z/OS JCL and Utilities Training

Students should have:

• Basic knowledge of information systems (IS) technologies.
• Familiarity with z/OS concepts and how these systems support the Enterprise Servers. This knowledge can be obtained by attending course An Introduction to the z/OS Environment (ES05GB)

• 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 Multiple Virtual Storage (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 super
• Use selected utility programs
• Describe tape processing facilities
• Code sort and merge control statements and associated JCL statements
• Recognize and resolve common Abnormal Terminations (ABENDs)

Day 1

• Welcome
• Unit 1: Introduction to JCL
• Unit 2: JOB, EXEC, and DD statements
• Unit 3: DD statement parameters: A second look
• Lab

Day 2

• Lab review: Day 1
• Unit 3: DD statement parameters, a second look (continued)
• Unit 4: Introduction to utilities and conditional execution
• Unit 5: Data management, organization, and format
• Lab

Day 3

• Lab review: Day 2 lab
• Unit 5: Data management, organization, and format (continued)
• Unit 6: Generation data groups
• Unit 7: Procedures
• Unit 8: More about utilities
• Lab

Day 4

• Lab review: Day 3 lab
• Unit 8: More about utilities (continued)
• Unit 9: More on procedures
• Unit 10: Selected JCL topics
• Unit 11: Sort/Merge
• Lab

Day 5

• Lab review: Day 4 lab
• Unit 12: Multivolume and tape allocation
• Unit 13: ABENDs
• Optional lab