JCL and Utilities Understanding

Duration: 3.0 days CEUs: 1.8

AUDIENCE
All users.

BENEFITS
This course is designed to enable programmers to write MVS JCL, to use IBM utility programs, and to use the Sort/Merge program. Hands on exercises reinforce skills learning. It is also intended for programmers and operators who need to learn MVS JCL and utility program usage.

PREREQUISITES
None.

COURSE TOPICS

• Comments in JCL
• JOB, EXEC, DD Statements
• ISPF and EDIT Functions and PF KEY Definitions
• Obtaining a Member list
• Editing Commands
• IEBGENER JCL
• Creating a New Data Set
• DCB, SPACE, DISP Parameters
• ISPF Data Set Utilities
• Data Set Information
• MOVE/COPY Utility, EDIT Copy
• IDCAMS PRINT and REPRO
• Multiple Step Jobs
• REFERBACKs
• JCL for Temporary DSNs
• SORT JCL, MERGE Utility
• JOB and EXEC Statement Options
• Existing Procedures
• DD Overrides and Concatenation
• Parameter Overrides
• JCL and Symbolics
• Instream Procedures
• Partitioned Data Sets (PDS)
• Creating and Maintaining Libraries
• IEBCOPY JCL
• IEHLIST JCL
• IEFBR14 JCL
• Library Utilities Available in ISPF
• Working With Tapes and Cartridges
• JES2: ROUTE, JOBPARM, OUTPUT
• Reserved DDs

Software Used: MVS