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JCL Interview Questions

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HOw to submit a job from other user id.? for exp some other job name like "t4622sdx".now i want to submit that job from my user id?(we don't know that location at all Just we know job name)

MSN Pharma, UST,

1 9349

I have a input file. Data like: ABCDEFGH.... i want out put file like AB BC CD DE....How can do this??

UST,

7 12482

My JCL has 4 steps that execute PROC’s P1, P2, P3 and P4 as shown below //P1 EXEC PROC=P1 //P2 EXEC PROC=P2 //P3 EXEC PROC=P3 //P4 EXEC PROC=P4 There are four steps S1, S2, S3 and S4 in each PROC’s (i.e. P1, P2, P3 and P4) I want to execute only step S2 of PROC P2 and no other steps or PROC’s. How do you achieve this?

IMS,

4 9681

how to purge 50 initiators continuously?? console commands??

IBM, ups,

4 13944

I have 255 procedures in a job, each procedure contain 2 steps.can we execute this job?

2 6460

ihave ten flatfile in that iwant to concatinate all the files except file 5,6 into output file by uing jcl? how to do this? give me detail yntax for tis?

IBM,

4 8851

I have a jcl which is using 2 data sets i want to override those data sets. how can i override the files within the JCL. Give me the syntax. Make sure that it is not calling any Proc.

1 3661

Can we able insert data into a PS file Using IEBUPDTE utility??? If Yes can anyone describe it please..

1 5723

proc1,proc2,up to proc5 is there if i want to call proc1 and proc5how can u write the code

2 6310

I had 100 steps in jcl i want to execute first 10 steps only?

IBM,

6 12244

What will happen when we try to pass data from JCL to COBOL using PARM parameter without declaring the length field in Linkage Section?

IBM,

2 9324

How system will identify whether user wants to create PS or PDS? If answer is SPACE parameter then why we need to pass ps or po as dataset organisation while creation

1 4947

01 A. 10 B pic X(10). move spaces to A. move spaces to B. output in A & B

Perot Systems,

2 6112

In JCL..for TIME Parameter was specified both JOB & STEP..which one is overrides

Satyam,

6 18418

i have job card like this //job ***** //step1 exec pgm=iebgener //sysut1 dd dsn=main.sss,disp=shr // dd dsn=main1.sss,disp=shr // dd dsn=main2.sss,disp=shr //sysut2 dd dsn=out1.mmm ,disp=(new,catlg,delete) dcb=( ) // sysin dd * like this what i have to do to skip dsn=main1.sss please giveme answer asap

IBM, TetraSoft,

2 7518

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Un-Answered Questions { JCL }

Explain how can the attributes of one sms dataset be copied to another dataset?

1162

What do you understand by the term notcat 2 – gs?

1197

Explain about ISPF/TSO Commands

1871

What do we mean by 'Virtual storage' for a dataset and for a JOBSTEP ? What is the significance of the following statement for a programmer 'Virtual storage results in program addresses being independent of the addresses that actually exist in a computer' ?

1980

Explain the function of the dd dcb keyword?

1192

How to compare two files in SYNCSORT and on the mismatch record should be deleted from second file.

5479

How gdg are concatenated?

1066

Can anybody tell what is tool used to generate the list of PROCS used in JCL to generate a PROCTREE

2410

which utility is used to run a cobol-db2 program?

1309

Is it possible to left uncode disp? If yes, how?

1131

What do you understand by jcl?

998

What is the syntax of JCL statement?

1162

What parameter directs the output of the job log dataset?

1216

what sort card you will use to copy the data from one dataset to another dataset?

1145

how would you create a temporary dataset? And where will you use them?

1312

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