Is stepname is a MUST and should be unique also for each
JOBSTEP ? or system can supply the stepname for a step which
is not given a name by the programmer ?

Answer Posted / rikdeb

If u give the same step name in one JCL it will issue a
warning.No error message will be thrown.

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