Course Description

z/OS JCL and Utilities

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Benefits

Students who complete this course will be able to code JCL to run test and production batch jobs, use some common batch utility programs, and use a Sort / Merge program product.

Audience

Programmers, operators, analysts, support staff and users who need to know how to code JCL to run jobs in a z/OS environment. Anyone who needs to gain a basic understanding of the structure and workflow in z/OS.

Prerequisites

A basic understanding of computer concepts. Although a programming background is not required, people with such a background will generally get the most out of this course.

Familiarity with the ISPF editor (or other editor used to create and submit JCL).

Related IBM Materials

This course is drawn from these IBM manuals; access to them in the classroom is desirable but not required (note: the form numbers here are for the latest release of z/OS; you may use the equivalent manuals for the release you are running):

SC33-4035 - DFSORT (may substitute if not 
                using the IBM Sort/Merge product)
SA22-7597 - JCL Reference
SC26-7414 - Utilities

• z/OS organization and workflow
• Introduction to the Work Load Manager
• JCL: rules of syntax
• JOB, EXEC, DD, OUTPUT statements
• SMS - Storage Management Subsystem
• Data sets and libraries; DASD organization
• VTOCs and catalogs
• Viewing job output using ISPF 3.8 and one of: SDSF, IOF, Flasher, (E)JES
• Data flow diagrams and JCL skeletons
• Utilities: IEFBR14, IEBGENER
• Introduction to IDCAMS
• Conditional JCL: IF/THEN, ELSE, ENDIF
• Cataloged procedures
• Symbolic parameters in procedures and in open JCL
• INCLUDE, SET, JCLLIB
• Private proclibs
• Sort / Merge
• GDGs
• PDSEs
• Sources of Information

Exercises

There are 13 hands-on exercises.