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TCP/IP for z/OS: Diagnostics and Debugging – nw791pl

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Duration: 4 Days

This course is designed to give you the skill required to diagnose and debug TCP/IP problems when operating on z/OS. This skill consists in developing knowledge of commands and tools together with a methodology in tackling TCP/IP problems.

The lab activity and paper projects provide an opportunity to debug real problems.

Objectives

  • Learn what commands are useful in a z/OS environment to control TCP/IP resources, the TELNET application, and debug TCP/IP simple network problems
  • Learn which trace types (packet, TELNET, FTP, and so forth) are available in a z/OS environment and know:
    • What kind of information can be found in a trace
    • When to activate a trace
    • How to activate a trace
    • How to interpret a trace (for the packet trace there is a dedicated topic)
  • Use the proper diagnostic technique to approach TCP/IP problems
  • Describe the Syslog function in the UNIX environment and know how to configure the /etc/syslog.conf file
  • Understand how to handle and modify the translate tables used by many TCP/IP applications that connect to remote systems which use ASCII character coding
  • Activate and interpret several trace types, and debug some real problems which involve the use of various application protocols.

Audience

This intermediate course is for anyone who works on TCP/IP networks and provides support in the resolution of communication problems on z/OS.

Prerequisites

You should have:

  • Completed TCP/IP for z/OS Implementation Workshop (CB695)
  • Knowledge of z/OS.

Topics

Day 1

  • Welcome
  • Unit 1: Introduction
  • Unit 2: TCP/IP commands and utilities
  • Exercise 1: TCP/IP commands and lab discovery
  • Unit 3: TCP/IP traces
  • Unit 4: Using IPCS with TCP/IP traces
  • Exercise 2: Packet trace
  • Exercise 3: OSA diagnosis lab

Day 2

  • Unit 5: IP data flows
  • Unit 6: Telnet
  • Exercise 4: Telnet problems
  • Unit 7: SyslogD and application traces
  • Unit 8: FTP
  • Exercise 5: FTP client
  • Exercise 6: FTP server

Day 3

  • Unit 8: FTP (continued)
  • Unit 9: Debugging techniques
  • Exercise 7: Problem Diagnosis (problem 1)
  • Exercise 7: Problem Diagnosis (problem 2)
  • Exercise 7: Problem Diagnosis (problem 3)
  • Exercise 7: Problem Diagnosis (problem 4)
  • Exercise 7: Problem Diagnosis (problem 5)

Day 4

  • Unit 10: OMPRoute
  • Exercise 8: OMPRoute
  • Exercise 9: Storage usage
  • Unit 11: Dump verification
  • Exercise 10: Dump verification

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