z/OS Job Control Language

Verhoef Training Ltd.

Short course

In Bath

£ 1,350 + VAT

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Description

  • Type

    Short course

  • Level

    Intermediate

  • Location

    Bath

  • Duration

    3 Days

This hands-on z/OS Job Control Language course provides an introduction to z/OS JCL and the impact of SMS.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Bath (Somerset)
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11 Kingsmead Square, BA1 2AB

Start date

On request

About this course

Code JCL to perform general tasks within the z/OS system.

Understand the Job listings and associated messages.

Diagnose and resolve JCL problems.

Analyse Job failures, correct and restart jobs.

Code JOB, EXEC, and DD statements.

Create data sets of different types.

Improve programmer efficiency and reduce program test time.

Decrease the number of job failures.

This course is for programmers, systems analysts, systems programmers, operations support and others who need to understand and code JCL within a z/OS environment. It is especially useful for operations and support staff who are required to analyse job failures and restart them with minimal supervision.

Delegates should have a basic understanding of the operating environment and operating system functions, and be familiar with TSO/ISPF.

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Subjects

  • Z/OS
  • JCL
  • Job Control Language
  • Operating Systems
  • Systems Programming
  • IBM z/OS
  • SMS
  • Coding
  • Job Management

Course programme

Evolution of JCL.
JCL syntax.
Statement types.
Operand types.
JCL Error points.
Comprehension quiz.
6 JCL error comprehension exercises.
Influences on the JOB statement.
CLASS and its role in JOB selection.
GROUP.
JOBRC.
MSGCLASS and output affected.
MSGLEVEL.
NOTIFY.
PASSWORD.
REGION.
MEMLIMIT.
TIME.
TYPRUN.
USER.
Comprehension quiz.
3 practical exercises.
Influences on the EXEC statement.
PGM / PROC.
COND.
PARM.
REGION.
TIME.
Comprehension quiz.
4-5 practical exercises.
Influences on the DD statement.
DDNAMES sources.
Reserved DDNAMES.
In-stream data sets.
Spooled data sets (SYSOUT).
DSN.
DISP.
Comprehension quiz.
3 practical exercises.
Data set organisations (DSORG).
Defining a new permanent data set.
Defining a new cartridge data set.
Defining a temporary data set for this step.
Defining a temporary data set for another step.
Referencing a previous temporary data set.
Comprehension quiz.
5 practical exercises.
DATACLAS.
MGMTCLAS.
STORCLAS.
AVGREC.
LIKE.
REFDD.
Comprehension quiz.
2 practical exercises.
RESTART.
RD.
Concatenated data sets.
Deferred data sets.
DUMMY data sets.
Backward references.
OUTPUT statement.
Comprehension quiz.
3 practical exercises.

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