z⁄VM Education - Unit 03 - Introduction to System Administration

In this session, Bill Bitner explains some of the basics of being a z/VM System Administrator, sometimes referred to as a z/VM System Programmer. The session explains the critical areas of a z/VM system, how those areas are connected, and how to make changes to some of those areas.

Chapters: 0:00 - Introduction 4:36 - Single System Image (SSI) overview 7:07 - Recipe for a z/VM system 11:33 - How do we get there? 13:55 - Hardware Management Console (HMC) and Stand-Alone Program Loader (SAPL) 18:41 - Parm disk 20:16 - System configuration file 37:07 - Logo file 37:35 - User directory 46:48 - Other utilities 47:35 - Conclusion

Material: Presentation - https://www.vm.ibm.com/education/roadmaps/sysadmin.pdf