Lesson 2: Jobs, Programs, Commands, and System Workflows

This lesson develops practical understanding of jobs, programs, commands, and system workflows for the SMP/E z/OS Training.

Topics Covered

• JCL, procedures, utilities, job submission, execution, output, and return codes
• Programming or scripting structures relevant to COBOL, REXX, RPG, or shell
• Files, records, parameters, libraries, compile, link, and execution workflow
• Database, transaction, or subsystem interactions relevant to the course
• Creating and running a practical mainframe task

Lesson Outcome

Learners complete this lesson with the ability to explain, apply, validate, and troubleshoot the covered mainframe workflow.