Mainframe Application Training

• Introduction to mainframe – History – Evaluation of Hardware –
• Evaluation of Software
• Introduction to Mainframe – z /15 architecture
• Virtual Storage – Address map structure – 64 bit Addressing Map
• z/OS Elements – Base & Optional Elements
• Brief introduction on Major Subsystems
• TSO/ISPF and Navigation through a mainframe
• ISPF – Other ISPF Menu Options – Utility Selection Panel
• JCL Introduction

1. JOB, EXEC & DD Statement Syntax & Explanation
2. Sample JCL with Utility
3. Submitting the JCL with IBM Supplied Utilities
4. SDSF (System Display and Search Facility)

• JCL Utilities &amp
• Procedure

1. IBM Utilities – Utilities like IEFBR14, IEBGENER – IEBGENER to copy and Concatenate datasets;

• IEBCOPY, IEBCOMPR, IEHPROGM, IEHLIST
• Special DD Statements – SORT and MERGE
• Procedures – Cataloged and Instream
• Usage Procedure concepts
• Advanced JCL –
• Internal reader – Overriding DD Statements,
• COND Parameters – IF … ELSE
• SYSABEND, SYSMDUMP, SYSUDUMP
• JCL with multiple steps coding – Usage of IEBEDIT to restart job with specific steps

• ICETOOL Utility to get Sort and Customized Report
• JES2 and JES3 Command handling"
• VSAM Introduction

           – VSAM data Organization-Types of Data sets – Data set

Organization- Control Interval – ESDS Creation

• Control Area and Different types of data sets
• VSAM AMS, IDCAMs –

           – DEFINE, ALTER – Creating VSAM Data set;

• IDCAMS

           – Altering the attributes of data sets –

           – Printing the data set information – Deleting data set -Listing the information 

• IDCAMS – Alternate Index and PATH
• Generation Data Group Dataset -Creation – Print options
• Generation Data Group Dataset -Delete options
• EXPORT & IMPORT for Backup and Recovery
• VSAM Data set handling through ISPF Options
• TSO DITTO

• INTRODUCTION TO COBOL PROGRAMMING

           – COBOL Platforms, Standards, and Compilers
           – An Interactive COBOL Program
           – Structure of COBOL Program
           – Compiling the program

• Verbs, keywords, syntax and constructs
• Program Structure
• DEFINE, MOVE, AND INITIALIZE FIELDS

           – How to Define Fields in the Data Division

           – How to Use Move and Initialize Statements

           – Usages and Data Formats on an IBM Mainframe

• INTRINSIC FUNCTIONS AND ARITHMETIC STATEMENTS

           – How to Use Intrinsic Functions

           – How to Code Arithmetic Statements

• Input / Output handling
• Control, Conditional and arithmetic statements
• Usage and Editing
• String handling
• Array / Table handling

           – How to Use Subscripts to Work with One-Level Tables

           – How to Use Subscripts to Work with Multi-Level Tables

           – How to Use Indexes to Work with Tables

           –  How to Work with Variable-Length Tables

• Other Features for Working with Tables
• Copy statement
• Subroutines

           – Call Statement

• Handling Input / Output through files

           – Sequential Access File

           –  Random Access File

           – Dynamic Access File

• Handling Variable Length Record
• Error Handling
• Handling Variable Length Record
• Sorting Files

• AN OVERVIEW OF DB2
• DB2 CONCEPTS
• DESIGNING OBJECTS AND RELATIONSHIPS
• WORKING WITH SQL: THE LANGUAGE OF DB2
• WRITING AN APPLICATION PROGRAM

           – Choosing Programming Languages and Methods to Use

           – Preparing an Application Program to Run

           – Writing Static SQL Applications

           – Overview of Static SQL

           – Static SQL Programming Concepts

• WRITING AN APPLICATION PROGRAM

           – Static SQL Programming Concepts

           – Dynamic SQL Applications

• Types of Dynamic SQL
• Dynamic SQL Programming Concepts
• Triggers

           – Triggers for Active Data

           – Coding Triggers

           – Parts of a Trigger

           – Trigger Cascading

• ADVANCED CURSORS

           – Scrollable Cursors

           – Sensitive Scrollable Cursors

           – In sensitive Scrollable Cursors

• CICS APPLICATION PROGRAMMING ENVIRONMENT
• CICS Structure and components

           – System Programs

           – System Tables

           – Application Programs

           – Mapsets

• CICS Control programs and Control Tables
• DESIGNING CICS APPLICATIONS

           – Simple Application program to get input, process it and send output to the terminal

           – EXEC INTERFACE BLOCK Concept and Usage

           – Using a COMMAREA

           – Pseudo conversational design

• CICS COMMANDS OVERVIEW

           – SEND and RECEIVE

           – Exception handling

           – HANDLE CONDITION

           – IGNORE CONDITION

           – NOHANDLE and RESP commands

• DEBUGGING CICS APPLICATIONS –

           – Scroll CEDF displays

           – Overtype argument values and response codes on CEDF displays

           – Display the EXEC Interface Block

           – Display previously traced commands

           – Continue CEDF with pseudo conversational transactions

           – Request a task ABEND from CEDF

• CICS BASIC MAPPING SUPPORT

           – Map preparation and usage

           – How to create a BMS Mapset

           – Physical and Symbolic Map

           – How to design user-friendly screens

           – How attributes control the look and operation of a field

           – How to code BMS macros

           – The BMS mapset and symbolic map for the customer maintenance program

           –  How to assemble a BMS mapset

           – Extended attributes

           – Cursor positioning

           – Dynamic Attribute Character Assignments

• CICS DATA ACCESS

           – Data declarations to reference records and rows

           – Accessing VSAM Files ESDS, KSDS etc.

           – Reading single records and rows

           – Reading sets of records and rows

           – Adding, deleting, and modifying records and rows

           – Integrity considerations

• CICS QUEUES

           – CICS transient data queues

           – Intra and Extra Partition Data Sets

           – Features of TDQ

           – Automatic Task Initiation

           – CICS temporary storage queues

• CICS PROGRAM-TO-PROGRAM CONTROL

           – LINK with COMMAREA

           – XCTL with COMMAREA

           – The COBOL CALL

           – STARTing a new transaction

           – Pseudo Conversational Techniques

• CICS With Database DB2

           – CICS with DB2

           – How to access DB2 from CICS region

• SDF to design Map