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BMC Mainframe: z/OS UNIX System Services Part 2 - Configuration & Implementation

The course is developed and delivered by © RSM Technology.

This course follows on from the course UNIX System Services Part 1 - Concepts & Facilities. It teaches the skills needed to install, configure and implement UNIX System Services in a z/OS environment. The course goes on to describe and explain how to manage the new environment efficiently and effectively, with a specific focus on security.

Major release:

BMC Mainframe Infrastructure Platform Training

Course Delivery:

Instructor-Led Training (ILT) | 16 時間

Course Modules

  • USS Features & Services
    • UNIX internals overview
    • The Kernel: LOADxx and the IPL process: Load Unit Address,The LOAD parameter - ddddxxsn,The LOADxx member
    • The UNIX support in z/OS
    • Displaying OMVS processes
    • The UNIX support in z/OS
    • USS z/OS packaging
    • z/OS and USS comparative functions
    • Terminal and workstation support
    • Special TSO/E commands
    • Controlling z/OS UNIX - BPXPRMxx parmlib member
    • Displaying OMVS information
    • Displaying OMVS information
    • ulimit - a (shell command)
    • New ISPF panels
    • The Shell
    • USS functions
    • Processes and fork()
    • fork() and shared storage
    • spawn() function
    • Inter-Process Communications functions
    • Memory mapped files
    • Threads
    • Daemon processes
    • The UNIX file system
    • The system files - /etc, /dev, /bin and others
    • Display File systems
    • Practical exercise
  • USS Installation
    • Steps to install USS
    • Modes of running USS
    • WLM support for fork() and spawn()
    • Prepare for security
    • RACF profile extensions
    • Create the root file system
    • Initialisation shell scripts
    • Inittab; etc/rc; etc/profile
    • $HOME/.profile
    • Customize parmlib members
    • Controlling USS - BPXPRMxx parmlib
    • member
    • BPXPRMxx: maximum sizes, miscellaneous,
    • file systems, network; RESOLVER PROC
    • Dynamically changing the BPXPRMxx
    • options
    • BPXPRMxx - Individual overrides
    • FILESYSTYPE buffer parameters
    • USS work
    • Why USS uses WLM
    • UNIX Services fork and spawn function calls
    • USS Service Classes
    • USS classification rules
    • Definitions for OMVS subsystem type work
    • Cataloged procedures used by USS
    • Customize cataloged procedures
    • Performance enhancements using the VLF
    • Completing the preparation for USS
    • File Security Packet (FSP)
    • Start USS
    • Running OMVS workload in batch
    • New JCL keywords
    • Syntax of new JCL keywords
    • Initial file system
    • HFS sharing
    • Extended file system
    • Version HFS - an example
    • System HFS - an example
    • Applying maintenance to HFS products - requirements
    • Applying maintenance to HFS products - steps
    • Applying maintenance to HFS products - Verification/Activation
    • Practical exercise
  • USS File Systems
    • Using files from UNIX programs
    • Managing UNIX files in z/OS
    • The Hierarchical File System
    • UNIX files and file systems: The Physical File System (PFS), The Logical File System (LFS)
    • Device drivers
    • Directory structure
    • The root file system
    • The root file system z/OS
    • Shared file system
    • Mount points
    • Mounting file systems
    • Automount facility
    • Automount setup
    • Initial file system structure
    • Path and file names
    • Lengths of path and file names
    • Specifying UNIX files in z/OS
    • File attributes
    • Accessing HFS files
    • File administration with TSO/ISPF
    • Special TSO/E commands
    • Copying UNIX files with TSO/E
    • OPUT, OGET, OCOPY and BPXCOPY examples
    • Character sets and code conversion
    • EBCDIC code pages
    • Code translation
    • Code conversion when copying
    • Managing HFSs - confighfs
    • Space management of zFS
    • Backup/Restore
    • Copying POSIX files with TSO/E
    • Backup/Restore using UNIX Utilities
    • Backup/Restore using TSM
  • zFS File System
    • What is z/OS DFS zFS?
    • What are zFS file system aggregates?
    • Distributed File Service required for zFS
    • Sample Parameter FileIOE.SIOESAMP(IOEFSPRM)
    • zfsadm shell command
    • zFS utility programs
    • Defining zFS - action summary
    • zFS Colony Address space
    • Allocating zFS aggregates
    • zfsadm format command
    • zfsadm format in batch
    • Growing aggregates
    • Mounting a zFS file system
    • Cloning
    • Migrating from HFS to zFS
    • BXHWH2Z
    • Practical exercise
  • zFS Performance
    • zFS cache & performance
    • IOEPRMxx performance parameters
    • zFS performance data via an API
    • zFS performance data - zfsadm query
    • zFS cache - user & metadata
    • zFS cache - metadata
    • zFS cache - transaction & log
    • zFS cache - vnode 5-16
    • Directory backing cache
    • zFS I/O by aggregate
    • SMF records for USS
    • RMF reporting for USS
    • zFS Activity Report
    • zFS Summary Report
    • RMF Monitor lll reporting for USS
  • USS RACF Security
    • USS Security with RACF
    • z/OS UNIX process
    • RACF profile extensions
    • OMVS segments
    • System resource limits
    • UNIX identity
    • Kernel security
    • User definition - superuser
    • Define regular uids & gids
    • Switch to superuser mode
    • UNIXPRIV class
    • UNIXPRIV privileges
    • Controlling usage of shared IDs
    • SHARED keyword for AU, ALU, AG, ALG
    • SEARCH enhancement to map UID & GID
    • Automatic UID/GID assignment
    • set-uid & set-gid files
    • Program controlled executables
    • Enhanced Program Security
    • Controlling daemons
    • Defining OMVSKERN as a daemon
    • Enhanced Program Security & BPX.MAINCHECK
    • Controlling servers
    • UNIX level vs z/OS UNIX level security
    • TTY Group
    • Started task requirements
    • Define miscellaneous BPX.* facility profiles
    • Program attributes - APF & program controlled
    • File security packet extattr bits
    • Authorisation required to set extattr bits
    • What are sanction lists?
    • Setting up sanction lists
    • Set up users' field level access to OMVS segments
    • UNIX file security
    • File access control with Permission Bits
    • Making the RESTRICTED attribute applicable to UNIX files
    • The chown command - change file owner
    • The chmod command - change file mode (permissions)
    • Default file permissions and the umask command
    • Access Control Lists (ACLs)
    • File access control with Permission Bits and ACLs
    • ACL inheritance
    • Authority to create ACLs
    • getfacl and setfacl commands
    • getfacl
    • getfacl - dispay all ACLs for a directory
    • setfacl - change permission bits
    • setfacl - change ACL entries
    • Using the UNIX 'find' command
    • Overriding UNIXPRIV authority with ACL entries
    • Authorisation checking - summary
    • Auditing users & processes
    • Auditing USS