Mainframe computing has evolved over the years. Now many of the huge operating environments will function on a 64 bit inexpensive computing platform. To learn more about mainframe computing please click here. Mr. Arch Brooks, Software Engineer, Brooks Computing Systems, LLC authored this article.
There are those times when it is necessary to unload a partitioned data set. The unloaded PDS can the be used in a subsequent restore. [codesyntax lang=”text”] //AMBMVS JOB (SYS), ‘BROOKS COMPUTING SYSTEMS,LLC’,CLASS=A,MSGCLASS=A, // MSGLEVEL=(1,1) //PDSUNLD PROC //SETP0001 EXEC PGM=IEBCOPY //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSUT1 DD DISP=SHR,DSN=AMBMVS.PDS.&LLQ //SYSUT2 DD DISP=(,CATLG,DELETE),DSN=AMBMVS.&LLQ..OUT, // UNIT=3390,SPACE=(TRK,(1,2),RLSE),VOL=SER=USR003 //SYSIN DD DISP=SHR,DSN=AMBMVS.PDS.CNTL(UNLD1) // […]
There are those time when a different cataloged procedure is required that does not have an entry in the linklist or the proclib concatenation for your mainframe account on Z/OS. The safest way to accomplish the desired effect is to use the proclib statement. When you specify JCLLIB on the proclib statement you are able […]