation, customization, measurement and tuning, or problem determination. Subsystem programmers will also benefit from this class.

You should be able to: Describe the following z/OS BCP (MVS) characteristics: multiprocessing multiprogramming virtual storage and paging and multiple address space/data space architecture Explain how paging and swapping are accomplished through the interaction of real/central, expanded, auxiliary, and virtual storage in a z/OS system Explain the role of the dispatcher, interrupts, SVCs, the program manager, and serialization in managing work in a z/OS system State the role of z/OS software and hardware components in handling an I/O request for data on a direct access storage device These...