VSAM Interview Questions
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What are the different versions of gdg named?

563

Explain the device independent method to indicate where a record is stored?

473

How do you calculate record size of an alternate cluster?

668

Explain the biggest disadvantage of using a vsam dataset?

580


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there are seven idcams commands in vsam. Can you name and explain each of them?

648


differentiate between sequential files and esds files in vsam?

583


How to get the last record in vsam file in cluster? And how can u get the ksds file records into cobol program?

583


What is the difference between lds and esds?

547


What is a base cluste?

601






Tell me how many alternate indexes you can have on a dataset?

611


what is a base cluster in vsam?

661


State the differences between vsam and non-vsam files?

562


Explain the catalog?

564


what do you mean by a shareoptions parameter (shr) in define cluster command?

597


what do you mean by gdg in vsam?

724


Explain the biggest disadvantage of using a vsam dataset?

580


can you specify some the distinctive features of a ksds, key sequenced dataset?

593


what does a file status of 02 on a vsam signifies?

625


is it required that primary key values have to be unique? Do alternate key values have to be unique?

599