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Chapter 7. Batch processing and
VSE/POWER
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Objective: As a mainframe professional, you will need to understand the
ways in which the system processes your company’s core applications, such
as payroll. Such workloads are usually performed through
batch processing,
which involves executing one or more
batch jobs in a sequential flow.
Further, you will need to understand how the
VSE job entry and spooling
subsystem
(VSE/POWER) enables batch processing. VSE/POWER helps
z/VSE receive jobs, schedule them for processing, and determine how job
output is processed.
After completing this chapter, you will ...