Test 000-549: IBM Certified System Programmer - IBM IMS

This certification exam certifies that the successful candidate has important knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to describe the architecture and administer the processes required to plan, install, manage, tune and secure an IMS environment.

Section 1 - Architecture (9.5%)

1. Demonstrate an understanding of multiple address space architecture
2. Demonstrate an understanding of the differenty types of control region
3. Demonstrate an understanding of z/OS environment

Section 2 - Installation and Configuration (30%)

1. Demonstrate an understanding of system definitions
2. Demonstrate an understanding of SMP
3. Demonstrate an understanding of IMS SYSGEN process
4. Demonstrate an understanding of dynamic resource definition (DRD)
5. Demonstrate an understanding of online change process
6. Demonstrate an understanding of z/OS preparation
7. Demonstrate an understanding of base primitive environment (BPE)
8. Demonstrate an understanding of creation of common service layer (CSL) address spaces
9. Demonstrate an understanding of CICS
10. Demonstrate an understanding of configuration of application program regions
11. Demonstrate an understanding of WLM
12. Demonstrate an understanding of DB2 Attach
13. Demonstrate an understanding of user exits

Section 3 - Connectivity and Networking (14.5%)

1. Demonstrate an understanding of VTAM/SNA
2. Demonstrate an understanding of intersystem connections (ISC, MSC)
3. Demonstrate an understanding of TM
4. Demonstrate an understanding of extended recovery facility
5. Demonstrate an understanding of OTMA
6. Demonstrate an understanding of IMS connect (ICON)
7. Demonstrate an understanding of ODBA

Section 4 - Utilities (9.5%)

1. Demonstrate an understanding of log utilities
2. Demonstrate an understanding of IMS monitor
3. Demonstrate an understanding of DBD, PSB, ACB Gen
4. Demonstrate an understanding of MFS utilities
5. Demonstrate an understanding of performance utilities
6. Demonstrate an understanding of backup and recovery utilities

Section 5 - Security (9.5%)

1. Demonstrate an understanding of RACF and the interface (SAF)
2. Demonstrate an understanding of SSL
3. Demonstrate an understanding of dependant region security Demonstrate an understanding of terminal security
4. Demonstrate an understanding of transaction security
5. Demonstrate an understanding of command security

Section 6 - Operations and Commands (9.5%)

1. Demonstrate an understanding of dynamic resource definition
2. Demonstrate an understanding of IMS environment restart (failover/restart system/cold start)
3. Demonstrate an understanding of starting and stopping IMS environments
4. Demonstrate an understanding of IMS resources
5. Demonstrate an understanding of replication
6. Demonstrate an understanding of type1 and type2 commands

Section 7 - sysplex (9.5%)

1. Demonstrate an understanding of shared queues
2. Demonstrate an understanding of CSL, RM, and OM
3. Demonstrate an understanding of how to set up a coupling facility structure of IMS
4. Demonstrate an understanding of IMS restart/recovery in a sysplex environment
5. Demonstrate an understanding of issuing operating commands in a sysplex environment

Section 8 - Troubleshooting (8%)

1. Demonstrate an understanding of capturing appropriate diagnostic information
2. How to capture dumps and traces
3. How to capture dumps and traces
4. Demonstrate an understanding of what traces should be running
5. Demonstrate an understanding of RRS trace
6. Demonstrate an understanding of ability to search for known problems using IBM knowledge databases