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MVS Statements and Parameters
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-IAN! idallen@ncf.ca   Winter 2003

This tells you what JCL items we are covering each week.

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MVS Week 1+2 (Week 10-11) - Read select parts of Chapters 1-4.
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//jobname  JOB   acct,name,...
  CLASS=

//stepname EXEC  ...
  PGM=program
  PROC=procedure

//ddname   DD    ...
  *
  DSN=
  DISP=(,,)
  SYSOUT=

Utiltities: intro to IDCAMS (REPRO only)

In Class: Introduce MVS, Explain Example 1
Assign: Homework 1 (1%)

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MVS Week 2 (Week 12)
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Everything above, plus these additional parameters:

//jobname  JOB   acct,name,...
  MSGCLASS=
  MSGLEVEL=
  PRTY=
  TYPRUN=

//ddname   DD    ...
  DCB=(DSORG=,LRECL=,BLKSIZE=,RECFM=)
  LABEL=(,AL)
  UNIT=
  VOL=SER=
  [plus some material from Week 13, to make room for Midterm Test]

Utiltities: more detail on IDCAMS (REPRO only)

In Class: Review Homework 1, Explain Example 2
Assign: Homework 2 (1%)

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MVS Week 3 (Week 13) - NOTE: MVS Midterm test is in-class on Friday
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 *** MVS Midterm [45 minutes, on paper coding sheet] 10% ***

Everything above, plus these additional parameters:

//ddname   DD    ...
  SYSOUT=(class,,form) [using special forms]
  BURST=
  COPIES=
  FLASH=
  HOLD=
  OUTLIM=
  SPACE=(,(,))
  [some of these will be covered in Week 12 instead]

New item: modifying SYSLIB

In Class: Review Homework 2, Explain Example 3
Assign: Homework 3 (1%)

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MVS Week 4 (Week 14)
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Everything above, plus these additional parameters:

//stepname EXEC  ...
  COND=
  PARM=
  TIME=
  REGION=

New item: specifying JOBLIB and STEPLIB

In Class: Review Homework 3, Explain Example 4
Assign: Homework 4 (1%)

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MVS Week 5 (Week 15)
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In Class: Review Homework 4, Review for Final Exam

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Final Exam is during exam period (see Exam Schedule).
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