z/OS JCL and Utilities

Course details

This course is designed to teach you how to use z/OS Job Control Language (JCL) and selected z/OS utility programs in an online batch environment. Both Storage Management Subsystem (SMS) and non-SMS JCL are discussed. Machine lab exercises complement the lecture material.

Objectives:

• Code basic JCL statements using proper syntax and coding rules, including JCL for:
• Creating new data sets
• Referencing existing data sets
• Condition code testing
• IF/THEN/ELSE/ENDIF constructs
• Generation data groups
• Output routing
• JCL enhancements introduced by various releases of MVS, OS/390, and z/OS
• Identify storage management subsystem requirements
• Code instream and cataloged procedures
• Use symbolic parameters in procedures
• Code procedure overrides and additions
• Use selected utility programs
• Describe tape processing facilities
• Code sort and merge control statements and associated JCL statements
• Recognize and resolve common ABENDS