Audience
This intermediate course is for experienced data professionals such as z/OS system programmers, who are responsible for the installation and maintenance of z/OS UNIX.
Prerequisites
You should have a basic knowledge of z/OS UNIX as provided in Introducing z/OS UNIX System Services - OP05G, as well as the skills normally required to install a z/OS product using SMP/E and batch jobs to update system data sets.
Knowledge of RACF is also useful.
Duration
4 days. Hands on.
Course Objectives
This course is designed to provide you with the skills required to install and customize z/OS UNIX (full name z/OS UNIX System Services), and to manage and monitor the z/OS UNIX environment.
- Execute the tasks required to prepare a z/OS installation for implementing z/OS UNIX
- Execute the tasks to install the z/OS UNIX software features
- Use the information provided in this class to perform the basic customization necessary to fully implement the z/OS UNIX kernel, the file system, the shell and utilities, and z/OS UNIX applications
- Put in place the RACF security required for z/OS UNIX resources and applications
- Make appropriate definitions for the activation of TCP/IP sockets by z/OS UNIX
- Identify and use the processes and data required for monitoring and tuning the z/OS UNIX environment
Course Content
Day 1
Welcome
Unit 1: z/OS UNIX implementation overview
Unit 2: z/OS UNIX services initial installation
Exercise 1: Move from default to full mode function
Exercise 2: IPL in full function mode and enable a nonvolatile root HFS
Unit 3: File system customization
Day 2
Exercise 3: Customizing the file system
Unit 4: Security customization
Exercise 4: Defining and managing UNIX users, OMVS security
Day 3
Unit 5: Shell customization
Exercise 5: UNIX System Services and shell customization
Unit 6: Customizing applications, daemons, and servers
Exercise 6: UNIX processes
Exercise 7: Access control list and enhanced ASCII support (optional)
Day 4
Unit 7: File system management and system maintenance
Exercise 8: Managing HFS and zFS data sets
Unit 8: Managing z/OS UNIX operations
Unit 9: Exploiting TCP/IP with z/OS UNIX
Exercise 9: Managing z/OS UNIX