Murach's OS/390 and z/OS JCL Book

Section 1	The IBM mainframe environment
Chapter 1	An introduction to IBM mainframe systems
	IBM mainframe processors	4
	Input/output devices for IBM mainframes	8
	The basic characteristics of a mainframe operating system	18
	Operating systems for IBM mainframes	26
	Perspective	30
Chapter 2	OS/390 and z/OS concepts and terms
	Virtual storage and multiprogramming concepts	32
	How OS/390 manages data	42
	How OS/390 processes data sets	52
	How OS/390 manages user jobs	56
	Key components in an OS/390 environment	64
	Perspective	68
Chapter 3	How to use ISPF to work with JCL
	The ISPF user interface	70
	How to use the ISPF editor	76
	How to manage job execution and output	84
	Perspective	96
Section 2	JCL essentials
Chapter 4	The basics of Job Control Language
	How to code JCL statements	100
	How to code the JOB statement	108
	How to code the EXEC statement	116
	How to code the DD statement for DASD data sets	118
	How to code the DD statement for instream and SYSOUT data sets	130
	Two complete job streams	134
	Perspective	140
Chapter 5	How to use JCL and JES facilities to manage program execution
	The JOB and EXEC statements	142
	How to code JES2/JES3 control statements	146
	How to influence the way your job is scheduled	152
	How to specify a job's storage requirements	158
	How to establish processing limits	162
	How to specify execution-related data sets	166
	Perspective	170
Chapter 6	How to use JCL facilities to allocate other types of DASD data sets
	How to allocate temporary data sets	172
	How to allocate other special-purpose data sets	178
	How to use advanced space allocation subparameters	184
	Other ways to allocate data sets	190
	Perspective	194
Chapter 7	How to manage tape data sets
	Introduction to tape data sets	196
	How to code the DD statement parameters for tape data sets	202
	Perspective	214
Chapter 8	How to manage SYSOUT data sets
	The basics of the OUTPUT JCL statement	216
	How to use DD and OUTPUT statement parameters for SYSOUT processing	222
	JES2/JES3 control statements for SYSOUT data	242
	Perspective	244
Chapter 9	How to use JCL procedures
	The basics of using JCL procedures	246
	How to modify the statements in a procedure	256
	How to use symbolic parameters within a procedure	262
	Perspective	270
Section 3	Other JCL skills
Chapter 10	How to process jobs conditionally
	OS/390 return codes	274
	How to use the COND parameter	278
	How to use the IF construct	282
	Perspective	286
Chapter 11	How to use RESTART and other program execution facilities
	How to restart a job	288
	Other facilities that influence the way a job is executed	296
	Perspective	302
Chapter 12	How to manage generation data groups
	How to use a generation data group	304
	How to manage a generation data group	310
	Perspective	318
Chapter 13	How to use the SMS facilities for data set allocation
	Introduction to SMS	320
	How to use SMS parameters in creating SMS-managed data sets	324
	How to use SMS parameters in creating non-SMS data sets	332
	Perspective	336
Section 4	VSAM data management
Chapter 14	VSAM concepts and terms
	The three types of VSAM data sets	340
	How VSAM manages data sets	348
	Perspective	356
Chapter 15	How to use JCL for VSAM data sets
	How to use existing VSAM data sets	358
	How to create VSAM data sets	362
	Perspective	366
Chapter 16	How to use Access Method Services (AMS)
	How to code AMS jobs	368
	How to use the DEFINE CLUSTER command to define a data set	372
	How to use the LISTCAT command to print catalog information	384
	How to use the ALTER and DELETE commands	390
	How to print and copy data sets	394
	How to define and build an alternate index	398
	Perspective	404
Section 5	OS/390 tools for the application programmer
Chapter 17	How to use JCL procedures to compile and test programs
	Program development concepts	408
	The IBM procedures for program development	414
	How to use some of the IBM procedures	420
	Perspective	430
Chapter 18	How to use the OS/390 utility programs
	Introduction to OS/390 utilities	432
	Utilities that copy and move data sets	434
	Utilities that print data sets	444
	Utilities for handling partitioned data sets and VTOCs	450
	Miscellaneous utilities	454
	Perspective	460
Chapter 19	How to use the sort/merge utility
	The basics of using the sort/merge utility	462
	Other sort/merge control statements	470
	Application programs that do internal sorts and merges	476
	Perspective	480
Chapter 20	How to use TSO, CLIST, and REXX
	Introduction to TSO commands	482
	Introduction to CLIST procedures	488
	Introduction to REXX	496
	Perspective	504
Chapter 21	How to use UNIX System Services
	The file structure in a UNIX system	506
	How to work with HFS files using TSO commands	510
	How to invoke OS/390 UNIX System Services	514
	How to work with HFS files through JCL	520
	How to invoke OS/390 UNIX System Services through JCL	528
	Perspective	532