Course Description

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

This course: course objectives; course outline

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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.

• 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.