Operating Systems Services and Facilities | Madison College Outline of Instruction

10152173 Operating Systems Services and Facilities

Course Information

Description

This course studies the use of the OS/390 (formerly known as MVS) operating system, and provides experience interfacing with it in both interactive mode (ISPF) and batch mode (Job Control Language). The use of JCL to control application and system utility programs, create and execute Procs, create and manipulate VSAM and GDG files and conditionally execute job steps are included. The completion of six projects on the MATC mainframe is required.

Total Credits

Course Outcomes

Perform utility functions via ISPF

Assessment Strategies

by items on a written exam

by check sheet on a lab exercise

Criteria

learner allocates a PDS with 100% compliance with course standards

learner uses HEX ON/OFF command

learner uses the CANCEL command

learner uses the UNDO command

learner accomplishes a compress of a PDS

learner accomplishes a search of a PDS using a "*" wildcard

learner copies all members of a PDS to another PDS

learner uses the FIND command in conjunction with the PREFIX option

learner uses the FIND command in conjunction with the SUFFIX option

learner uses the FIND command in conjunction with the WORD option

learner uses the FIND command in conjunction with the LAST option

learner uses the FIND command in conjunction with the PREV option

learner uses the FIND command in conjunction with picture strings

learner uses the FIND command in conjunction with hex notation

learner uses the SEARCH-FOR utility to search all members of a PDS

learner uses the CHANGE command

learner uses the eXclude line command
Utilize vendor application utility programs to list data

Assessment Strategies

by items on a written exam

by projects accomplished outside of class

Criteria

learner uses the IEBPTPCH utility program to list character fields on a report

learner uses the IEBPTPCH utility program to list converted packed numeric fields on a report

learner uses the IEBPTPCH utility program to print output preformated with control characters in byte number 1

learner uses the IDCAMS utility program to print the records in a file in any of three formats
Utilize vendor application utility programs to select data

Assessment Strategies

by items on a written exam

by projects accomplished outside of class

Criteria

learner uses the SORT utility program to select records for a new file based on field content

learner uses the IEBGENER utility program to select records for a new file
Utilize vendor application utility programs to revise data

Assessment Strategies

by items on a written exam

by projects accomplished outside of class

Criteria

learner uses the SORT program to sort a file on at least three sort fields

learner uses the IEBGENER program to revise the record layout of a file.
Utilize vendor application utility programs to create data

Assessment Strategies

by items on a written exam

by projects accomplished outside of class

Criteria

learner uses the IEBGENER program to load in-stream data to a sequential file
Modify batch programs with JCL implications

Assessment Strategies

by items on a written exam

by projects accomplished outside of class

Criteria

learner modifies a COBOL program to write records to a new file

learner modifies a COBOL program accept a PARM value from the JCL

learner modifies a COBOL sub-program to do a load and search of a table

learner modifies a COBOL sub-program to do a random access of a VSAM file
Write JCL to conditionally execute a set of job steps

Assessment Strategies

by items on a written exam

by projects accomplished outside of class

Criteria

learner uses the IF JCL statement with a simple condition

learner uses the IF JCL statement with a compound condition

learner uses the ELSE JCL statement
Write JCL to create Procedures

Assessment Strategies

by items on written exams

by projects accomplished outside of class

Criteria

learner writes an in-stream Procedure that executes 100% correctly

learner places symbolic parameters into a Procedure that function 100% correctly

learner gives symbolic parameters in a Procedure default values on the PROC statement that function 100% correctly

learner provides symbolic parameters values on an EXEC statement that function 100% correctly

learner writes JCL statements to add DD statements to a Procedure in the calling JCL

learner writes JCL statements to override DD statements within a Procedure in the calling JCL
Write JCL to create GDGs

Assessment Strategies

by items on a written exam

by a project accomplished outside of class

Criteria

learner utilizes IDCAMS utility program to define the base of GDG

learner describes the role of a GDG model.
Write JCL to work with an existing GDG

Assessment Strategies

by items on a written exam

by a project accomplished outside of class

Criteria

learner reads records from a new member of a GDG within the same job that created the member

learner reads records from the last created member of a GDG from a different job
Manipulate program objects

Assessment Strategies

by items on a written exam

by projects accomplished outside of class

Criteria

learner creates an object module from a COBOL source module via use of the compiler

learner creates a load module utilizing a single object module via IEWL program

learner creates a statically-linked load module from multiple object modules via the IEWL program
Interpret Operating System messages

Assessment Strategies

by items on a written exam

by projects accomplished outside of class

Criteria

learner describes the difference between a condition code and a completion code

learner points out where on the listing abend codes may be found

learner describes the difference between a job not run vs. a job that failed.

learner looks up the meaning of any abend code