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Skill requirements
When you assemble your project team, consider the skills that you require to implement WebSphere Application Server for z/OS and IBM BPM for z/OS. Different skill sets are required to support basic configurations and production environments.
Documentation to support the z/OS skills
described here can be found in the 
z/OS Internet
Library.
- Skill requirements for supporting basic configurations
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The following skills are necessary to support a basic configuration:
- z/OS UNIX System Services and the zSeries file system (zFS) to set up a functional zFS and UNIX environment
- eNetwork Communications Server (TCP/IP) or equivalent to configure connectivity for WebSphere Application Server for z/OS clients and servers
- Resource Recovery Services (RRS) to implement resource recovery services and to support two-phase commit transactions
- Security Server (RACF ) or the security product that you use to authenticate WebSphere Application Server for z/OS clients and servers, and authorize access to resources
- SSL to enable security if required
- System Modification Program/Extended (SMP/E), IBM Installation Manager, and job control language (JCL)
- System logger to set up log streams for RRS and the WebSphere Application Server for z/OS error log
- Webserver to support HTTP clients if required
- Workload management (WLM)
- Java™ and WebSphere Application Server tools to support application development and deployment
Depending on the applications that you deploy, you might also need skills to configure the resource managers that your applications require; for example, CICS , DB2 , and IMS™ skills.
- Skill requirements for supporting production environments
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As you move your system toward a production environment, you must have working knowledge of the following systems:
- Automatic restart management (ARM)
- System Automation, if installed, or another preferred automation
- Sysplex, if you plan to use WebSphere Application Server for z/OS in a cell that spans systems
- Sysplex Distributor (part of eNetwork Communications Server), if you plan to create a high-availability environment
- Resource Management Facility (RMF™) or other performance measurement systems