JCL Series
Total Time: 36 - 67 hours

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MVS/ESA JCL: Fundamentals Time: 6 - 11 hours JCL301 MVS/ESA JCL: Fundamentals covers the basic principles and practices needed by a new user to understand and code commonly used MVS/ESA Job Control Language statements. JCL Overview Jobstreams Building Jobstreams Defining Data Sets in Your Jobstreams Procedures Looking at your Output

MVS/ESA JCL: Job Processing Time: 5 - 10 hours JCL302 MVS/ESA JCL: Job Processing continues the discussion of MVS/ESA Job Control Language statements begun in the first course in this series. This course covers parameters and options coded on JOB, EXEC, JES2 and JES3 statements that deal with how a job is processed through the operating system. Introduction Job Identification Job Resources and Performance Conditional Job Processing Job Processing and Communication

MVS/ESA JCL: Data Sets Time: 6 - 11 hours JCL303 MVS/ESA JCL: Data Sets covers principles and practices of coding data set information. Using Permanent Data Sets Cataloging Data Sets Using Temporary Data Sets Passing Data Sets Concatenating Data Sets Generation Data Sets Space Allocation Considerations for Tapes

MVS/ESA JCL: Procedures Time: 7 - 14 hours JCL304 MVS/ESA JCL: Procedures defines and explains procedure libraries, instream procedures and cataloged procedures. It discusses positional, keyword and symbolic parameters as well as overriding parameters of an EXEC statement in a procedure. Overriding DD statements in a procedure are also explained. Definition Execution Symbolic Parameters Overriding Procedures Modifying Parameters on an EXEC Statement

MVS/ESA: Basic Operations Time: 4 - 6 hours OPR101 MVS/ESA: Basic Operations teaches how to use the operator console and MVS/ESA system commands to control the operating system. Consoles Monitoring System Activity Job and Task Management Device Management Broadcast Messages PF Key Assignments

MVS/ESA: Fundamentals of MVS/ESA and JES Time: 5 - 9 hours MVS101 Fundamentals of MVS/ESA and JES presents an overview of the MVS/ESA environment, including JES2, JES3 and the SMS facility. MVS/ESA Overview MVS/ESA Functional Areas MVS/ESA Tools and Facilities

MVS/ESA: Utilities Time: 3 - 6 hours MVS201 MVS/ESA: Utilities explains how to use common MVS utility programs, including IDCAMS, SORT/MERGE and IEBCOPY. Access Methods Services General Purpose Utilities Specialized Utilities

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