Managing Guest Operating Systems
Duration
6 hours
Overview
The Managing Guest Operating Systems course describes the types of guests that can be installed under z/VM and the methods used to create, display and manipulate CMS files.
Audience
System operators, system administrators or other staff responsible for controlling and monitoring activity on guest operating systems.
Prerequisites
Solid background in z/VM concepts and operation or completion of the z/VM Concepts and System Initialization course and the Monitoring and Controlling z/VM Operations course.
Objectives
After completing this course, the student will be able to:
Course Content
STARTING GUEST SYSTEMS
Identifying Guest Systems that Run Under z/VM
Starting a Guest System
Communicating with your Guest System
ENTERING CMS COMMANDS
Understanding CMS Disk Structure and File Naming
Entering CMS Commands
The CMS Help Facilities
Running CMS Pipelines
Pipelines Device Drivers and Filters
MANIPULATING CMS FILES
Displaying a CMS File List
Copying, Comparing, Renaming and Deleting CMS Files
Sending and Receiving CMS Files
USING XEDIT TO CREATE CMS FILE CONTENT
Invoking XEDIT
XEDIT Session Basics
Creating CMS File Data
USING XEDIT TO MODIFY CMS FILE DATA
Scrolling Through CMS File Data
Modifying, Copying and Deleting CMS File Content
Using the Search Command
Saving CMS File Data
Exiting XEDIT