Duration
1 hour
Description
This assessment tests the student’s skills and knowledge in identifying and resolving JCL errors.
Audience
This assessment is designed for data center staff responsible for resolving JCL syntax and runtime errors.
Prerequisites
Skills and knowledge in identifying and resolving JCL errors. The following courses have been used as reference for this assessment:
- JCL (z/OS) – Introduction to z/OS JCL 2.5
- JCL (z/OS) – JCL Coding Basics – JOB and EXEC Statements 2.5
- JCL (z/OS) – JCL Coding Basics – DD Statements and Data Sets 2.5
- JCL (z/OS) – JCL Coding Basics – DD Statements and SYSOUT 2.5
- JCL (z/OS) – Advanced JCL Data Set Use 2.5
- JCL (z/OS) – Working with Procedures and Symbols 2.5
- JCL (z/OS) – Controlling Job and Step Processing 2.5
- JCL (z/OS) – Running and Debugging JCL 2.5
Additional on-the-job training in the areas above should also be undertaken to prepare you for scenario based questions that have been included in this assessment.
Objectives
This assessment covers the following topics:
- Interpreting JCL code and error messages
- Resolving JCL syntax and runtime errors
- Performing job restarts.