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DEFINE ALTERNATEINDEX. Important paramters are RELATE where
you specify the base cluster name, KEYS,
RECORDSIZE,SHAREOPTIONS,UNIQUEKEY(or NONUNIQUEKEY), DATA(ds
name for the data component), INDEX(ds name for the index
component). Then DEFINE PATH. Important paramters are NAME
(ds name for the path), PATHENTRY (ds name of the alternate
index name), UPDATE(or NOUPDATE) which specifies whether an
alt index is updated when a update to the base cluster takes
place. Then BLDINDEX. Parameters are INDATASET(ds name of
base cluster), OUTDATASET(ds name of AIX).

Define dynamic processing?

1012

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explain how many ways you can load data in a vsam cluster?

1044

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What is the main function of key-sequenced data set?

1024

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what are s0c1, s0c4, s0c5, s0c7 abends?

1307

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Can you delete vsam files with the delete option of the disposition parameter of jcl?

1112

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What are the advantages of vsam over isam?

1134

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Describe the uses of ams?

1011

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what do you mean by gdg in vsam?

1195

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Is it slower if you access a record through alt index as compared to primary index?

1022

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What are the distinctive features of a ksda, key sequenced dataset?

991

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what is meant by dirty read in vsam?

1342

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how can you load a vsam data set with records ?

1162

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what do you mean by define model parameter?

1150

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what are the idcams commands that can be used for vsam and explain each of them.

989

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is it necessary that all versions of the gdg have to be of the same record length?

1148

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