Answer / Rahul Kumar Shivhare

Program checkpoints, which are used to restart a job from a specific point, can be stored on JCL data sets (such as sequential or membered datasets) or in the system-provided checkpoint library.

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i have a jcl in which 4 & 5 step creates a new generation. 4th step output is as input for the 6th step & 5th step output is used as input in the 7th step. How they are refered as in the 6th & 7th steps? If the job abends in 6th step then how the 5th step output is refered in 7th step?

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Max generations in GDG??

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Can there be 2 job statements in a JCL? If yes what is the purpose of doing tha?

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what happens when COND is coded in JOB statement and when COND is coded inside EXEC statement?

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What is the motivation behind coding class parameter in job statement?

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what is alternate index?

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Must tape dataset definitions include vol=ser specifications?

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If we have 100 job steps in JCL and we want to excute steps only starting from 43 to 50, then how it can be coded in JCL/

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which utility is used a dummy utility?

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Is Default for MSGCLASS = (1,1) ?

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