Day One

VM Overview
Logging On
The Directory
The Spool
Basic Commands
The CMS File System
Sharing Another User’s Files
Editing Files
Customizing Your System
Communicating with Other Users
The Help System
Programming Under CMS
Exercises

Day Two & Three

Why Linux on z/VM?
z/VM Timeline
Linux Distributions to choose from
Case Studies
What’s New in VM v6.2
If Your z/VM Is Not at v6.2…
In a Nutshell: How Linux works on z/VM
Linux Virtual machine Basics
The Linux Directory Entry
A Linux PROFILE EXEC
Putting it all together
Cloning
How many Linux VMs are Enough?
Supporting VM Userids
The finished Product!
Planning considerations for YOUR Linux Server Farm
Hardware
Software
Networking (OSA, Virtual Switches, HiperSockets, TCP/IP, Guest LAN, CTCA)
Interfaces
Applications
z/VM Configuration Topics
Exploiting z/VM and zSeries Features for Linux
Disk Mgmt
Security
Performance Monitoring
zPRO (from Velocity Software)
RSCS
Additional Resources
Listservs
Bibilography (and online sources)
Exercises