B610: z/OS JCL and Utilities

z/OS JCL and Utilities - Topical Outline

Day One

The Application program environment
MVS - Multiple Virtual Storages
The Road to z/OS
z/OS Workflow
JES - the Job Entry Subsystem
JCL statement syntax
JOB, EXEC Statements
Computer Exercise: OSWTO
JCL Clues - 1

Running jobs
    The Work Load Manager (WLM)
    The SCHENV parameter
    Submitting Jobs under ISPF/PDF
    SUBMIT Edit - Browse - View Primary Command
    Monitoring Jobs and Examining Job Output Using ISPF Option 3.8
    Computer Exercise: Running a Job

Introduction to Data Management
   Data Management Terms
   SYSIN-type data and SYSOUT-type data
   Computer Exercise: SYSIN And SYSOUT Files
JCL Clues - 2

Tape and Disk Data Sets
   Tape and Disk Data Sets
   Tape layout
   DASD Concepts
   Data Set Naming Rules
   Units, Volumes, Catalogs

Tape and DASD DD Statements
   Building Tape and DASD DD statements
   Sample DD Statements
   Data Flow Diagrams
   Computer Exercise: JOB Using Tape And Disk Data Sets
JCL Clues - 3

Day Two

SMS - System Managed Storage
   STORCLAS, DATACLAS, MGMTCLAS
   ISMF
   Output DD Statements With SMS

Looking at Job output
Other DD techniques and parameters
   Temporary data sets and DUMMY files
   Concatenation
   Computer Exercise: NEWF2F

Utilities and Job Output Viewing
   IEFBR14, IEBGENER, IDCAMS
   SDSF, Flasher, IOF, (E)JES
   Computer Exercise: Utilities

Sort / Merge
   JCL Requirements
   Control Statements
   Computer Exercise: SORT

OUTPUT Statements
Computer Exercise: OUTPUT Statements

Day Three

Condition Code Testing and Memory Management
   REGION parameter
   MEMLIMIT parameter
   IF / THEN / ELSE / ENDIF statements
   Computer Exercise: Conditional Processing

JCL Procedures
   Cataloged Procedures
   JCLLIB statement
   Computer Exercise: A Cataloged Procedure

JCL Procedures: Inserts and Overrides
   Procedures and Inserts
   Procedures and Overrides
   Computer Exercise: Inserts and Overrides

JCL Procedures and Symbolic Parameters
   Symbolic Parameters
   SYSUID
   Computer Exercise: A Procedure With Symbolic Parameters

JCL SETs, INCLUDEs and IN-stream Procedures
   The SET Statement
   The INCLUDE statement
   In-stream Procedures
   Computer Exercise: Using Nested Procedures and INCLUDEs

Additional Data Set Handling Techniques
Generation Data Groups
PDSE - Partitioned Data Set, Extended

TSO Commands
DELETE, LISTC

Sources of information
    IBM publications
    IBM Web-based information
    Book manager
    Quick Reference

Course Objectives
Course description
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