Introduction to the Course
  • Welcome to this course
  • Create a goal Plan for this Course
What are Mainframes and how to connect to a Mainframe
  • What are Mainframe Computers?
  • Which types of Companies uses Mainframe
  • Understand background connection between Local Operating system and Mainframe
  • Let us connect to MVS 3.8 on our Local computer
  • Connect to Modern Mainframe server using an IP address other than localhost
  • Log on to ISPF from the READY Prompt
  • How to Select ISPF and How to log off
  • Operating systems on Mainframe
  • Programming Languages that can be used on Mainframe
  • Introduction on TSO/ISPF
  • What is a job
Lets Start with Basics
  • ISPF Primary option Menu
  • Details about PS and PDS
  • Basic commands to start with
Lets master the various Options in ISPF Primary option Menu
  • Option 0 - To change the Settings
  • Option 1 - 12.Display Source Data or Listings
  • Option 2 - Use option 2 to edit a file
  • Option 3.1 - Library inside utilities
  • Option 3.2 - Data set utilities
  • Option 3.3 - MOVE/COPY
  • Option 3.4 - Dslist
  • How to refer personal data set list
  • Find the files in a faster way
  • Option 3.5 - Reset Statistics
  • Option 3.12 and 3.13 - SuperC and SuperCE
  • Option 3.14 - Search-For
  • Option 3.15 - Search-ForE - Extended Searchfor utility
  • Option 4 - Foreground processing
  • Option 5 - Batch Processing
  • Option 15 - DB2 V10
  • Option 'S' - SDSF
  • Spool - Organizing various fields
  • Filter jobs
  • Let us take a Quiz
Master important TSO command in 20 minutes
  • TSO commands - Unit 1
  • TSO commands - Unit 2
Perform basic and advanced TSO/ISPF operations around a program
  • Important Line commands
  • Sorting members inside a PDS
  • Locate, Refresh and Reset
  • How to play with PROFILE, NUMBER and UNNUM commands
  • Usage of RECOVERY, CANCEL, END and CAPS
  • Copy and Move operations - CUT, PASTE, COPY, MOVE
  • Advanced use of CUT
  • EXCLUDE command
  • INSERT, DELETE and REPEAT
  • Let us take a Quiz
  • Find and Change commands
  • How to repeat commands at the command line
  • Lets take a Quiz
Advanced TSO/ISPF options
  • ADVANCED options for moving LEFT and RIGHT
  • Advanced usage of CREATE command
  • Resolving space issue - Part 1
  • Resolving space issue - Part 2
  • Scrolling options
  • AUTOFILL in Mainframe
  • Must know TSO Line commands - added more
  • Who is using the dataset?
  • Start and Split
  • Find a member in PDS's
  • Retrieving datasets one by one
  • Short trick on Keys
  • Alter the Stats
  • Lets us take a Quiz
  • An important note about ZOS
  • Lets connect to Mainframe using Hercules Emulator
  • Congratulations!!!!!
Extras- Lets Explore COBOL
  • Introduction of COBOL
  • History and Versions of COBOL
  • Structure of a COBOL Program
  • Coding Rules in COBOL
  • DIVISIONS in COBOL
Extras - Variables, Literals, Figurative Constants, Data Types and more
  • Variables, Literals and Figurative Constants
  • Data Types in COBOL
  • Lets understand about the General Level Numbers in COBOL
  • Advance(Special) Level Numbers
  • Explore a program with various level numbers in Detail
Extras- SPOOL, DISPLAY, MOVE, ACCEPT and Creation of COBOL Program and JCL
  • DISPLAY and MOVE in COBOL
  • ACCEPT in COBOL
  • Relation of ACCEPT statement with SYSIN and SYSOUT Parameter of JCL
  • Lets create a COBOL Program and a JCL to execute it
Extras- Introduction and Structure of VSAM
  • Introduction to VSAM
  • Structure of VSAM file
  • Data Component - Control interval
  • Data Component - Control Area
  • Important Parameters used while creating a VSAM file
Extras - Execute ESDS file
  • Loading Data to ESDS file