Course Overview:

Broadcom has delivered an exciting new ZOWE plugin in the realm of Db2 DevOps. The plugin provides a set of CLI commands for DB2 schema management as well as DB2 (test) data provisioning. The CLI will be a powerful tool to enable a developer to provision the Db2 environment needed to test an application. The commands can also be easily integrated in a Jenkins pipeline.

In this workshop, you will have the opportunity for an instructor led hands on experience with the ZOWE DBM-DB2 plugin. You will learn how to set up the needed profile and how to use the available parameters. You will implement one of the most common use cases, provision a test schema with data and implement a schema change.

Course Overview:

Software deployment involves many steps and stages and can be slow and prone to errors when these steps are performed manually. Endevor is an integrated set of management tools that can be used to automate, control, and monitor the mainframe software development lifecycle. With the ability to support unique development lifecycles, Endevor provides automated and comprehensive change and configuration management.

In this course, you will examine how Endevor manages the software change, plan the software development lifecycle by defining the different stages in the development process, and configure Endevor to manage the software development lifecycle process defined effectively. Attending this course gives you the knowledge and skills needed to help your organization successfully plan, implement, and maintain Endevor as a software change management tool.

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Course Overview:

Build the knowledge and skills you need to use CA Workload Automation CA 7 Edition to implement workloads and control batch production processing.

In this course, you will learn how to create, monitor, and control work from the CA Workload Automation CA 7 Edition Web Client and 3270 interfaces. The screenshots, quizzes, and hands-on exercises will give you practical experience defining jobs, schedules and requirements, and monitoring, controlling, and forecasting workloads.

This course is designed to provide Operations and Production Control staff with a basic understanding of the components of CA Workload Automation CA 7 Edition and how to use this CA solution for the day-to-day management of batch workloads. This is an ideal starting point for people coming into Operations and Production Control with no previous CA Workload Automation CA 7 Edition experience.

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Course Overview:

ACF2 for z/OS provides innovative and comprehensive security for various business transaction environments that enable you to fully realize the reliability, scalability, and cost effectiveness of the mainframe. This course will show you how CA ACF2 provides protection by default.

You will also learn about the control databases and how they can be used to write, compile, decompile, and test CA ACF2 Access Rules for data sets.  This course focuses on the concepts and features of CA ACF2 that provide default protection for your mainframe operating systems. The material covered in this course will be reinforced through case studies and hands-on lab exercises.