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
• JOBRC parameter
• 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 and INCLUDEs

• The SET Statement
• The INCLUDE statement
• 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