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= IBM i | 
= LinuxFocused Education Roadmap Listing
Some Courses of Study have groups of sessions called Focused Education Roadmaps. The purpose of Focused Education Roadmaps is to provide you with a learning path to master a particular skill or subject. The sessions in a Roadmap are intended to be taken in the order they are listed and without lapse, in order to achieve the stated educational goal.
ROADMAP: Backup and Recovery
Educational Goals: Provide education regarding the technologies considerations for backup and recovery of computer systems to the various forms of backup media so that the system may be recovered in case of data loss disasters or need to return to previous versions of data and applications.
Business Objectives: Allow executives to plan the protection of their systems for loss of data and enable recovery.
Prerequisites: None
3:30 PM-4:45 PM
9:30 AM-10:45 AM
2:00 PM-3:15 PM
3:30 PM-4:45 PM
ROADMAP: Beginner's Guide to RPG
Educational Goals: RPG is used in the vast majority of programs running on IBM i. These sessions will provide the beginning programmer with a comprehensive overview of the ILE RPG (RPG IV) language and provide resources for the programmer to improve his proficency in ILE RPG.
Business Objectives: On completion, the attendee will be able to maintain existing ILE RPG (RPG IV) programs and develop basic programs from scratch.
Prerequisites: PDM/SEU and SDA Labs or equivalent experience.
2:00 PM-3:15 PM
3:30 PM-4:45 PM
2:00 PM-3:15 PM
3:30 PM-4:45 PM
9:30 AM-10:45 AM
12:30 PM-1:45 PM
3:30 PM-4:45 PM
ROADMAP: Care and Feeding for a Healthy System
Educational Goal: Through the sessions in this roadmap, attendees will learn the tools, techniques and best practices for maintaining their System i environment.
Business Objective: The sessions in this roadmap provide information required by system administrators to implement a successful fix management strategy for maximum availability.
Prerequisites: None
11:00 AM-12:15 PM
8:00 AM-9:15 AM
ROADMAP: Data Query Tools
Educational Goals: Provide users with an overview of some of the end user query tools that are available to present the information inside of DB2 for IBM i. The traditional green screen presentation of information can be significantly enhanced using a modern Powerful GUI interface. Attendees that have not used DB2 Web query can get an introduction to it and an opportunity to try it out. Provide experienced DB2 Web query users can get advanced use examples along with Tips and techniques.
Business Objectives: Provide direct to attendees on how they can modernize and expand the value of the information presented to their end users.
Prerequisites: None
2:00 PM-3:15 PM
3:30 PM-4:45 PM
3:30 PM-4:45 PM
5:00 PM-6:15 PM
8:00 AM-9:15 AM
9:30 AM-10:45 AM
ROADMAP: Data Warehousing
Education Goal: IBM i for Data Warehousing provides best in class performance. This FER provides the student with a strong foundation in the business concepts, tools and technology of Business Intelligence (BI), Data Warehousing and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) including how to reduce project risk, apply widely accepted data warehousing methodology, assess whether or not data mining is right for their organization, and plan a CRM project.
Business Objective: On completion, the attendee will be able to use common data warehousing and CRM terminology correctly, evaluate alternative BI/CRM solutions and database architectures, and help their organization avoid making the most common mistakes associated with BI/CRM.
Prerequisites: None
3:30 PM-4:45 PM
8:00 AM-9:15 AM
9:30 AM-10:45 AM
11:00 AM-12:15 PM
ROADMAP: Disaster Recovery
EDUCATION GOAL: Provide education on the considerations for recovering from a disaster in all its aspects.
BUSINESS OBJECTIVE: Understand the business needs in a disaster: Personnel Information and Systems Infrastructure
Prerequisites: None
8:00 AM-9:15 AM
12:30 PM-1:45 PM
3:30 PM-4:45 PM
9:30 AM-10:45 AM
ROADMAP: Eliminating Passwords/Single Sign-On
Educational Goals: The student will: 1) be able to explain the IBM i Single Sign-on strategy and how it differs from other industry approachs to this problem 2) learn the steps necessary to configure single sign-on for IBM i 3) learn how to build single sign-on into their own programs 4) gain hands-on experience in configuring single sign-on and how to build single sign-on into user programs.
Business Objectives: The IBM i approach to single sign-on is low cost, low administration, and reduced help desk costs. The objective for this Roadmap is for the student to learn everything necessary to return to work and begin implementing single sign-on in their shops.
Prerequisites: None
11:00 AM-12:15 PM
2:00 PM-3:15 PM
8:00 AM-9:15 AM
ROADMAP: Enforcement and Implementation - Advanced Security Concepts
Educational Goals: The attendee will learn: 1) tips and techniques for enforcing various aspects of the organization's security policy requirements 2) various security mechanisms available in IBMi OS which can be used to implement security policy
Business Objectives: Save time and effort by choosing the most appropriate mechanism for implementing your security policy in the most effective way.
Prerequisites: Attendance at the Security Concepts and Policies Roadmap is suggested prior to this Roadmap.
11:00 AM-12:15 PM
3:30 PM-4:45 PM
8:00 AM-9:15 AM
11:00 AM-12:15 PM
2:00 PM-3:15 PM
3:30 PM-4:45 PM
9:30 AM-10:45 AM
2:00 PM-3:15 PM
ROADMAP: Evaluating Policy Enforcement and Implementation
Educational Goals: The attendee will learn: 1) how to measure the accuracy of their policy implementation 2) about the tools and techniques available for doing #1 above
Business Objectives: Simply and reduce the cost of monitoring and proving compliance with your security policy.
Prerequisites: Attendance at the Security Concepts and Policies Roadmap is suggested.
9:30 AM-10:45 AM
2:00 PM-3:15 PM
3:30 PM-4:45 PM
9:30 AM-10:45 AM
ROADMAP: Fundamentals of Security Concepts and Policies
Educational Goals: A student attending all of the sessions in this focused education roadmap will gain:
- an understanding of the entire process of securing business assets
- an appreciation for the need of a security policy
- an appreciation of the need for management involvement
Business Objectives: Provides a highly concentrated security jump-start for those new to security. The attendee will develop the skills and confidence necessary to properly manage the process of securing business assets.
Prerequisites: None
8:00 AM-10:45 AM
9:30 AM-10:45 AM
2:00 PM-3:15 PM
2:00 PM-3:15 PM
3:30 PM-4:45 PM
5:00 PM-6:15 PM
11:00 AM-12:15 PM
3:30 PM-4:45 PM
8:00 AM-9:15 AM
ROADMAP: Getting Started with TCP/IP
Educational Goal: This focused education will introduce the basic information you will need to design and work with TCP/IP connected hardware. You will learn how IP addresses are used, and the different technologies to help administer and speed information from one piece of hardware to another anywhere within your network, as well as to anywhere in the world. You will also get a chance to actually use this technology in a lab to help reinforce what you have learned.
Business Objective: TCP/IP has become the backbone protocol of the networking industry. Almost all new equipment and software is built to take advantage of this technology. A basic understanding of this protocol is essential in today's interconnected business environment.
Prerequisites: None
11:00 AM-12:15 PM
2:00 PM-3:15 PM
8:00 AM-9:15 AM
9:30 AM-10:45 AM
ROADMAP: Getting To Know i5/OS
Educational Goal: Sessions included in this roadmap are designed for i5/OS professionals who are new to the platform or for those who would like a refresher course in basic i5/OS concepts and management.
Business Objective: These sessions provide a solid foundation for further growth of the i5/OSprofessional, building familiarity and competancy on the system which leads to efficiency and accuracy of task completion.
Prerequisites: None
2:00 PM-3:15 PM
8:00 AM-9:15 AM
8:00 AM-9:15 AM
ROADMAP: High Availability
Educational Goals: Multiple system availability can be implemented with several alternative strategies.
- This Roadmap will include i5/OS Clustering, Solutions, Remote Journaling, Data and Object Replication Technologies and the use of switchable disk resources. By defining the technology needed to achieve the level of availability this Roadmap will ensure data center continuity for your enterprise.
- Help you understand the components of a multiple system recovery plan.
- The administrative and programming techniques required to achieve clustered continuous availability solutions
Business Objectives: Multiple systems and clustered solutions minimize down time caused by both planned and unplanned outages. B2B, Internet and other enterprise solutions requiring 24 x 7 availability require multiple systems to achieve their objectives.
Prerequisites: None
2:00 PM-3:15 PM
3:30 PM-4:45 PM
12:30 PM-1:45 PM
3:30 PM-4:45 PM
ROADMAP: ILE from A to Z
Educational Goal: Learn how, when and where to utilize ILE factilities such as static binding, service programs, and activation groups.
Business Objective: Enable developers to exploit ILE features when developing modern modular applications.
Prerequisites: IBM i programming experience
11:00 AM-12:15 PM
3:30 PM-4:45 PM
11:00 AM-12:15 PM
12:30 PM-1:45 PM
3:30 PM-4:45 PM
11:00 AM-12:15 PM
12:30 PM-1:45 PM
ROADMAP: Introduction to CL
Education Goal: CL is the driving force behind IBM i applications. These sessions will provide the beginning CL programmer with a comprehensive overview of the language command processing to exception handling.
Business Objective: On completion, the attendee will be able to maintain existing CL programs and develop basic programs from scratch.
Prerequisites: An understanding of basic IBM i principals.
8:00 AM-10:45 AM
11:00 AM-1:45 PM
8:00 AM-10:45 AM
2:00 PM-4:45 PM
ROADMAP: Introduction to Web Application Development
Educational Goals: The purpose of this Roadmap to provide a basic understanding of how HTTP for i5/OS Powered by Apache server can be leveraged in your organization. It builds upon basic concepts and gradually introduces you more technology you will encounter and might consider for your business: JavaScript, XML, Servlets, Web Services, etc.
Business Objectives: The purpose of this track is to provide you with the basic building blocks necessary to begin your web project back in the office.
Prerequisites: A basic understanding of web terminology and technology will be helpful prior to attending these sessions.
8:00 AM-9:15 AM
11:00 AM-12:15 PM
2:00 PM-3:15 PM
8:00 AM-9:15 AM
9:30 AM-10:45 AM
ROADMAP: Java Crash Course
Educational Goal: When you have completed this Roadmap, you will have a better understanding of Java's positioning as a strategic IBM i development language.
Business Objective: Understand where Java can fit into your day-to-day business, and how Java can expand your business into new areas.
Prerequisites: none
8:00 AM-9:15 AM
9:30 AM-10:45 AM
2:00 PM-4:45 PM
3:30 PM-4:45 PM
2:00 PM-3:15 PM
3:30 PM-4:45 PM
9:30 AM-10:45 AM
12:30 PM-1:45 PM
2:00 PM-3:15 PM
ROADMAP: Lotus Domino Administration
Education Goal: Provide training on resources and tools available for managing Lotus Domino Servers. Material will cover techniques available for deploying, performance tuning, recovery, and troubleshooting the Domino server.
Business Objective: Completion of the sessions outlined within this series will provide attendees with sufficient information required to deploy, tune, recover and troubleshoot a Lotus Domino server, including the ability to perform the following tasks:
- Understand deployment considerations for the latest versions of Domino.
- Understand techniques and commands to help administer Domino for i5/OS.
Prerequisites: None
9:30 AM-10:45 AM
3:30 PM-4:45 PM
8:00 AM-9:15 AM
5:00 PM-6:15 PM
11:00 AM-1:45 PM
ROADMAP: Lotus Domino Application Development
Educational Goal: The sessions in this Roadmap will offer the student a development path to follow when developing Domino applications. You will learn how to design an application, how to create a Domino application, and how to deploy that application successfully. The sessions in this Roadmap will build on each other. At the end of completing all courses in the Roadmap, the student will be able to take home a Domino CRM help desk application.
Business Objective: By attending the sessions in this Roadmap, the student will learn how to design, build, and deploy a Domino application. The particular application will be a Domino CRM help desk application. After completing the sessions in this Roadmap, the student will have a much better understanding of how to utilize Domino in their existing business environment and know how to get started developing and deploying those applications.
Prerequisites: None
2:00 PM-3:15 PM
9:30 AM-10:45 AM
3:30 PM-4:45 PM
2:00 PM-3:15 PM
3:30 PM-4:45 PM
11:00 AM-12:15 PM
12:30 PM-1:45 PM
ROADMAP: Open Community Application Support
Educational Goals: This Roadmap explores the Web development and deployment stack enabled through the use of PHP and MySQL in i5/OS. The installation of PHP and MySQL in i5/OS provides the foundation to deploy a myriad of existing open source applications and run them unchanged in i5/OS further extending the reach of i5/OS within the enterprise. At the completion of this Roadmap the attendee should have a basic understanding of the PHP scripting language as well as the MySQL open source database engine as well as an understanding of open source applications that are available and how these applications can be deployed in i5/OS.
Business Objectives: Understand the open source Web deployment stack that is enabled in i5/OS as a result of PHP and MySQL support and how that stack can be used to deploy open source applications in the i5/OS environment.
Prerequisites: None
11:00 AM-12:15 PM
3:30 PM-4:45 PM
ROADMAP: PHP on i5/OS
Educational Goals: This Roadmap explores PHP on i5/OS. The sessions in this Roadmap cover the basics of the PHP scripting language and how to use PHP on i5/OS to bring a Web presence to i5/OS objects and data. At the completion of this Roadmap the attendee should have a basic understanding of the PHP scripting language, the skills to install PHP on i5/OS, and a general understanding of how to develop PHP scripts to Web enable i5/OS content.
Business Objectives: Understand how PHP fits into an overall system development strategy and how to use PHP to web enable i5/OS content.
Prerequisites: None
11:00 AM-12:15 PM
2:00 PM-3:15 PM
3:30 PM-4:45 PM
5:00 PM-6:15 PM
8:00 AM-10:45 AM
ROADMAP: Performance Techniques
Educational Goal: Sessions included in this roadmap provide insight and valuable information which can be used to successfully tune and monitor the performance characteristics of i5/OS.
Business Objective: A clear understanding of i5/OS performance tuning, strategies and the latest relevant information will help to ensure the i5/OS operator or administrator maintains system availability and peak performance to support the business environment and its challenges.
Prerequisites: None
2:00 PM-3:15 PM
8:00 AM-9:15 AM
2:00 PM-3:15 PM
8:00 AM-9:15 AM
9:30 AM-10:45 AM
8:00 AM-9:15 AM
9:30 AM-10:45 AM
11:00 AM-12:15 PM
ROADMAP: Planning and Preparing for Upgrade
Educational Goal: Sessions in this Roadmap help prepare the i5/OS professional for successful upgrades and capacity planning.
Business Objective: Acquiring competence in system planning and upgrade represents a savings in less planned downtime for the business, while appropriate capacity planning helps to ensure the i5/OS environment has adequate resources to support the customer's business.
Prerequisites: None
8:00 AM-10:45 AM
11:00 AM-12:15 PM
ROADMAP: Programming with SQL
Educational Goal: To introduce participants to programming techniques for SQL. Topics include writing stand-alone SQL procedures and functions as well as using SQL inside High Level Language programs to access and manipulate data.
Business Objective: To provide direction to attendees on where and how to use SQL for accessing DB2 for IBM i.
Prerequisites: None
2:00 PM-3:15 PM
8:00 AM-9:15 AM
9:30 AM-10:45 AM
2:00 PM-3:15 PM
3:30 PM-4:45 PM
5:00 PM-6:15 PM
2:00 PM-3:15 PM
3:30 PM-4:45 PM
ROADMAP: Query Optimization & Performance Concepts
Educational Goals: To provide the participant with the general concepts and background necessary to manage their database performance for DB2 for IBM i.
Business Objectives: To give the participant the knowledge necessary to understand the facilities on the System i to optimize, monitor and manage performance for the DB2 for IBM i.
Prerequisites: None
5:00 PM-6:15 PM
11:00 AM-1:45 PM
8:00 AM-9:15 AM
ROADMAP: RPG IV Procedures and Prototypes
Educational Goals: To provide the attendee with the basic skills required to advance their RPG IV development techniques to exploit the power of procedures and prototypes. Topics cover basic and advanced subprocedure development.
Business Objectives: On completion, the attendee will be able to describe the benefits of procedure based programming and to apply these techniques to their application development tasks, thereby producing more resilient and maintainable applications.
Prerequisites: Experience in the RPGIV (ILE RPG) language.
11:00 AM-12:15 PM
11:00 AM-12:15 PM
2:00 PM-3:15 PM
11:00 AM-12:15 PM
12:30 PM-1:45 PM
ROADMAP: RPG to the Web
Educational Goals: To provide the attendee with a basic understanding of the tools and techniques involved in using RPG skills in a Web environment. This includes topics such as building Web pages, Web services, and using tools designed for RPG programmers.
Business Objectives: To provide the attendee with a basic understanding of the tools and techniques involved in using RPG skills in a Web environment. This includes topics such as building Web pages using tools designed for RPG programmers.
Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of HTML and RPG will help in some sessions, but is not required.
9:30 AM-10:45 AM
9:30 AM-10:45 AM
3:30 PM-4:45 PM
ROADMAP: SOA for i5/OS
Educational Goals: The purpose of this roadmap is to provide a basic understanding of the Services Orientated Architecture (SOA) options on i5/ OS that can be leveraged by our business or organization. It builds upon basic concepts and gradually introduces you to more technologies such as Web Services that you will encounter and might consider using in your business.
Business Objectives: The purpose of this track is to provide you the basic building blocks necessary to begin a SOA project back in your office.
Prerequisites: A basic understanding of Web terminology and technology will be helpful prior to attending these sessions.
9:30 AM-10:45 AM
8:00 AM-9:15 AM
9:30 AM-10:45 AM
5:00 PM-6:15 PM
11:00 AM-12:15 PM
12:30 PM-1:45 PM
3:30 PM-4:45 PM
ROADMAP: Understanding the Power of i5/OS Integrated File System
Educational Goals: Learn the many different facets of i5/OS Integrated File System (IFS) and how to manage, secure, and work with the information stored in the IFS. Understand how i5/OS NetServer, Network File System, QNTC, and QFileSvr.400 fit into the IFS structure. Learn how to System i Navigator tools to work with the IFS.
Business Objectives: The i5/OS Integrated File System (IFS) is a powerful repository for many different types of data -- this ranges from database information to PC data to UNIX. This focused education roadmap will give the attendee a good understanding of the structure of the IFS, and information that can be stored there, but also how to secure the data making only selected parts of it available to selected users.
Prerequisites: None
11:00 AM-12:15 PM
2:00 PM-3:15 PM
11:00 AM-12:15 PM
3:30 PM-4:45 PM
8:00 AM-9:15 AM
11:00 AM-12:15 PM
12:30 PM-1:45 PM
ROADMAP: Using System i Access for Web to Work With i5/OS Resources
Educational Goal: Attendees will learn how to use, manage, and customize access to their i5/OS resources via the browser-based System i Access for Web product. Attendees will learn about features such as 5250 emulation for working with i5/OS screens and host applications, how to work with System i printers and printer output, access the i5/OS database and IFS, how to run commands, work with jobs, convert output to PDF and ability to email results -- all within the Access for Web product. They will also learn how to control access to i5/OS resources through an easy point-and-click interface, and also learn how they can create multiple different web views of information end users can access. Then the attendee can complete this education by coming to an OPEN LAB and trying out any or all of the functions available.
Business Objectives: Businesses are rapidly adopting browser-based solutions for working with i5/OS resources as it provides a more flexible, easy-to-use, and manageable alternative than previously available solutions. Attendees following this focused education roadmap will expand their knowledge of the many options provided by System i Access for Web. They will discover not only the many capabilities available in this product, but will learn how to easily control end user access to i5/OS resources and how to build their own specialized company front page using System i Access for Web.
Prerequisite: Basic understanding of: WebSphere Application Server, TCP/IP networking, IBM i security.
11:00 AM-12:15 PM
9:30 AM-10:45 AM
11:00 AM-12:15 PM
5:00 PM-6:15 PM
11:00 AM-12:15 PM
12:30 PM-1:45 PM
2:00 PM-3:15 PM
ROADMAP: Using System i Access for Windows to Work With i5/OS Resources
Educational Goal: The attendee will be given an overview of capabilities provided by System i Access and i5/OS, then be shown how to set up the AS/400 NetServer for file and print serving, how to use Data Transfer and set up predefined Data Transfer requests, how to configure 5250 emulation sessions, and how to use some of the base System i Navigator functions. This education will provide the attendee with a good working knowledge of some of the functions provided and how to use them. The hands-on lab (410160) has a 'System i Access Express - The Basics' section that enables attendees to try out these System i Access functions.
Business Objectives: The System i Access for Windows product offers Windows operating system users a broad range of functions for working with i5/OS resources. This Roadmap will offer the attendee to learn how to work with the i5/OS database, file system, printers, etc. It will also identify many practical ways an System i administrator can control the functions end users can work with and how to manage their network of PC users.
Prerequisite: Basic understanding of TCP/IP, IBM i capabilities, Microsoft Windows capabilities.
9:30 AM-10:45 AM
2:00 PM-3:15 PM
3:30 PM-4:45 PM
9:30 AM-10:45 AM
12:30 PM-1:45 PM
ROADMAP: WebSphere Application Server for Administrators
Educational Goals: Provide training on facilities and tools available for configuring and managing a Web site using HTTP and WebSphere Application Server. Material will cover techniques available for installing, configuring, securing and tuning the application server.
Business Objectives: Completion of the sessions outlined within this Roadmap will provide attendees with sufficient information required to configure, tune and secure a HTTP and WebSphere Application Server, including the ability to perform the following tasks:
- Create and configure a new HTTP and WebSphere Application Server instance.
- Configure WebSphere to implement a secure Web application environment.
- Understand the various tools and resources available to monitor and tune HTTP and WebSphere Application Server performance.
Prerequisites: None
11:00 AM-12:15 PM
9:30 AM-10:45 AM
8:00 AM-9:15 AM
9:30 AM-10:45 AM
11:00 AM-12:15 PM
12:30 PM-1:45 PM
8:00 AM-9:15 AM
9:30 AM-10:45 AM
ROADMAP: Wireless and Home Computing
Educational Goals: To provide the basic information to allow a person completing these sessions to install and safely use a network from home or in a small business environment.
Business Objectives: As the demands on the IT person have grown it is imperative to allow connection to the company resources in a 24 by 7 environment. The sessions in this road map provide the basic information to allow the attendee to connect from home or while traveling.
Prerequisites: None
11:00 AM-12:15 PM
2:00 PM-3:15 PM
3:30 PM-4:45 PM
ROADMAP: i5/OS TCP/IP Programming and Networking
Educational Goals: The attendee will understand the basic elements that an i5/OS user, programmer, system operator, or administrator needs as a foundation for further education. This foundation will make it easier for i5/OS programmers to grasp the materials in other courses and i5/OS documentation.
Business Objectives:: Attendees will be introduced to i5/OS basic TCP/IP implementation used for either intra-company or inter-company communications. Understanding these concepts will enable the attendee to become productive using i5/OS and TCP/IP quickly, and to communicate more effectively with experienced users.
Prerequisites: A basic understanding of the TCP/IP protocol and i5/OS.