| WA1346 Job Control Language (JCL) for Z/OS |
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This course will review basic job control language (JCL). It will not include any of the SMS (storage management subsystem) parameters or assume SMS is available. Practice with creating and executing JCL will be included. |
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| Objectives: |
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After completing this course the student should be able to:
- Complete JCL for a simple job to include JOB, EXEC and DD statements.
- Set up a job that includes several job steps that have CONDitional parameters and input parameters for executed programs.
- Understand the basics of JCL PROCedures.
- Create JCL that concatenates datasets and uses job and step libraries.
- Submit jobs and identify job step activity or errors.
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| Target Audience: |
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Programmers, operations staff or anyone required to create or alter JCL |
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| Prerequisite: |
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An understanding of MVS and experience with TSO/ISPF. |
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| Format: |
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Classroom instruction and review with hands-on workshops. |
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| Duration: |
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One day. |
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| Schedule: |
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- Day 1
- JCL BASICS
- JCL: JOB/EXEC/DD Statements
- LAB#1 (after reviewing the EXEC statement)
- JCL: JOB/EXEC/DD Statements.... continued
- LAB#2
- PROC BASICS
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