Introduction to CMS/XEDIT

Overview
This course will introduce students to CMS and XEDIT and is designed for those who will need to use them on a day-to-day basis in the course of their work. There are practical sessions throughout the class to reinforce the knowledge gained during the practical sessions.

Pre-requisites
None

Audience
Staff who need to use CMS and XEDIT.

Student Numbers
The maximum recommended student to instructor ratio is 16:1

Objectives
By the end of the course, the delegates will be able, with the aid of course notes to:

· Identify the major components of a Virtual Machine.
· Send messages between machines.
· Create new files and XEDIT existing files.
· Locate information within files and use common XEDIT commands for updating files
· Create a PROFILE EXEC to customise their CMS session.

 

Course Outline

Introduction	Review of current knowledge Introduction to mainframes
CMS	The components of a Virtual Machine Logon procedure Minidisks Disk and File Structure System Status area Command Search Sequence Customising a CMS Session Some useful VM Commands
XEDIT	Creating a new file Editing a file Saving an updated file XEDIT Commands XEDIT Prefix Subcommands

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