Course Description

VSAM With Access Method Services

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Benefits

Students who complete this course will be able to define, load, print, and delete VSAM data sets using Access Method Services, and to estimate space requirements for VSAM data sets.

Audience

Programmers and data administrators who need to work with VSAM data sets from an AMS (Access Method Services) perspective, independent of any programming language.

Prerequisites

The student should be able to code JCL to run simple batch jobs.

Related IBM Materials

This course is drawn from this IBM manual; access to it in the classroom is desirable but not required:

SC26-7394 - AMS Reference

• VSAM concepts and terms
• ESDS, KSDS, RRDS, LSDS
• Access Method Services Commands
• Alternate indexes
• Data set space estimates
• Backup / recovery considerations
• SMS impacts
• Introduction to performance issues

Exercises

There are four hands-on exercises.

Special Notes

The content from this course is largely included in course D-540 (VSAM for COBOL Programmers) and course E-540 (VSAM For PL/I Programmers).