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Weekly schedule of MVS Statements and Parameters
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-IAN! idallen@idallen.ca

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

NOTE: MVS Midterm test is in-class in Week 12 (on Friday April 2)

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MVS Week 10-11
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Introduction to IBM MVS Job Control Language.

//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, show examples, Explain Example 1
Assign: Week 10: Exercise #5 2%
Assign: Week 11: JCL Example 1 and Homework 1 (Exercise #6 2%)

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MVS Week 12
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*** MVS Midterm [45 minutes, on paper coding sheet] 10% ***

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=

Utiltities: more detail on IDCAMS (REPRO only)

In Class: Review Homework 1, Explain Example 2
Assign: JCL Example 2 and Homework 2 (Exercise #7 2%)

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MVS Week 13  (Good Friday Holiday April 9 - no class)
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Everything above, plus these additional parameters:

//ddname   DD    ...
  SYSOUT=(class,,form) [using special forms]
  BURST=
  COPIES=
  FLASH=
  HOLD=
  OUTLIM=
  SPACE=(,(,))

New item: modifying SYSLIB

In Class: Review Homework 2, Explain Example 3
Assign: JCL Example 3 and Homework 3 (Exercise #8 2%)

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MVS 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: JCL Example 4 and Homework 4 (Exercise #9 2%)

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MVS Week 15
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In Class: Review Homework 4

Last topic: O/S Terminology and selection criteria.

Review for MVS Final Exam.

End of Classes.

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MVS Week 16 - Final Exam Week
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The Final Exam (25%) is during the Week 16 exam period (see the Exam
Schedule).  The exam covers only MVS JCL; there is no Unix content on
the final exam; however, the exam is in a lab and you will be using Unix
(vim) to enter your JCL for marking.