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UNIX Implementation and Use on z/OS




SUMMARY:   Suitable for the BCS Mainframe Technology professional Exams for level 2 Engineer (Data Storage) and level 2 Engineer (z/OS)

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. Hands on.

OBJECTIVES:   This course is based on z/OS Version 1 Release 7 and 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:  

UNIX Introduction
Historic Roots of UNIX,
The UNIX Environment.

What to do with UNIX on z/OS
Open systems application development,
Integration of UNIX applications with legacy data,
Lotus Domino,
WebSphere.

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

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

UNIX Monitor and Control.
Displaying and changing OMVS setup,
Displaying and terminating OMVS work/users etc.,
Closing down UNIX services.

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.

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

Setting up AUTOMOUNT, and TFS.

Backup Options for UNIX

Setting up UNIX Users.

The OMVS segment,
AutoGID and AutoUID,
Devolved superuser authority,
Setting up the home directory,
User shell customisation.

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.

UNIX and Performance.
General performance issues,
UNIX and the workload manager,
Shared address spaces,
File system performance,
Putting UNIX programs in the LPA.


MH07/02

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