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OS/390 J CL
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Advanced OS/390 JCL
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COURSE OVERVIEW
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course is designed to provide the student with advanced OS/390 (MVS) JCL
techniques. Advanced JCL syntax will be reviewed, Proc coding, JCL efficiencies,
MVS concepts, DASD concepts, catalog management and MVS utilities will be
reviewed.
COURSE DURATION:
2 Days - This is a lecture and hands-on workshop class.
COURSE PREREQUISITES:
Student should be familiar with TSO/ISPF and basic JCL syntax and usage before
taking this class.
COURSE MATERIALS:
Class notes will be provided.
Each student will receive a copy of System 370/390 JCL, Gary DeWard Brown -
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Course Objectives:
Through the extensive use of workshops and exercises the student will be able to code
JCL using some of the more advanced syntax. The student will be familiar with the
coding and debugging of PROCS including symbolic substitution and overrides. The
student will have a good understanding of basic MVS concepts, DASD management,
MVS Utilities, Abend determination and common shop JCL standards.
Advanced OS/390 JCL
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Course Outline
I. Course Overview and Review of Objectives
II. MVS Concepts and Facilities
A. MVS System Architecture
B. The Catalog
C. Labels - Tape and Disk
D. Generation Data Group's (GDG's)
E. Dataset Organizations
F. MVS Utilities
1. IEFBR14
2. IEBGENER
3. IDCAMS
4. IEBCOPY
G. Understanding the flow of control in a job
III. Advanced JCL Coding
A. The JOB Card
B. The EXEC Card
C. The DD Card
IV. Procedure (PROC) Coding
A. Defining Procs/Proclibs
B. Coding Procs
C. Using Symbolics
D. Proc Overides
E. Analyzing JCL Output
F. Procedure coding exercise
V. Other Topics.
A. DASD Allocation
B. Coding Sorts
C. Concatentation techniques
D. The Commandments of JCL
E. Problem Determination
F. Abends - Cause/Effect/Analysis/Correction
VI. Review and Questions