Introduction to the New Mainframe: IBM z/VSE Basics

Using job control language

 

Objective: As a technical professional in the world of mainframe computing, you need to know job control language (JCL), the language that tells IBM z/VSE which resources are needed to process a batch job. After completing this chapter, you will be able to perform the following tasks: •Explain how JCL works with the system, an overview of JCL coding techniques, and a few of the more important statements and keywords. •Create a simple job and submit it to run. •Examine the output of your job through the Interactive ...