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CLERITY TRAINING INFORMATION
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Clerity Training Overview
Clerity currently offers two regular product training classes:
Dates for upcoming scheduled product training classes (held at our training center in Phoenix, Arizona) can be seen below. Additional classes may be scheduled (either in Phoenix or a customer site) depending on customer needs. Clerity reserves the right to cancel or reschedule training classes if there is insufficient student interest 3 weeks prior to the planned date.
- July 7-11, 2008
- November 10-14, 2008
Please click here if you're interested in registering for a scheduled class, want to schedule a class at your site, or require additional information and pricing. Detailed overviews of both classes (including pre-requisites, skills gained, and course content) can be seen below. Custom courses can also be tailored to an individual organization's needs. |
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Clerity Migration Analyst Training Overview
In addition to product training classes, Clerity offers custom training and tools to equip partners and customers who are looking to handle migration implementation project themselves, utilizing Clerity products. Click here to read more about Clerity's Migration Analyst training course.
UniKix Transaction Processing Environment (UniKix TPE) Software Administration
Overview
The UniKix Transaction Processing Environment (UniKix TPE) Software Administration course provides students with the information and the skills to install, customize, and maintain the UniKix TPE software. Students are introduced to the UniKix TPE architecture, UniKix TPE transaction processor building, UniKix TPE region creation, basic mapping support translation, and online program translation, compilation, execution, and debugging.
Who Can Benefit
Students who can benefit from this course are system administration, support and maintenance staff, and Systems Analyst staff who need to know how to use and troubleshoot the Clerity Mainframe Rehosting Software Suite.
Prerequisites
To succeed fully in this course, students should be able to:
 | Demonstrate system administration experience with mainframe computers |
| Demonstrate CICS and COBOL skills |
| Demonstrate Unix OS system administration skills |
Skills Gained
Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
| Describe the UniKix TPE architecture |
| Rebuild an UniKix TPE server process |
| Install and configure UniKix TPE |
| Identify additional required software |
| Identify the software and hardware requirements |
| Know how to start, stop, and tune UniKix TPE regions |
| Describe the latest features in UniKix TPE |
| Gain experience in troubleshooting, debugging, and tuning the product |
Course Content
Module 1 - UniKix Transaction Processing Environment (UniKix TPE) Overview
| Describe UniKix TPE fundamentals |
| New features in UniKix TPE |
| Install and configure UniKix TPE |
| Start and stop a UniKix TPE region |
Module 2 - Configuring UniKix TPE Servers
| Describe the Transaction server configuration |
| Describe application resources |
| Describe the Start server configuration |
| Describe the Recovery server |
| Describe the Print server configuration |
| Describe shared memory usage and tuning |
| Describe UniKix TPE message queues and tuning |
Module 3 - UniKix TPE Client Connectivity
| Describe local clients |
| Describe TN3270 and TN3270E clients |
| Describe J3270 clients |
| Describe IBM 3270 SNA clients |
| Describe Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) clients |
| Describe ECI and EPI clients |
| Describe Intersystem Communications (ISC) clients (DCL and TCP) |
Module 4 - Application Development Functions
| Assemble BMS maps |
| Perform CICS command preprocessing |
| Compile a COBOL program using Micro Focus Server Express COBOL |
| Define resources using UniKix TPE tables |
Module 5 - Managing VSAM (Virtual Storage access method)
| Define, build, view, and manage UniKix TPE VSAM files |
Module 6 - UniKix TPE Application Debugging
| Identify and use Clerity and third party application debugging tools |
Module 7 - Resource Definition Online (RDO)
| Configure and Define Alternative Resource Definition |
Module 8 - Monitoring UniKix TPE using UniKix Manager
| Monitor UniKix TPE region using the Java based UniKix Manager product |
UniKix Batch Processing Environment (UniKix BPE) Software Administration
Overview
The UniKix Batch Processing Environment (UniKix BPE) Software Administration course provides students with essential information and the skills to install, customize, and maintain the UniKix BPE software. Students are introduced to UniKix BPE architecture, UniKix BPE subsystem creation, Multiple Virtual Storage (MVS) or Virtual Storage Extended job control language (VSE JCL) job and procedure translation, batch program compilation, and UniKix BPE batch job submission.
Who Can Benefit
Students who can benefit from this course are system administration, support and maintenance staff, and Systems Analyst staff who need to know how to use and troubleshoot the Clerity Mainframe Rehosting Software Suite.
Prerequisites
To succeed fully in this course, students should be able to:
| Demonstrate system administration experience with mainframe computers |
| Understand and use MVS or VSE JCL |
| Understand batch COBOL programming |
| Demonstrate Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) network administration skills |
Skills Gained
Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
| Understand the basic architecture and functions of UniKix BPE software |
| Identify new features and enhancements in UniKix BPE software |
| Install UniKix BPE |
| Configure a UniKix BPE node using the Batch Administration Manager (BAM) |
| Create a UniKix BPE subsystem using BAM |
| Start and stop UniKix BPE |
| Write basic scripts for administering UniKix BPE |
| Translate JCL using mvstrans or dostrans, and modify the File_Map |
| Understand the UniKix BPE JCL like scripts |
| Compile batch programs to be submitted to UniKix BPE, and submit batch jobs to UniKix BPE from the command-line prompt or using the UniKix BPE main menu graphical user interface (GUI) |
Course Content
Module 1 - UniKix BPE Overview
| Describe fundamentals of UniKix BPE Software |
| Understand the current supported operating environment |
| Identify new features and enhancements in UniKix BPE software |
| Identify terms associated with UniKix BPE software |
| Describe the UniKix BPE operating environment |
Module 2 - UniKix BPE Installation
| Install UniKix BPE software |
| Configure a UniKix BPE node |
| Start the UniKix BPE node |
| Identify the Batch Administration Manager (BAM) problem determination menu |
Module 3 - Creating a UniKix BPE Subsystem
| Identify subsystem resources |
| Create a subsystem |
| Build a subsystem |
| Update a subsystem |
| Set application environment variables |
| Create a subsystem setup file |
Module 4 - Translating JCL
| Identify translation prerequisites |
| Create the translation directory structure |
| Set translation environment variables |
| Describe the format of the mvstrans command |
Module 5 - Compiling Batch Programs
| Set the COBOL environment variables |
| Use the COBOL compiler options |
| Read the COBOL output files |
| Use the compiler directives |
| Find examples of compiles |
Module 6 - Batch Jobs and Batch Programs
| Submit batch jobs |
| Animate batch programs
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