Advanced MVS JCL and Utilities

Course Overview

I. Job Control Language Essentials Review

• A. JCL Overview and Syntax Review
• B. JCL Overview and Syntax Review
• C. Classic JCL Statement Types
• D. New JCL Statement Types
• E. JCL Statement Categories
• F. JCL Syntax: Fields
• G. JCL Syntax: Parameters
• H. JCL Syntax: Comments
• I. JCL Syntax: Continuation
• J. JES (Job Entry Subsystem) Statements
• K. JES JCL Statements L. JOB Statement Review
• M. JOB Statement: Jobname
• N. JOB Statement: Accounting Info
• O. JOB Statement: Programmer-Name
• P. JOB Statement: Apostrophe Rules
• Q. JOB Statement: Keyword Parameters
• R. JOB Statement: CLASS Keyword
• S. JOB Statement: MSGCLASS Keyword
• T. JOB Statement: MSGLEVEL Keyword
• U. JOB Statement: NOTIFY Keyword
• V. JOB Statement: TYPRUN Keyword
• W. JOB Statement: RESTART Keyword
• X. JOB Statement: Other Keywords
• Y. More JOB Keyword Parameters
• Z. MVS Utilities: IEFBR14
• AA. Lab: Create a JOB JCL Statement
• BB. LABJOB1 Solutions
• CC. EXEC Statement
• DD. Big Picture: Compile & Link Process
• EE. EXEC Statement: Keyword Parameters
• FF. EXEC Statement: PGM Keyword
• GG. EXEC Statement: PROC Keyword
• HH. Understanding Error Types
• II. Understanding Return Codes
• JJ. EXEC Statement: COND Keyword
• KK. EXEC Statement: PARM Keyword
• LL. Using PARM in a COBOL Program
• MM. EXEC Statement: REGION Keyword
• NN. EXEC Statement: TIME Keyword
• OO. More EXEC Keyword Parameters
• PP. Lab: JCL EXEC
• QQ. Optional Lab: JCL EXEC
• RR. DD Statement
• SS. DD Statement: DDNAME
• TT. Referring to the DDNAME in COBOL
• UU. DD Statement: *
• VV. DD Statement: DATA
• WW. DD Statement: DUMMY
• XX. MVS Utilities: IEBGENER
• YY. Example IEBGENER job step:
• ZZ. LABDD1: In-stream & SYSOUT data
• AAA. LABDD1 Solution
• BBB. DD Statement: Keyword Parameters
• CCC. DD Statement: SYSOUT=
• DDD. SYSOUT Examples
• EEE. DD Statement: DSN=
• FFF. DD Statement: DISP=
• GGG. DD Statement: UNIT=
• HHH. DD Statement: VOL= & VOL=SER=
• III. DD Statement: LABEL=
• JJJ. DD Statement: RETPD and EXPDT
• KKK. DD Statement: LABEL= Examples
• LLL. DD Statement: DCB=
• MMM. DD Statement: SPACE=
• NNN. Understanding DASD Extents
• OOO. DD Statement: SPACE= Examples
• PPP. DD Statement: AVGREC=
• QQQ. DD Statement: LIKE=
• RRR. DD Statement: LIKE=, REFDD= Examples
• SSS. SMS-managed Dataset Keywords 
• TTT. LABDD2: Reading from DASD
• UUU. LABDD3: Writing to DASD
• VVV. Data Set Concatenation
• WWW.Special DD Names
• XXX. JOBLIB Statement
• YYY. JOBLIB Statement: Example
• ZZZ. STEPLIB DD Statement
• AAAA. DD Statement: Backward Reference
• BBBB. IF / THEN / ELSE / ENDIF CCCC.Lab: JCL IF

II. New Job Control Language Features

• A. IEBCOPY Documentation
• B. Greater than 100 character Parms in JCL
• C. PARMDD1 JOB: PARMDD Example
• D. Instream Symbol Substitution
• E. Job Execution Controls - Overview
• F. Simple Job Group Example
• G. JOBGROUP Statement Syntax
• H. JOBGROUP Statement Keywords
• I. GJOB Statement
• J. JOBSET Statement
• K. Dependencies: BEFORE, AFTER, CONCURRENT
• L. Dependencies: BEFORE, AFTER NAME=
• M. Dependencies: BEFORE, AFTER WHEN=
• N. BEFORE, AFTER WHEN= Operators
• O. Dependencies: BEFORE, AFTER ACTION=
• P. Dependencies: BEFORE, AFTER OTHERWISE=
• Q. Dependencies: CONCURRENT
• R. Concurrent Example
• S. Dependencies: SCHEDULE JCL Statement
• T. JOBGROUP and SCHEDULE Example
• U. SYSDSN ENQ Downgrade in JCL
• V. DSENQSHR Example
• W. JES-Independent JCL
• X. HSM Parallel Batch Recall III

III. The IEBCOP Y Utility

• A. IEBCOPY Documentation
• B. IEBCOPY JCL
• C. IEBCOPY Parameters
• D. IEBCOPY Statement Types
• E. COPY Control Statement F
• . IEBCOPY Operation Types
• G. SELECT Control Statement
• H. EXCLUDE Control Statement
• I. IEBCOPY Return Codes
• J. IEBCOPY Examples
• K. IEBCOPY Lab LABCOPY1
• L. IEBCOPY Lab LABCOMP1 IV

IV. The Sort Utility

• A. SORT Overview
• B. Example Sort JCL
• C. SORT DD Statements
• D. SORT control statements
• E. SORT Operands
• F. SORT: Lab

V Advanced Printing Techniques

• A. OUTPUT Statement
• B. OUTPUT Statement Example
• C. OUTPUT Statement: Lab (optional)

VI Using and Writing Procedures

• A. JCLLIB Statement
• B. INCLUDE Statement
• C. INCLUDE Statement: Lab
• D. Procedures E. Procedures: Symbolic Parameters
• F. Procedures: Statement Overrides
• G. Procedures: Order of Overrides
• H. Procedures: Adding In-stream data
• I. Procedures: Symbolics Example
• J. LABPRCxx: Create a Procedure
• K. LABPRC1: Use a Procedure
• L. LABPRC2: An In-stream Procedure
• M. SET Statement
• N. SET Statement: Example
• O. SET Statement: Lab

VII The IDCAMS Utility

• A. IDCAMS Utility Program Overview
• B. IDCAMS Documentation C. IDCAMS Functional Commands
• D. IDCAMS Cmd Language Syntax
• E. IDCAMS Syntax Example F. DEFINE Command Overview
• G. VSAM Terminology Review
• H. VSAM KSDS Datasets
• I. Define Cluster command
• J. Selected Define Cluster Parameters
• K. Define Alternateindex command
• L. Define AlternateIndex Parameters
• M. Define AlternateIndex Example
• N. Define Path Command
• O. Build Index Command
• P. Complete BldIndex Example
• Q. Delete Command R. Delete Examples
• S. Repro Command
• T. Print Command
• U. Listcat Command
• V. Modal Commands
• W. IDCAMS Lab LABVSAM1
• X. Optional IDCAMS Lab LABVSAM2
• Y. Generation Data Sets
• Z. DD Statement: Generation Data Sets
• AA. Example: Generation Data Sets
• BB. Lab: Generation Data Sets
• CC. System Programmer Tasks w/ IDCAMS
• DD. Alter Management Class Example
• EE. Define Alias Example
• FF. Define User Catalog Example
• GG. Define Page Dataset Example
• HH. Backup the IODF Example

VIII MVS Utilities

• A. Typical JCL for MVS Utilities
• B. IBM Data Set Utilities
• C. IEBDG: Generate Test Data
• D. IEBDG: Generate Test Data Example
• E. IEBUPDTE: Update a PDS
• F. IEBUPDTE: Update a PDS Example
• G. IBM System Utilities

IX Tape Processing

• A. Tape Device Fundamentals
• B. Tape Device Details
• C. Tape DD Statement Review
• D. Tape DD Statement Example
• E. DD Statement Review: UNIT=
• F. DD Statement: UNIT= Examples
• G. DD Statement: VOL= & VOL=SER=
• H. DD Statement: VOL= Examples
• I. Minimizing Tape Units in a Job Step
• J. Tape Management Subsystems
• K. TMS (CA-1) Overview
• . TMS JCL Considerations
• M. TMS Expiration Dates
• N. TMS JCL Examples
• O. Tape Mapping Utility Overview
• P. Using the IBM Ditto Utility
• Q. Mapping a Tape Using Ditto
• R. Copying a Tape Using Ditto
• S. Initializing Tape Volumes

X Using the TSO TMP and REXX with Batch

• A. The TSO Terminal Monitor Program
• B. TSO Terminal Monitor Program Example
• C. Running REXX from Batch
• D. Submitting JCL From REXX

XI UNIX System Services

• A. Issue UNIX cmds from BATCH JCL
• B. BPXBATCH DDNAME Usage
• C. BPXBATCH Example: Shell Script
• D. BPXBATCH Example: Shell Cmd
• E. BPXBATCH Alternatives
• F. Pro’s and Con’s of USS access via Batch
• G. Using the Irish Commands
• H. Moving Data HFS <-> MVS

Prerequisites

Students must be familiar with basic JCL coding, as well as use of ISPF edit and an output retrieval program such as SDSF.