Expert MVS/ESA JCL: A Guide to Advanced Techniques (IBM McGraw-Hill Series)

MVS/ESA is a relatively new IBM system released in June 1989,and this unique book focuses on the more complex and challenging aspects of MVS JCL,with thorough explanations of what to do and what not to do. Using a real-world approach,it addresses problems as they occur in a real environment,with thorough coverage of usage on the COND parameter,all the new parameters available under MVS/ESA,the new use of the catalog under MVS/ESA when SMS is used,the new ability to create VSAM clusters via JCL,how to use the most common utilities,how to write,execute and override a cataloged procedure,the different types of failures possible under MVS/ESA,how disk and tape data sets are retrieved,syntax,meaning,and usage of DD statement parameters.

MVS/ESA is a relatively new IBM system released in June, 1989, and this unique book focuses on the more complex and challenging aspects of MVS JCL, with thorough explanations of what to do and what not to do. Using a real-world approach, it addresses problems as they occur in a real environment.