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UNIX System Services for z/OS




SUMMARY:   Suitable for IT Professionals requiring an understanding of the relationships and interactions between Unix System Services and the z/OS operating system.

AUDIENCE:   This course is for anyone within an existing z/OS installation who requires an appreciation of UNIX and how it fits into an existing z/OS operating system. z/OS system programmers and system administration staff who are responsible for implementing and/or maintaining UNIX on a z/OS system, should also attend this course. It is also for UNIX professionals who are implementing UNIX and UNIX applications on a z/OS system and need to understand the environment.

PREREQUISITES:   Delegates should be familiar with z/OS, TSO and JCL. This knowledge can be obtained from our z/OS for Beginners, TSO/ISPF Workshop and z/OS JCL courses.

DURATION:   3 days.

OBJECTIVES:   This course provides the participant with an overview of UNIX Services in a z/OS system. It concentrates on the non-UNIX facilities available in z/OS to perform UNIX type work. At the end of the course the delegate will be able to perform the following activities:
  • Use TSO ISHELL to create and view UNIX files and directories, perform data transfer between z/OS data sets and UNIX files.
  • Use TSO commands to create and view UNIX files and directories, perform data transfer between z/OS data sets and UNIX files.
  • Use UNIX commands to create and view UNIX files and directories, perform data transfer between z/OS data sets and UNIX files.
  • Use JCL to perform batch functions running UNIX shell scripts. Set up UNIX Services on z/OS.
  • Monitor and control UNIX on z/OS.
  • Set up and maintain HFS and zFS file systems in both a single system and in a shared HFS within a SYSPLEX.
  • Set up and administer UNIX users.

COURSE CONTENT:  
  1. UNIX Introduction
    • Historic Roots of UNIX,
    • The UNIX Environment.
  2. What to do with UNIX on z/OS
    • Open systems application development,
    • Integration of UNIX applications with legacy data,
    • Lotus Domino,
    • WebSphere.
  3. The UNIX Environment in z/OS
    • The Kernel Address Space
    • Accessing Data through HFS and zFS file systems
    • Other file systems (TFS, NFS and DFS)
    • Accessing the UNIX Environment
    • An Introduction to the z/OS Shell and shell commands
  4. Using UNIX on z/OS
    • Using the ISHELL Command Interface
    • Creating and Manipulating HFS Files
    • Transferring data between HFS and z/OS data sets
    • The OMVS Command Interface
    • Telnet Access
    • Using JCL to run UNIX batch jobs, with BPXBATCH and BPXBATSL
    • Using TSO/UNIX Commands
  5. UNIX Monitor and Control.
    • Displaying and changing OMVS setup,
    • Displaying and terminating OMVS work/users etc.,
    • Closing down UNIX services.
  6. Implementation Overview.
    • General planning issues,
    • The BPXPRMxx parmlib member,
    • Reviewing other parmlib specifications for UNIX Services,
    • RACF setup for the UNIX environment,
    • Setting up the /etc directory,
    • Basic Setup of TCP/IP.
  7. HFS and zFS Maintenance.
    • Creating, mounting etc. HFS and zFS File Systems,
    • Using the zfsadm utility,
    • Defining file systems in BPXPRMxx,
    • Setup philosophy for HFS
      • within a single system setup, and
      • within a SYSPLEX using shared HFS
  8. Setting up AUTOMOUNT, and TFS.
  9. Backup Options for UNIX
  10. Setting up UNIX Users.
    • The OMVS segment,
    • AutoGID and AutoUID,
    • Devolved superuser authority,
    • Setting up the home directory,
    • User shell customisation.
  11. UNIX Maintenance under z/OS.
    • UNIX within the overall maintenance strategy
    • SMP/E and UNIX,
    • Applying service to UNIX,
    • Dynamically changing the UNIX code for testing.
  12. UNIX and Performance.
    • General performance issues,
    • UNIX and the workload manager,
    • Shared address spaces,
    • File system performance,
    • Putting UNIX programs in the LPA.

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