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<!DOCTYPE FL_Course SYSTEM "https://www.flane.de/dtd/fl_course095.dtd"><?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://portal.flane.ch/css/xml-course.xsl"?><course productid="1499" language="de" source="https://portal.flane.ch/swisscom/xml-course/ibm-es07g" lastchanged="2025-07-29T12:17:34+02:00" parent="https://portal.flane.ch/swisscom/xml-courses"><title>z/OS JCL and Utilities</title><productcode>ES07G</productcode><vendorcode>IB</vendorcode><vendorname>IBM</vendorname><fullproductcode>IB-ES07G</fullproductcode><version>1.0</version><objective>&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Code basic JCL statements using proper syntax and coding rules, including JCL for:&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Creating new data sets&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Referencing existing data sets&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Condition code testing&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;IF/THEN/ELSE/ENDIF constructs&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Generation data groups&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Output routing&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;JCL enhancements introduced by various releases of Multiple Virtual Storage (MVS), OS/390, and z/OS&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Identify Storage Management Subsystem requirements&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Code instream and cataloged procedures&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Use symbolic parameters in procedures&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Code procedure overrides and additions super&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Use selected utility programs&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe tape processing facilities&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Code sort and merge control statements and associated JCL statements&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Recognize and resolve common abnormal terminations (ABENDs)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</objective><essentials>&lt;p&gt;You should have:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;

	&lt;li&gt;Basic knowledge of IS technologies.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;You should be familiar with:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;

	&lt;li&gt;z/OS concepts and how these systems supports the Enterprise Servers.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;This knowledge can be obtained by attending course An Introduction to the z/OS Environment (ES05G).&lt;/p&gt;</essentials><audience>&lt;p&gt;This basic course is intended for people who want to use z/OS JCL and utilities.&lt;/p&gt;</audience><contents>&lt;p&gt;This course is designed to teach you how to use z/OS job control language (JCL) and selected z/OS utility programs in an online batch environment. Both Storage Management Subsystem (SMS) and non-SMS JCL are discussed. Machine lab exercises complement the lecture material.&lt;/p&gt;</contents><outline>&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Introduction to JCL&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</outline><objective_plain>- Code basic JCL statements using proper syntax and coding rules, including JCL for:
- Creating new data sets
- Referencing existing data sets
- Condition code testing
- IF/THEN/ELSE/ENDIF constructs
- Generation data groups
- Output routing
- JCL enhancements introduced by various releases of Multiple Virtual Storage (MVS), OS/390, and z/OS
- Identify Storage Management Subsystem requirements
- Code instream and cataloged procedures
- Use symbolic parameters in procedures
- Code procedure overrides and additions super
- Use selected utility programs
- Describe tape processing facilities
- Code sort and merge control statements and associated JCL statements
- Recognize and resolve common abnormal terminations (ABENDs)</objective_plain><essentials_plain>You should have:



	- Basic knowledge of IS technologies.
You should be familiar with:



	- z/OS concepts and how these systems supports the Enterprise Servers.
This knowledge can be obtained by attending course An Introduction to the z/OS Environment (ES05G).</essentials_plain><audience_plain>This basic course is intended for people who want to use z/OS JCL and utilities.</audience_plain><contents_plain>This course is designed to teach you how to use z/OS job control language (JCL) and selected z/OS utility programs in an online batch environment. Both Storage Management Subsystem (SMS) and non-SMS JCL are discussed. Machine lab exercises complement the lecture material.</contents_plain><outline_plain>- Introduction to JCL</outline_plain><duration unit="d" days="4">4.5 Tage</duration><pricelist><price country="SE" currency="SEK">32500.00</price><price country="NL" currency="EUR">2900.00</price><price country="BE" currency="EUR">2900.00</price><price country="SI" currency="EUR">3300.00</price><price country="CH" currency="CHF">4000.00</price><price country="US" currency="USD">4075.00</price><price country="FR" currency="EUR">3990.00</price><price country="PL" currency="EUR">4000.00</price><price country="CA" currency="CAD">5625.00</price><price country="DE" currency="EUR">4250.00</price></pricelist><miles/></course>