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

VSAM Interview Questions

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Can we copy a sequential file to a VSAM file ? If yes, What will happen of the size of the sequential file is bigger than that of the VSAM file?

CTS, Verizon,

3 36868

1. delete is not possible in esds. why? 2. i have 10 records in a esds file and i want to delete only 1st record ..then what i have to do?.. it will not affect any sequence of the RBA. 3. why open extend is not possible in rrds vsam file?

3 19369

if not using the 'commit' when closing VSAM file,what will happend

CSC,

5 13412

How do I declare the KSDS vsam so that I can store a reocrd with variable length?.

2 11254

How to createing new version of GDG with out loosing the data in preaves GDG version?

Patni, Satyam,

7 19833

When CISZ is declared as 4096 at cluster level,is this true that data will have 4096 and index will have default?????

Wipro,

1 14901

how to view clusters that has more than 10000 records

2 6076

By seeing a program how we findout it is a VSAM program?

TCS,

6 12232

What is the maximum number of Alternate Index ???

4 11151

How to insert values for variables that are declared as COMP-3 variables in COBOL program in an already created VSAM file.

3 9313

How to rename one vsam file as well as it's index?

BEA,

4 27081

how to see the last records in vsam dataset??

1 8090

Suppose a generation of GDG gets created in a particular step of a proc. How would you refer the current generation in a subsequent step? What would be the disposition of this generation now?

3 8771

Do all versions of the GDG have to be of the same record length ? is it possible to ovverride the dcb of the model dataset?

2 8454

can we create PS file using IDCAMS utility?

IBM,

3 13862

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Un-Answered Questions { VSAM }

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

985

What is the use of KSDS,LDS,ESDS,RRDS??what is VRRDS?? How are all these useful in realtime scenario??Plz helpme out...Its a recent question in IGATE..

8756

in a cobol select statement, can you tell what is the organization for a ksds?

1110

Define base cluster?

1003

What is a ca split?

1076

What are the steps involved in access method services?

955

How is record management performed in vsam?

1138

Describe the uses of ams?

1008

What are the different parameters that are used in vsam?

1155

What are the different commands used in idcams for vsam?

1055

On which dataset you can have alt index?

915

What is the use of lds (linear data set)?

1018

What is the purpose of control intervals in vsam?

1008

what is the meaning of dynamic processing in vsam?

1041

What is the function of entry sequenced data set?

1079

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