VM503 z/VM, CMS, and Linux for System z Basics

Course Code: VM503
Recommended Duration: 3 Days

Benefits

Students who complete this course will be comfortable working in the Linux environment, working with directories and files, using many of the common commands and utilities necessary to be productive in this environment.

Audience

Experienced application programmers and systems programmers needing to learn the Linux way of accomplishing work.

Prerequisites

The student entering this course should have some background in using computers, but no familiarity with UNIX or Linux is required.

Related Materials

No additional materials are needed. The student handouts are complete.

Major Topics Include

VM Overview
The Directory
Basic CMS Commands
The CMS File System
Editing Files
The Help System
The Evolution of Linux
System z and z/VM History
The concepts of real and virtual machines
Linux installation (SLES 10)
Managing Linux users
Editing: A Quick Look at vi
File systems
Exploiting z/VM and System z features for Linux
Connecting to and from Linux (ssh, ftp, etc)
System z Networking (OSA Express, Hypersockets, Guest LAN, Vswitch)

Exercises

There are 15 hands-on exercises.

Course Description

z/VM, CMS, and Linux for System z Basics