LECTURE IN MAINFRAME TECHNOLOGY
Software AG cooperates with IBM by offering a complete lecture at Darmstadt University of Technology. The course is open to everybody interested in mainframe technology; furthermore students of Darmstadt University of Technology, Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences and Aschaffenburg University of Applied Sciences have the possibility to get 5 ECTS by passing a written test. Practices to this lecture will be held on two days in the buildings of Software AG and IBM
News:
The excursion to Software AG successfully took place on the 29th of January. All attendants had a great day in the Software AG Headquarter at Darmstadt / Eberstadt. 
17.2. Please notice that no auxiliary material is allowed during the exam!
6.2. The material of the Mainframe-Day at Software AG has been published.
26.01. We published more details and an agenda for the Mainframe-Technology Day at Software AG.
19.01 As mentioned in the course, you can find the excercises from Software AG on our FTP server. The password is sagmf
ftp://ftp.softwareag.com/outgoing/ur/exercises.zip
This stuff is relevant for the exam!15.01 - You can register now for the excursion to Software AG Headquarters.
12.01 - please note that due to holidays the slides will be published by Wednesday 14th, 2009.
19.12 - The exam will take place on Thursday, 19th of February from 2:15pm to 4pm in S202 / C205. Examiner is Prof. Karsten Weihe
12.12 in the next lecture which will be held on 18th of December there will be a poll about the date of the exam. Every attendant will have one vote. You can choose between the following dates:
5.12 - 12.2 - 19.2You can find an article about this lecture in the actual issue of the Computerwoche. (Sorry, German only)
1.12. You can get to the excursion at Böblingen independendly. Meeting point is:
Schönaicherstrße 220
71032 Böblingen
IBM Research und DevelopementDecember 4th, 10am.
Please be aware of road works and ignore the shutoff signs. You can find a location plan here.
26.11 Trip Information for the excursion to IBM:
Bus departure: 8am in front of the old main building (S1 / 03) of University of Technology in Darmstadt
Arrival: 6pm at Darmstadt University of Technology26.11 As mentioned in the course, information about Hardware / ISPF and JCL can be found under Interactive Courses in this webpage: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/zoslnctr/v1r7/index.jsp
This stuff is relevant for the exam!26.11. The contents have been updated
24.11. The registration for the excursion is available now. You can find more information at the bottom. It is possible to register till 12am on December 1st, 2008. This registration is just for the excursion to IBM. We will publish another one for the Software AG trip later.
17.10. e-learnings with relevance for the test will be released soon.
17.10. The examination date will be announced in the mid of the winter term.
Lecture:
| Day | Time | Room |
| Thursday | 2:15pm - 3:55pm | S202 / C110 |
Please note that there will be no course on Thursday, October 23rd.
Contents:
Attention: The lecture is performed in German language. So the most of the following slides are in german, too.
| Date | Title | Slides | Updated |
| 16.10. | Opening lecture and introduction into mainframe technology (K. D. Müller, IBM; Jürgen Powik, Software AG) | S1I1I2Video | 16.10.08 |
| 23.10. | No course | ||
| 30.10. | Introduction into modern mainframe hardware (K. D. Müller, IBM) | I1 | 6.11.08 |
| 06.11. | Introduction into zOS, JCL, TSO, CICS and Cobol, high availability through parallel Sysplex (M. Gnirss, IBM) | I1I2I3I4 | 11.11.08 |
| 13.11. | Introduction into zVM and zLinux and Security aspets (M. Gnirss, IBM) | I1I2I3 | 19.11.08 |
| 20.11. | Introduction into DB/2 on the Mainframe (H. Bromberger, IBM) | I1I2 | 17.11.08 |
| 27.11. | Websphere and Java on a Mainframe system (M. Schmidt, IBM) | I1I2I3 | 26.11.08 |
| 04.12. | Practice: Excursion to IBM Böblingen organized by IBM | I1 | 4.12.08 |
| 11.12. | Introduction into Mainframe software-technology (C. Zimmermann, Software AG) | S1 | 8.12.08 |
| 18.12. | Database Management Systems on a mainframe demonstrated with Adabas (L. Friedrich, Software AG) | S1 | 17.12.08 |
| 15.01. | Introduction into Software Development with Natural (W. Schaper, Software AG) | S1 | 15.01.09 |
| 22.01. | Application Modernization and SOA Integration of Mainframe Applications (O. Brinkmann, Software AG) | S1 | 19.01.09 |
| 29.01. | Practice: Excursion to the Software AG Headquarter in Darmstadt | 6.2.09 | |
| 05.02. | No course (examination period of h_da) | ||
| 12.02. | No course (examination period of h_da) |
Exercise:
To success the exam you have to view the eLearnings which are available at:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/zoslnctr/v1r7/index.jsp
You can find the stuff at "Interactive Courses" relevant for the exam is "ISPF and "JCL"
You can also find the excercises from Software AG on the following location. The password is sagmf
ftp://ftp.softwareag.com/outgoing/ur/exercises.zip
This stuff is relevant for the exam!
Excursion to Software AG Headquarters:
The registration term is closed yet.
Here you can download the agenda of the excursion at Software AG.
You can get to the excursion at Software AG independendly. Meeting point is:
Uhlandstr. 12
64297 Darmstadt
9:30am at the reception
Attention: There are two Software AG Buildings in the Uhlandstr. You have to go to the second one (the dead end of the street)
Here you will find a location plan.
Excursion to Böblingen:
The registration term is closed yet.
You can get to the excursion at Böblingen independendly. Meeting point is:
Schönaicherstrße 220
71032 Böblingen
IBM Research und Developement
December 4th, 10am.
Please be aware of road works and ignore the shutoff signs. You can find a location plan here.
Photos made during the lecture:
(first lecture at TU-Darmstadt with Jürgen Powik)
(lecture with Klaus Dieter Müller)
(lecture with Martina Schmidt, 27.11.08)
(lecture with Olaf Brinkmann, 22.01.09)
