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Chapter 6: Using Job Control Language (JCL) and Spool Display and Search Facility (SDSF)
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Chapter 6 objectives
Be able to: Explain how JCL works with the system, give an overview of JCL coding techniques, and know a few of the more important statements and keywords Create a simple job and submit it for execution Check the output of your job through SDSF
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Key terms in this chapter
concatenation DD statement JCL JOB statement EXEC statement job name PROC RECFM (record format) SDSF step name system catalog system library utility
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What is JCL? Job control language (JCL) is used to tell the system what program to execute, followed by a description of program inputs and outputs. There are three basic JCL statements:
JOB statement EXEC statement DD statement
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Basic JCL coding syntax
JCL must be uppercase
Forward slash in column 1 and 2 Name (1-8 characters) follow the slashes Space separators
//JOBNAME JOB //STEPNAME EXEC //DDNAME DD //* comment - upper or lower case /* ....end of JCL stream
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JCL example
//MYJOB JOB 1 //MYSORT EXEC PGM=SORT //SORTIN DD DISP=SHR,DSN=IBMUSER.AREA.CODES //SORTOUT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSIN DD * SORT FIELDS=(1,3,CH,A) /*
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In the preceding example MYJOB MYSORT SORTIN SORTOUT SYSOUT SYSIN Job name Step name DD name for program input DD name for program output Where to send system output messages (such as a data set) Specifies whether the input will be data or control statements.
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JCL: JOB statement
Create a member using ISPF edit Create JCL statements JOB statement
Accounting information Execution classes
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JCL: EXEC statement
EXEC statement
Region size
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JCL: DD statement
DD statement DD name (referenced in the program) DSN= (the data set name as cataloged on disk)
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Specifying a data set disposition: DISP is an operand of the DD statement DISP indicates what to do with the data set (the disposition) at step start, end, or abnormal end (if the job fails) DISP helps to prevent unwanted simultaneous access to data sets, which is very important for general system operation.
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Uses of the DISP= operand
DISP=(status,normal end,abnormal end) DISP=(status,normal end) DISP=status
where status can be NEW OLD SHR MOD
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Creating a new data set
New data sets can be created through JCL by using the DISP=NEW parameter. For a DISP=NEW request, you need to supply more information, including: A data set name, DSN= The type of device for the data set, UNIT=sysda If a disk is used, the amount of space to be allocated for the primary extent must be specified, SPACE= If it is a partitioned data set, the size of the directory must be specified within the SPACE parameter Optionally, DCB parameters can be specified.
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Continuation and concatenation
Needed to overcome the limitations of the 80-column punched cards used in earlier systems.
Continuation allows a JCL statement to span multiple records. Concatenation allows a single ddname to have multiple DD statements.
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Continuation and concatenation (example)
Continuation example //JOBCARD JOB 1, // REGION=8M, // NOTIFY=IBMUSER Concatenation example //DATAIN DD DISP=OLD,DSN=MY.INPUT1 // DD DISP=OLD,DSN=MY.INPUT2 // DD DISP=SHR,DSN=YOUR.DATA
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JCL procedures - example
//MYJOB //MYPROC //MYSORT //SORTIN //SORTOUT //SYSOUT // JOB 1 PROC EXEC PGM=SORT DD DISP=SHR,DSN=&SORTDSN DD SYSOUT=* DD SYSOUT=* PEND
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JCL procedures -- another example
//MYJOB JOB 1 //*---------------------------------* //MYPROC PROC //MYSORT EXEC PGM=SORT //SORTIN DD DISP=SHR,DSN=&SORTDSN //SORTOUT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=* // PEND //*---------------------------------* //STEP1 EXEC MYPROC,SORTDSN=IBMUSER.AREA.CODES //SYSIN DD * SORT FIELDS=(1,3,CH,A)
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JCL procedures -- statement override
//MYJOB JOB 1 //*---------------------------------* //MYPROC PROC //MYSORT EXEC PGM=SORT //SORTIN DD DISP=SHR,DSN=&SORTDSN //SORTOUT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=* // PEND //*---------------------------------* //STEP1 EXEC MYPROC,SORTDSN=IBMUSER.AREA.CODES //MYSORT.SORTOUT DD DSN=IBMUSER.MYSORT.OUTPUT, // DISP=(NEW,CATLG),SPACE=(CYL,(1,1)), // UNIT=SYSDA,VOL=SER=SHARED, // DCB=(LRECL=20,BLKSIZE=0,RECFM=FB,DSORG=PS) //SYSIN DD * SORT FIELDS=(1,3,CH,A)
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Using SDSF
After submitting a job, it is common for z/OS users to use System Display and Search Facility (SDSF) to review the job output for successful completion or JCL errors. SDSF allows users to:
View and search the system log Enter system commands Hold, release, cancel, and purge jobs Monitor jobs while they are processed Display job output before deciding to print it Control the order in which jobs are processed Control the order in which output is printed Control printers and initiators
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SDSF panel hierarchy
Primary Option Menu
SYSLOG Panel
Display Active Users Panel
Input Queue Panel
Output Queue Panel
Help Output Queue Panel
Status Panel
Printer Panel
Initiator Panel
Job Data Set Panel
Output Descriptor Panel
Output Data Set Panel
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SDSF: Primary option menu
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SDSF: Options menu
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Viewing the JES2 output files
Screen 1
Screen 2
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SDSF: Display active users (DA)
Display Filter View Print Options Help ----------------------------------------------------------------------------SDSF DA SC67 SC67 PAG 0 SIO 7 CPU 6/ 7 LINE 1-25 (64) COMMAND INPUT ===> SCROLL ===> PAG PREFIX=* DEST=LOCAL OWNER=* SORT=JOBNAME/A NP JOBNAME STEPNAME PROCSTEP JOBID OWNER C POS DP REAL PAGING SIO *MASTER* STC06373 +MASTER+ NS FF 1369 0.00 0.00 ALLOCAS ALLOCAS NS FF 190 0.00 0.00 ANTAS000 ANTAS000 IEFPROC NS FE 1216 0.00 0.00 ANTMAIN ANTMAIN IEFPROC NS FF 4541 0.00 0.00 APPC APPC APPC NS FE 2653 0.00 0.00 ASCH ASCH ASCH NS FE 267 0.00 0.00 BPXOINIT BPXOINIT BPXOINIT LO FF 315 0.00 0.00 CATALOG CATALOG IEFPROC NS FF 1246 0.00 0.00 CICSPAAY CICSPAAY CICS520 STC06504 STC NS FE 4330 0.00 0.00 CONSOLE CONSOLE NS FF 597 0.00 0.00 DFRMM DFRMM IEFPROC STC06363 STC NS FE 510 0.00 0.00 DFSMSHSM HSMSC67 DFSMSHSM STC13178 STC NS FE 6199 0.00 0.00 DUMPSRV DUMPSRV DUMPSRV NS FF 160 0.00 0.00 FTPDMVS1 STEP1 STC06477 STC LO FF 470 0.00 0.00 FTPDOE1 STEP1 STC06475 FTPDOE LO FF 469 0.00 0.00 GRS GRS NS FF 894 0.00 0.00 IEFSCHAS IEFSCHAS NS FF 25 0.00 0.00 IMWEBSUF IMWEBSUF WEBSRV STC15245 WEBSRV IN FE 15T 0.00 0.00
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Issuing MVS and JES commands
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SDSF: Input queue panel
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SDSF: Output queue panel
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SDSF: Held output queue panel
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SDSF: Status panel
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Utilities z/OS includes a number of programs useful in batch processing called utilities. Utilities provide many small, obvious, and useful functions. A basic set of system-provided utilities is described in the textbook (Appendix C). Customer sites often write their own utility programs, many of which are shared by the z/OS user community. Some examples of utilities:
IEBGENER IEBCOPY IDCAMS
Copies a sequential data set Copies a partitioned data set Works with VSAM data sets
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System Libraries
z/OS has many standard system libraries, including:
SYS1.PROCLIB SYS1.PARMLIB SYS1.LINKLIB SYS1.LPALIB JCL procedures distributed with z/OS Control parameters for z/OS and some program products. Many of the basic execution modules of the system. System execution modules that are loaded into the link pack area at z/OS initialization.
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Summary Basic JCL contains three statements: JOB, EXEC, and DD. A program can access different groups of data sets in different jobs by changing the JCL for each job. New data sets can be created through JCL by using the DISP=NEW parameter. Users normally use JCL procedures for more complex jobs. A cataloged procedure is written once and can then be used by many users. z/OS supplies many JCL procedures, and locallywritten ones can be added easily. A user must understand how to override or extend statements in a JCL procedure to supply the parameters (usually DD statements) needed for a specific job.
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Summary - continued SDSF is a panel interface for viewing the system log and the list of active users and controlling and monitoring jobs and resources. Utility programs make operating on data sets easier System libraries contain JCL procedures, control parameters, and system execution modules.
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