Description
Delivery:Online, classroom or onsite
Duration:5 days (40 hours)
Platform:Db2 for z/OS
Who it is for:Systems programmers and administrators responsible for the Db2 subsystem rather than the data.
Recommended background:z/OS skills and basic Db2 knowledge at CV021G level.
Who this course fits
- Systems programmers answerable for the Db2 subsystem rather than the tables.
- Teams about to build or review a data sharing group.
- Anyone who has to touch DSNZPARM and wants to know what each parameter moves.
Course content
- Basic architecture and the fundamental mechanisms
- IPLing z/OS and the TSO/E logon process
- The allocation CLIST
- Control of Db2 and the START DB2 process
- The DSNZPARM member: the parameters that govern the subsystem
- The Db2 address space structure
- The Db2 log
- The catalog and the directory
- The data sharing feature
- The connection process and command routing
Course agenda
- Day 1: architecture, system start-up and logon
- Day 2: control of Db2, subsystem start-up and DSNZPARM
- Day 3: address spaces and the log
- Day 4: catalog and directory
- Day 5: data sharing, connections and command routing
Training with SIXE, IBM Business Partner
- Labs on a real z/OS and on the Db2 release you have installed, whether that is 12 or 13.
- Taught directly by IBM Champion instructors from the SIXE team.
- Credly badges available: credly.com/organizations/sixe/badges
- Flexible format — online, classroom or onsite — in closed groups, priced per attendee, in the language of your choice (ES / EN / FR).
Instructors specialised in IBM Db2 for z/OS
Engineers from the SIXE team who administer Db2 for z/OS in production. Several recognised as IBM Champion.
Frequently asked questions
Is this the same as database administration?
No, and it is usually a different person. Nothing is created here: you answer for the subsystem, the parameters it starts with, the log and data sharing.
And CV852G?
It is the same course with the official outline pinned to Db2 12. Pick by your release and we fit the labs if needed.
Which release is it taught on?
Yours. Db2 13 for z/OS is the current release with no announced end-of-support date; Db2 12 left standard support on 31 December 2025 and keeps extended support until 31 December 2028.
Can you deliver it at our premises?
Yes, and remotely with a live instructor too. Closed groups of four to ten people, in Spanish, English or French.
Related courses
- CV852G — Db2 12 for z/OS system administration (the same course on release 12)
- CV862G — Db2 13 implementation workshop (installing and migrating the subsystem)
- CV832G — Database administration, part 1 (if data is your side of it)
