JES3 Concepts & Commands


Duration

7 - 9 hours

Overview

Audience

Personnel who need an understanding of JES3 or Operators of a JES3 System.

Prerequisites

Basic understanding of the MVS system.

Objectives

After completing this course, the student should be able to -
  • Understand the concepts of a JES3 System
  • Recognize the various job stages
  • Use JES3 Commands to start/stop/control/monitor the System
  • Use JES3 Commands to control Output and Printers

Course Content

Module 1 INTRODUCTION TO SPOOLING AND JES3

  • Overview of JES3
  • Spooling Jobs
  • Job Control Table
  • Job Segment Scheduler

Module 2 JES3 INPUT SERVICES

  • Reader Phase
  • Control Student Processing Phase
  • Converter Service
  • Interpreter Service

Module 3 JES3 MAIN SERVICES

  • Main Device Scheduling Setup
  • Job Setup
  • Highwater Setup
  • Verify Queue
  • Explicit Setup
  • Fetch Queue
  • Waitvol Queue

Module 4 JES3 OUTPUT SERVICES

  • Job Data Set Blocks
  • Output Service Elements
  • Writers
  • Sysout Classes
  • Output Service Queue (WTR)
  • External Writer Queue (HOLD)
  • Purge

Module 5 JES3 EXPANDED SERVICES

  • Deadline Scheduling
  • Dependent Job Control
  • JES3 Networking
  • Recovery Management
  • Remote Jobs Processing

Module 6 JES3 UTILITIES AND INITIALIZATION

  • Hot Start
  • Local Start
  • Cold Start
  • Warm Start
  • Warm Start with Analysis (WA)
  • Tape to Printer (TP)
  • Tape to Tape (TT)
  • Dump Job (DJ)
  • Tape Dump (TD)
  • Tape Label (TL)

Module 7 JES3 COMMAND FORMAT PART 1

  • Introduction to the Command Format

Module 8 JES3 COMMAND FORMAT PART 2

  • Inquire Commands
  • Job Inquiry Command
  • Job Output Inquiry Command
  • Device Inquiry Command

Module 9 JES3 COMMAND FORMAT PART 3

  • Job Modification
  • Job Output Modification

Module 10 JES3 COMMAND FORMAT PART 4

  • Vary Command

Module 11 ESA - CHANGES TO JES3 COMMANDS

  • Modifications to JES3 Commands:
    • Includes additional *INQUIRY, U Command parameters, the new default for the OUTPUT parameter of the *CALL, DJ command and some deleted commands