JCL Interview Questions
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What is a PROC? What is the difference between an instream and a catalogued PROC?

2 11103

What is the difference between a symbolic and an override in executing a PROC?

2 12364

What is RESTART? How is it invoked?

HSBC,

8 21089

What is a GDG? How is it referenced? How is it defined? What is a MODELDSCB?

3 8036

Explain concatenating datasets?

CTS,

2 8695

What is the difference between specifying DISP=OLD and DISP=SHR for a dataset?

2 7935

What is MOD and when would you use it?

3 6142

What are the keywords associated with DCB? How can you specify DCB information? What is the OS precedence for obtaining that DCB information, ie. where does the system look for it first?

2 7759

How do you designate a comment in JCL?

1 8704

What is the meaning of the EXEC statement keyword, COND? What is its syntax?

2 5029

What is the improvement to COND= in the latest version of MVS?

3 6339

What is the purpose of the PARM keyword in the EXEC statement?

3 8122

What is the purpose and meaning of the REGION keyword and what JCL statement is it associated with?

IBM,

3 26683

What is the purpose and meaning of the TIME keyword and what JCL statement is it associated with?

1 4994

What is the meaning of data definition name (ddname) and dataset name (dsname) in the DD statement?

2 8201


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What are s0c1, s0c4, s0c5, s0c7 and socb?

697


whats the diff bw the evaluate also and and?

1850


I want my job (careerride) to be executed in 1 minute and 2 seconds. How do I do that?

706


Why include statement is used in a jcl?

689


Explain the function of dd disp parameter?

593






how JCL works?

794


what is a jcl?

685


I need exexution process for JCL programs

1847


What is use of restart and how to use it?

766


Must tape dataset definitions include vol=ser specifications?

979


What is Cataloged Procedures?

711


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

726


How to resolve the error "WER488A JOIN CAPACITY EXCEEDED" I am using SYNCSORT with JOINKEYS to compare 2 files. I am Getting error - > WER488A JOIN CAPACITY EXCEEDED There are 2 files to be compared with about 2 million records each. LRECL is 3665. Can somebody give a pointer as to how to resolve this problem? I am using SYNCSORT with JOINKEYS to compare 2 files. I am Getting error - > WER488A JOIN CAPACITY EXCEEDED There are 2 files to be compared with about 2 million records each. LRECL is 3665. Can somebody give a pointer as to how to resolve this problem?

7600


How to override loadlib?

1417


What is the job entry system used in your project? based on what criteria the sequence of jobs are picked if priority is not mentioned in the job card?

1805