MVS Interview Questions, Answers for Freshers and Experienced asked in various Company Job Interviews

MVS Interview Questions

Questions Answers Views Company eMail

what is swap-in and swap-out? What is address space in MVS? What is the size of the address space in KBs for 16 bit address space?

HCL, IBM,

12 46302

I have TSO dataset profile set to automatic recovery on. After the system disconnects unexpectedly, when I log back on to TSO, I receive an error every time I go into edit with 'automatic recovery' in the title. The options are 1.) enter 2.) end 3.) defer 4.) cancel. No matter which option I choose, I am thrown back into the 'automatic recovery' screen the next time I go into edit on any dataset. How do I get the message to go away?

5 10032

1.what is the panel name of ispf primary option menu ? 2.What is the facility that allows mainframes to be partitioned into LAPARs? a.Z/os b.PR/sm c.Vitual storage d.Coupling facility

Wipro,

3 9731

how to create a new pds with the structure of an existing pds?

Cap Gemini, IBM,

17 27715

How to send a SMS to a mobile through Mainframe MVS? Please let me know a detailed information regarding this SMS feature in Mainframe.

5 11790

What is the output of the following command given in TSO/ISPF terminal? SRCHFOR 'abc' SRCHFORC 'xyz', (+5)

CTS, IBM,

2 9844

What are the sub parameters for UNDO command? How does it work?

CTS, IBM,

2 6521

What is basic difference between "DIRECTORY" and "PDS" in IBM MAINFRAME.How to define a DIRECTORY and what is the structure and defination for the same?

2 11649

What is full form of SPOOL

Wipro, IBM,

15 27710

how many register we r using in mvs?

TCS,

3 6287

WHAT IS DIFFEENCE BETWEEN PDS AND PDES? STEPS BEFORE MERGING? DUMMY DATASET USES? DIFFERENCES BETWEEN IDCAMS AND ICETOOLS? DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ALL JCL UTILITY TOOLS?

HCL, IBM,

4 8734

what is the another name of lpar's

IBM, CTS,

1 2624

what is address space in mvs?

IBM,