Introduction to the New Mainframe: IBM z/VSE Basics

Batch processing and IBM VSE/POWER

 

Objective: As a mainframe professional, you 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 running one or more batch jobs in a sequential flow. Further, you need to understand how the IBM VSE job entry and spooling subsystem (IBM VSE/POWER) enables batch processing. VSE/POWER helps z/VSE receive jobs, schedule them for processing, and determine how job output is processed. ...