Being a long time VM Person (now z/VM), it really does depend on what your needs are. Back then, fixes were applied by assembling the module source with all the updates, loading all the modules to tape, and then booting the tape. VM was a very interactive environment with hundreds of online users and dozens of Service machines. Often, CP, CMS, RSCS, and PVM were modified when local code to achieve something customized. So knowing the internals was definitely more important. If your environment is primarily Linux (or even z/OS, z/VSE, or z/TPF), then that customization is not likely to be needed. The z/VM parm file makes it easier to make changes to the environment. zVM even discovers your hardware. SES makes applying fixes very much akin to z/OS. So, if you can afford the 5 days (time and dollars), it could be worthwhile. Reading the manual and understanding the basics is not all the difficult, either. You can even run a second-level z/VM environment, if you want to try to break that first before impacting a production world.
zNorman -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of George Henke Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 Friday 5:59 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: zVM training Just read the manual 3 times and do it once. It's a whole lot less expensive. Especially when IBM makes the manuals all available for free on the internet. After all what is a consultant anyway. Just someone who has read the manual because nobody else wants too and more often than not its the client's manual anyway or through the client's internet. I have found when teaching 3 - 5 day blockbuster courses on systems, internals or whatever that there are basically 3 to 5 manuals you have to know and you have to know them "cold" before you step into a classroom for that day's lecture. Great prep for when you actually have to do it in practice. But practice is what separates the "men from the boys". Anybody can talk it, fake it, in the classroom, but when it comes time to bring the system up there is a real "acid test" of what you know or don't know. On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 10:47 AM, Steve Comstock <[email protected]>wrote: > bob molerio wrote: > >> An FYI: >> >> It seems SUNY Binghamton NY is offering a series of z and Enterprise >> courses. I checked and they are offering an Intro to z/VM course, a z/VM >> Advanced Topics and Techniques class and an Intro to the HMC course. >> >> The courses are pricey. about $1400/course if you are a NYS resident, >> $2200/course if your are an out-of-stater. >> >> >> Thank you, Bob Molerio >> > > "If you think training is expensive, consider ignorance." > - attributed to various individuals and organizations > > > Whether those numbers should be considered pricey or not depends > on duration, completeness, and effectiveness. Price is not the > only factor in 'value'. > > > > -- > > Kind regards, > > -Steve Comstock > The Trainer's Friend, Inc. > > 303-393-8716 > http://www.trainersfriend.com > > * To get a good Return on your Investment, first make an investment! > + Training your people is an excellent investment > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > -- George Henke (C) 845 401 5614 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
