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zOS JCL (Job Control Language) DD Statement DISP Parameter

Can Have up to a Maximum of Three Fields Specified O06

zOS JCL Architectural Limits
• Maximum Number of DD Statements per Step (with default TIOT size of 32KB) - 1,635

• Maximum Number of In-stream Procedures per Job - 15


• Maximum Number of Libraries per JCLLIB ORDER= Parameter - 15


• Maximum Number of Steps per Job - 255

zOS JCL Name Maximums
• DDNAME (Data Definition Name) - 8 Characters

• JOBNAME (Job Name) - 8 Characters


• STEPNAME (Step Name) - 8 Characters

zOS JCL Statement Parameters
• DD - DCB, DISP, DSN, DUMMY, SPACE, and SYSOUT

• EXEC - COND, and PARM


• JOB - MSGCLASS, MSGLEVEL, NOTIFY, PASSWORD, and USER

zOS JCL Statement

Representing a Step on a One to One Basis is EXEC
zOS Program IEFBR14 Function
zOS Program IEFBR14 does nothing at all, but can be leveraged indirectly to have the system delete and create datasets via disposition processing
zOS Reserved DDNAMES
• JOBLIB

• STEPLIB


• SYSABEND

Spool Definition is
Simultaneous Peripheral Operation On-Line
zOS JCL Input Spooling is
Implemented by DD
zOS JES Initiator Creators
• JES (Job Entry Subsystem)

• WLM (Workload Manager)

zOS JES Initiators
Have the Broad Scope of Initiating, Executing and Terminating Jobs
zOS JES2 Chronological Job Phases
• Input Phase

• Conversion Phase


• Processing Phase


• Output Phase


• Print/Punch (Hardcopy) Phase


• Purge Phase

zOS Spooler Examples
• JES2

• JES3

Application Development Life Cycle Chronological Phases
• Requirements

• Analysis


• Design


• Code/Unit Test


• User/Performance/Integration/System Test


• Promote to Production


• Maintenance


• Sunset

ASCII/EBCDIC Bit Assignments
• Character A (ASCII) - B'01000001' (X'41')

• Character A (EBCDIC) - B'11000001' (X'C1')


• Character a (ASCII) - B'01100001' (X'61')


• Character a (EBCDIC) - B'10000001' (X'81')


• Character 1 (ASCII) - B'00110001' (X'31')


• Character 1 (EBCDIC) - B'11110001' (X'F1')

Numbering Systems Types
• Binary - Base 2

• Decimal - Base 10


• Hexadecimal - Base 16


• Octal - Base 8

zOS Programming Language Classifications
• Assembler - Compiled Only

• C/C++ - Compiled Only


• CLIST (Command List) - Interpretive Only


• COBOL (Common Business Oriented Language) - Compiled Only


• Java - Compiled or Interpretive


• JCL (Job Control Language) - Interpretive Only


• PL/I - Compiled Only


• REXX (REstructured eXtended eXecutor) - Compiled or Interpretive

zOS Programming Module Chronological Processing
• Precompiler (Optional)

• Compiler


• Binder

zOS Programming Module Chronological Types
• Source

• Object


• Load

Commit and Roll Back Definitions
• Commit Makes All Pending Changes Permanent

• Roll Back Cancels All Pending Changes

OLTP (Online Transaction Processing) Rapid Response Time Benefits
• Improving System Response Time from 3 to 2 seconds saves a user 64.8 minutes per day

• Improving System Response Time from 3 to1 seconds saves a user 136.8 minutes per day


• Improving System Response Time from 3 to 0.6 seconds saves a user 178.4 minutes per day


• Improving System Response Time from 3 to 0.3 seconds saves a user 247.2 minutes per day

OLTP (Online Transaction Processing) System Response Time Components
• Communications Response Time

• Computer Response Time

OLTP (Online Transaction Processing) Transaction Response Time Components
• System Response Time• User Response Time
zOS OLTP (Online Transaction Processing) Examples
• CA-IDMS/DC (Integrated Database Management System Data Communication)

• CTS (CICS Transaction Server)


• IMS/TM (Information Management System/Transaction Manager)

zOS OLTP (Online Transaction Processing) Program Design
• Pseudo-conversational Program Design Optimizes Computer Resources While Maintaining a High Level of User Interaction
Date/Time Related Definitions
• Epoch Time - Number of seconds since 00:00:00 UTC 1 January 1970, excluding leap seconds

• GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) - Time zone that all local time zones offset from


• Gregorian Date - Year, month and day formatted YYMMDD/YYYYMMDD


• ISO 8601 - International Date/Time standard formatted YYYY-MM-DD


• Julian Date - Year and sequential day of the year used in zOS Control Blocks and SMF Records formatted YYDDD/YYYYDDD/YY.DDD/YYYY.DDD


• Lilian Days - Number of days since the beginning of the Gregorian Calendar on October 15, 1582• POSIX Time - Number of seconds since 00:00:00 UTC 1 January 1970, excluding leap seconds• UNIX Time - Number of seconds since 00:00:00 UTC 1 January 1970, excluding leap seconds• UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) - Time standard that all of the world coordinates with