
Course Description (By Curriculum)

7 to 9 hours
Operators of JES3 systems and other personnel requiring knowledge of JES3
Basic knowledge of the MVS system
After completing this course, the student will be able to:
• Define the concepts of a JES3 system
• Recognize the various job stages
• Recognize the JES3 commands to start, stop, control, and monitor the system
• Recognize the JES3 commands to control output and printers
Overview of JES3
Spooling Jobs
Job Control Table
Job Segment Scheduler
Reader Phase
Control Student Processing Phase
Converter Service
Interpreter Service
Main Device Scheduling Setup
Job Setup
Highwater Setup
Verify Queue
Explicit Setup
Fetch Queue
Waitvol Queue
Job Data Set Blocks
Output Service Elements
Writers
Sysout Classes
Output Service Queue (WTR)
External Writer Queue (HOLD)
Purge
Deadline Scheduling
Dependent Job Control
JES3 Networking
Recovery Management
Remote Jobs Processing
Hot Start
Local Start
Cold Start
Warm Start
Warm Start with Analysis (WA)
Tape to Printer (TP)
Tape to Tape (TT)
Dump Job (DJ)
Tape Dump (TD)
Tape Label (TL)
Introduction to the Command Format
Inquire Commands
Job Inquiry Command
Job Output Inquiry Command
Device Inquiry Command
Job Modification
Job Output Modification
The *INQUIRY
U Command Parameters
New Default for the OUTPUT Parameter of the *CALL
DJ Command and Some Deleted Commands