JCL Interview Questions
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HOW TO CONVERT VARIABLE BLOCK TO FIXED BLOCK ?

IBM,

1 31111

What is the difference b/w the CLASS,TIME,PRTY in jcl job card.

Syntel,

4 18602

i have 5 steps to execute in that i want to skip 3nd step and start execute from forth step how can u do this.

Syntel,

7 8678

How to code these statements in JCL: CLEANUP INITIAL(NO) RESTART(NO) DYNALLOC(NO) job definition..?

1792

i need some shortcuts and tso commands can any on ehelp me in these ?

1 5040

WHAT IS DUMMY IN JCL? HOW TO USE IT? CAN ANYBODY SEND PROGRAM ON THIS?

3 6776

once we submitted the job to the operating system, how can we cancel the job before execution?

2 5117

suppose i have job it contains 10 steps after exicution of job failuer at 3 and 7 th steps i want exicute step 3 and step 7 only how we specify condition ?

5 7600

is there any possibilities for sumbitting more than one job in single jcl? if yes...based on which thing they will execute..(priority,class,time,written order..?)

HSBC,

3 9256

I am getting the file from Unix to Mainframes for every 15 minutes. The mainframe job get abended with bad records coming from unix. I recovered that by deleting the bad data. I need permenant solution how to fix the issue? The record is getting characters in in first 9 positions which it should not. Please provide me the solution how to skip the records if it finds the charcters in the first 9 positions. K

3 5910

how to increase the space of a dataset in instream procedure.

HCL,

1 7359

what happens when time=0 is given in jcl code. what happens when blksize=0 is given in jcl code. what is symbolic and overriding parameters and a example program.

HCL,

6 11861

I have a dataset with record length 40 in production, due to some requirements it was changed to 80. Then how can we know the jobs which are effected by this change and how can we resolve it.

iGate,

3 7696

1)what is compilation jcl for cobol program but it is calling another program 2)what is compilation jcl for cobol program but it is calling another program(in this, main program is pure cobol but sub program is cobol+db2 program anyone please answer me for above questions. it's very urgent

1 3654

1)what is compilation jcl for cobol program but it is calling another program 2)what is compilation jcl for cobol program but it is calling another program(in this, main program is pure cobol but sub program is cobol+db2 program.can anyone please answer me for above questions. it's very urgent

Mind Tree,

4 12003


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In job processing, what happens in conversion stage?

725


What is the function of dd name parameter with a 2 part structure; audit.report?

693


Explain the function of job statement in jcl?

635


Differentiate between the joblib and the steplib statements?

848


Hello Guys, I have 1+ Year Experience in MAINFRAME TESTING. After 1 Week I have an Interview With a Company on Mainframe Testing. Please Could You Guys Please Suggest me What Sections Should I prepare ?? ___Tell Me the Topic Or Appropriate Site & Links. ?? ---------------Thank You

2255






In job processing, what happens in execution stage?

691


what operation is performed by job statement?

650


What parameter of the job statement is used to limit the cpu time consumed by the job?

828


can any one plzzzzzz tell the jcl code for creating ps using idcams

10479


WORKING-STORAGE SECTION. 77 W-A PIC 9(3)V99 VALUE 23.75. 77 W-B PIC ZZ9V99 VALUE 123.45. PROCEDURE DIVISION. MOVE W-A TO W-B. DISPLAY W-B. STOP RUN. compiler : IGYGR1080-S A "VALUE" clause literal was not compatible with the data category o subject data item. The "VALUE" clause was discarded. WORKING-STORAGE SECTION. 77 W-A PIC 9(3)V99 VALUE 23.75. 77 W-B PIC ZZ9V99. PROCEDURE DIVISION. MOVE 123.45 TO W-B. MOVE W-A TO W-B. DISPLAY W-B. STOP RUN. 2375

1024


What statement marks the beginning of an in-stream or cataloged procedure in jcl and assigns default values to parameters defined in the procedure?

802


Mainframes gets a text file that contains the name of the file. Now using JCL i want to locate that file name in the mainframe system and perform further processing. Please tell how to proceed

1957


what happens in conversion stage in job processing?

719


how you will the direct the data to spool using sysout option?

1749


Is it possible to define dd statements as you want?

639