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z/OS UNIX Systems Services 3.1 Series

The z/OS UNIX System Services curriculum introduces the learner to the components of a z/OS UNIX system and describes how to log into, and navigate this system. It explains commonly performed tasks, and the interfaces they can be invoked from. An introduction to creating and running shell scripts is also presented.

z/OS UNIX – z/OS UNIX System Services Basics 3.1

Duration: 3 hours

This introductory course looks at the evolution of UNIX on the Mainframe and describes how it interacts with today’s z/OS system products. It provides an overview of the z/OS UNIX System Services major components and shows typical workload processing in this environment. Details of the various file systems that are supported under z/OS UNIX are explained along with scenarios on when they would be used.

z/OS UNIX – Interacting with the z/OS UNIX System 3.1

Duration: 2 hours

This course discusses commonly used interfaces to z/OS UNIX and then concentrates on common tasks and how they are performed within those interfaces. Interfaces covered include: OMVS Shell, ISPF Shell, ISPF’s z/OS UNIX Directory List Utility, and batch processing.

z/OS UNIX – Working with z/OS UNIX 3.1

Duration: 4 hours

This course discusses commonly used interfaces to z/OS UNIX and then concentrates on common tasks and how they are performed within those interfaces. Interfaces covered include: OMVS Shell, ISPF Shell, ISPF’s z/OS UNIX Directory List Utility, and batch processing. You will also see how shell scripts are created, and will be introduced to code that is used to perform common z/OS UNIX tasks. Finally, you will discover how file security is structured and managed within z/OS UNIX, and look at some of the methods used to perform backup and recovery of z/OS UNIX files.