Utilities

Duration

4 to 5 hours

Overview

Audience

Senior operators, application and system programmers who require knowledge about coding the various MVS utilities.

Prerequisites

Completion of the Introduction to JCL course or experience using JCL.

Objectives

After completing this course, the student will be able to:
• Recognize MVS Utilities
• Define the uses of MVS Utilities
• Identify how to code an MVS Utility

Course Content

The IEBGENER Utility

Copy, Concatenate, and Reformat Data Sets

The IEBCOPY Utility

Copy, Merge and Compress Data Sets
Select and Exclude Members

The IEBCOMPR and IEHLIST Utilities

Using IEBCOMPR to Compare Contents of Data Sets
Using IEHLIST to List Members of a PDS and a VTOC:
• LISTVTOC Statement
• LISTPDS Statement

The IEFBR14 Utility

Create, Delete, Catalog, and Uncatalog Data Sets
A Summary of:
• IEBDG
• IEBPTPCH
• IEBIMAGE

The IEBUPDTE Utility

Create/ Update Data Set Libraries
Modify Existing Members or Data Sets
Change the Organization of a Data Set

The IEHPROGM Utility

Rename a Member or Data Set
Scratch a Member or Data Set

The Sort Merge Utility

Sort Input Records into Requested Sequence
Merge Files
Stand-Alone Sort
Internal Sort
Merge and Sort Control Statements