z/OS UNIX System Services Implementation

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

This is an intermediate course for experienced data professionals such as z/OS system programmers, who are responsible for the installation and maintenance of z/OS UNIX.

You should have:

• a basic knowledge of z/OS UNIX as provided in the course Introducing z/OS UNIX Services (OP05)

• 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