IBM AS400 ADMINISTRATION

15 Days Training Duration / Virtual Instructor-Led

COURSE DESCRIPTION

DAY 1

Introduction to IBM I (AS/400)

• Overview of Application System/400

• IBM i (AS/400) Version & Release

• IBM i (AS/400) Connectivity

Integrated Architecture

Single Level Store

System Values

• Describe the IBM i (AS/400) command structure and naming

Control Language Programming

• Introduction to Control Language

• Command Names

•  Command Parameters

• The IBM i (AS/400) User Interfaces

DAY 2

Object Management Concepts

IBM i(AS/400) Object

Object Types

Library

IBM Libraries

Library List

Finding an object

• Working with Message Queues

• The QSYSOPR Message Queue Handling Error Messages

• Sending Messages

DAY 3

IBM I (AS/400) Work Management

• Subsystems and Subsystem Descriptions

Job Description

• Job Queues

• Output Queues

Interactive/Batch Jobs

Printer and Outq Defaults

Work Management Summary

System Request Menu

Alternate Job

DAY 4

Security Concepts

Layers of Security

Security Levels

Security related System Values

Security Components

System Authority

Special Authority

Specific Authority

DAY 5

User Profiles

Creating User Profiles

System Values used when creating User Profiles

Changing/modifying the user profiles

Deleting the user profiles

Displaying User Profiles

User Profile Commands

Password Rules – System Values

DAY 6

Sign on Processing

Object Ownership

Granting Authority for an object

Revoking Authority

Modifying the Authority

Authority related commands

Private Authority

Public Authority

Public Authority at Creation of object

DAY 7

Group profiles

Group profile Implementation

Object Ownership

Flow of Authority from Group profile to members

Advantages of Group profiles

Authorization Lists

Advantages of Authorization Lists

Limitations

Authorization List Commands

Authorization List Vs Group Profile

Adopted Authority

Ignoring Adopted Authority

Authorization Flow

DAY 8

Security Auditing

Audit Journal

Audit Journal Setup

Auditing System Values

Audit Journal Entries

Security Planning

Physical Security

User profile

Implementing Resource Security

DAY 9 & 10

IBM i Availability Management Overview

Potential Failures

Types of Failures

IBM i Recovery Features

Backup and Recovery Management

Using Save/Restore Commands

• Full Backup

• Incremental backup

• Cumulative backup

• Different backup plan

• Backing up and restoring object

Media used with Backup

Operational Assist Menu

Restore Menu

Complete System Restore

Restoring Libraries

Restoring Objects

DAY 11

Backup and Recovery Management

Using Journal Management

Implementing Journaling

Journaling related commands

Saving the files

journal considerations

Displaying Journal entries

Recovery using journal management

Forward Recovery

Backout Recovery

Recovery After abnormal end

Journal Management Limitations

DAY 12

Commitment Control Overview

Commitment control considerations

Complex transactions

Use of Commitment control

Journal Entries

Rollback journal entries

Commitment cycle

Notify Object

Commitment control implementation

DAY 13

• BRMS Overview

• Policies(Backup Policy, Media Policy)

• Control Groups

• BRMS commands

• BRMS Maintenance

DAY 14

Disk Management

Auxiliary Storage Pools

System ASP

Scattered Data on the Disk

Need for User ASP for object isolation

Using a User ASP with Journaling

Displaying Objects in user ASP

Creating User ASPs

DAY 15

Backup and Recovery Planning

Recovery Considerations

Potential Data Loss

Recovery from Site Failure

Recovery from Power Failure

Recovery from Disk Failure

Recovery from non-Disk failure

Backup and Recovery Considerations