Course Description
4 to 5 hours
Senior operators, application and system programmers who require knowledge about coding the various MVS utilities
Completion of the Introduction to JCL course or experience using JCL
After completing this course, the student will be able to:
• Recognize MVS Utilities
• Define the uses of MVS Utilities
• Identify how to code an MVS Utility
Copy, Concatenate, and Reformat Data Sets
Copy, Merge and Compress Data Sets
Select and Exclude Members
Using IEBCOMPR to Compare Contents of Data Sets
Using IEHLIST to List Members of a PDS and a VTOC:
- LISTVTOC Statement
- LISTPDS Statement
Create, Delete, Catalog, and Uncatalog Data Sets
A Summary of:
Create/ Update Data Set Libraries
Modify Existing Members or Data Sets
Change the Organization of a Data Set
Rename a Member or Data Set
Scratch a Member or Data Set
Sort Input Records into Requested Sequence
Merge Files
Stand-Alone Sort
Internal Sort
Merge and Sort Control Statements
