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Course description: Installing, Configuring and Servicing z/VM for Linux Guests

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Course code ZV062 Skill level Basic
Duration 5.0 days Delivery type Classroom
(Hands-on labs)
Course type Public or Private on-site    
Public price USD $3,255.00 plus tax    

This course introduces the system programmer to the tasks required to support a z/VM operating system. It provides an overview of the processes required to install z/VM and perform the required tailoring steps to support Linux guest systems and CMS users. The students will leave the course with the knowledge to perform the steps to add Linux guest systems and other virtual machines to the z/VM system, to define and create saved segments, to apply service to the z/VM system, and to define a minimal TCP/IP configuration.

There is also an instructor-led online version of this course: Installing, Configuring and Servicing z/VM for Linux Guests - ILO (MZ062)

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Training Paths that reference this course are:

  • z/VM and Linux on System z

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Special note

IBM Education Advantage Program eligibility:

  • Yes - IBM Education Pack - online account

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Audience

This basic course is intended for IT professionals who will be responsible for the support of Linux guests and other virtual machines running in the z/VM environment. It assumes that these persons will have little or no experience in the z/VM environment.

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Prerequisites

There are no Prerequisites for this course.

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Skills taught

  • Perform normal editing processes in the z/VM environment
  • Describe the process of running guests under z/VM
  • Define virtual machines to z/VM and reload the directory
  • Describe the process of defining real devices to the z/VM system
  • Modify the Control Program of z/VM
  • Define and save saved segments
  • Describe how TCP/IP works in z/VM
  • Customize the TCP/IP files on z/VM
  • Apply service to the z/VM system

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Course outline

Day 1

  • (00:15) Welcome
  • (02:30) Unit 1: z/VM overview
  • (00:30) Exercise 1: z/VM labs exercise logon overview
  • (01:00) Exercise 2: System logon, IPLing the guest, and XEDIT
  • (02:00) Unit 2: Installation

Day 2

  • (02:00) Unit 3: Directory
  • (02:00) Exercise 3: z/VM directory maintenance
  • (02:00) Unit 4: CP system configuration

Day 3

  • (02:00) Exercise 4: CP system configuration
  • (02:00) Unit 5: TCP/IP configuration
  • (02:00) Exercise 5: TCP/IP configuration, tailoring, and testing

Day 4

  • (01:30) Unit 6: Saved segments
  • (01:30) Exercise 6: Saved segments
  • (02:00) Unit 7: VMSES/E
  • (01:30) Exercise 7: Servicing z/VM (VMSES/E)

Day 5

  • (02:00) Unit 8: Introduction to performance
  • (01:30) Unit 9: Moving the PARM disk, warm, and checkpoint areas
  • (01:30) Exercise 8: Moving the PARM disk, warm, and checkpoint areas

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