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z/OS UNIX System Services part 1 - concepts & facilities

This two-day course describes and explains UNIX System Services from a technician's point of view. The principal UNIX concepts are introduced and explained, followed by a thorough examination of USS (UNIX) at a conceptual level.
The course goes on to describe the facilities available, and explains how the z/OS system environment has changed to support open system and UNIX concepts through z/OS USS.

On successful completion of this course you will be able to:

  • understand and use the terminology associated with UNIX
  • describe basic UNIX concepts
  • issue UNIX shell commands
  • identify and utilise key shell commands such as ''find'', ''grep'', etc.
  • explain the changes that have been made to the MVS platform in order to support applications created for a UNIX environment
  • identify the facilities and functions provided within USS
  • utilise ISHELL.

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Delivered as a live, interactive online training.

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07 juil2Eweb based 1375 EUR (excl. TVA)
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Intended for

All IT technicians working in a z/OS technical environment that will be encompassing the use of USS.

Background

A basic understanding of the z/OS environment.

Main topics

  • Introduction to UNIX & Open Systems
    • Where did UNIX come from?
    • Modern UNIX history
    • The UNIX ''culture''
    • Commercial UNIX systems
    • What is ''Open Systems''?
    • Some ''official'' definitions
    • Open platforms
    • Portable Operating System Interface - POSIX
    • The POSIX standards
    • Open Group branding
    • What is DCE?
  • UNIX System Overview
    • UNIX internals overview
    • The Kernel
    • System calls
    • Processes and programs
    • The shell
    • Tools
    • UNIX shells
    • The UNIX file system
    • The system files - /etc, /dev, /bin and others
    • UNIX security basics
    • UNIX User ids (uids)
    • User attributes
    • Access control in UNIX
    • File access control attributes
    • Meaning of permissions
    • Changing user and file attributes
    • Changing user information
    • Changing file information
    • File permission and user mask
    • Additional permission bits
    • User account information
    • User-determined information
    • The root username - the superuser
  • The Kernel & the Shell
    • The Kernel
    • The Shell
    • Main shell functions
    • Basic command syntax
    • Input and Output redirection
    • Examples of redirecting Input and Output
    • Piping input between commands
    • Environment variables
    • Special shell variables
    • Shell variables
    • Local and environment variables
    • Special keyboard operations
    • Online help
    • UNIX multitasking
    • Placing a command in background
    • Monitoring background commands;
    • Controlling background commands
    • Moving processes between foreground and background
    • File wild card searches
    • Shell programming
    • Shell programming commands and features
    • Passing arguments to shell programs
    • Shells and shell commands
    • Overview of commands
    • Command history
  • The UNIX File System Concept
    • UNIX file types
    • Directory structure
    • Paths and file names
    • zFS and HFS
    • Recommended file structure
    • Lengths of path and file names
    • Specifying UNIX files in z/OS
    • Creating, listing and viewing files
    • Positioning current work directory
    • Path and file name lengths
    • Working with directories
    • File system protection
    • Assigning file attributes
    • Permission attributes (r, w, x)
    • Assigning permission attributes to a file
    • Setting file permissions - chmod
    • File attributes
    • Default file permissions - umask
    • Links - file name ''alias''
    • Hard links
    • Hard links and i-node numbers
    • Hard link - listing
    • Symbolic links
    • Additional list options
    • Listing files - pattern matching
    • Locating files - find
    • The find command
    • Additional search qualifiers
    • Copying files - cp
    • Moving and removing files
    • Controlling Input and Output
    • Passing files between programs - pipes
    • Regular expressions
    • Searching for strings in files - grep
    • grep - a science in its own right
    • grep and regular expressions
    • Sorting text files - sort
    • Formatting files with pr
    • Printing to hardcopy - lp
    • Example of files and directories
  • Interactive USS
    • Invoking USS
    • Running USS interactively
    • Login to USS
    • TSO terminal support - Pseudo TTY
    • TSO or asynchronous, OCS or direct?
    • 1003.1 Compliant communication functions
    • The shell
    • The OMVS command
    • Default PF keys in OMVS
    • OMVS subcommands
    • Shell commands
    • TSO/E commands and ISPF panels
    • ISPF panel for file management - ISHELL
    • Directory list
    • File - drop down menu
    • The ISPF edit panel
    • Directory - drop down menu
    • OEDIT and OBROWSE

Training method

Live instructor-led training, with plenty of opportunities for hands-on exercises and discussion.

Certificate

At the end of the session, the participant receives a 'Certificate of Completion'.

Duration

2 days.

Course leader

Peter Vanroose (ABIS), RSM Technology.


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