Sourabh, Good to see you have numerous responses from the group, Also astonished to know there are a couple online sessions available as well which i never knew, You may opt for any of them :-)
Sorry, I cannot call myself a sysplex expert because unfortunately i never had a chance to build a parallel sysplex from the scratch, Though i had abundant opportunities to work on various Sysplex Operations so far for which i had used manuals ex: MVS Setting up sysplex and other red books, IBM Links(CFSizer etc) and couple of documents which i have, Thanks and Good luck on your finding online courses, Hope you end up finding one and exploit them, Cheers! Regards, On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 10:26 AM, Timothy Sipples < [email protected]> wrote: > I'm not surprised that IBM India is at least hesitant. There's a rather > vibrant network of z/OS training institutes in India from what I > understand. I can imagine that IBM wants to encourage that sector to grow > and to thrive, so it would steer prospective students to that network of > institutes. > > Just guessing: it might depend on how you ask the question. I could easily > imagine someone answering the phone (or e-mail), looking at their list of > z/OS software products, and saying, "No, we don't have 'Parallel Sysplex' > listed. Sorry." You might have to be very precise in your question and > point out that Parallel Sysplex is an integral feature of z/OS and of the > zEnterprise systems. It's included at no additional charge. > > Now, it is possible the institutes might need or at least want to get an > Internal Coupling Facility (ICF) engine to facilitate such a class. But > that's not necessarily required either. It's perfectly OK to create a > Coupling Facility Control Code (CFCC) LPAR on a general purpose engine. And > that approach may make perfect sense in the context of a training institute > that's running different classes -- the institute may not need a full time > ICF. > > One thing you might try is to request to speak with the institute's chief > z/OS instructor and discuss with him/her personally what you're looking > for. It's possible the institute doesn't offer a standard class, but you > might strike an arrangement where you can practice Parallel Sysplex > procedures on their training system using the widely available > documentation, redbooks, etc. Who knows -- maybe you'll get a job as a new > instructor. :-) > > Upon further research, I've found a couple online options for Parallel > Sysplex training. One is IBM's course code ES732 entitled "Parallel Sysplex > Operations": > > > http://www-304.ibm.com/jct03001c/services/learning/ites.wss/us/en?pageType=course_description&courseCode=ES732 > > Click on "View Schedule and Enroll." This course is scheduled for October, > 2012, in New York. However, you can also "attend" over the Internet in the > "Live Virtual Classroom." It's a three day class held from 9 to 5 p.m. New > York time, so you might have to stay up a little late. You'll need a > reasonable Internet connection to "attend." > > Here's another company's Parallel Sysplex course that claims to have a > "virtual classroom" version as well: > > > http://www.protechtraining.com/z-os-parallel-sysplex-concepts-for-system-programmers-pt3459 > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Timothy Sipples > Resident Enterprise Architect (Based in Singapore) > E-Mail: [email protected] > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
