JES2 for Operations

Audience

Trainee z/OS Operators
Operations Personnel
Operations Managers
Technical Support Personnel

Prerequisites

Delegates should have a basic understanding of JES2 concepts.

Duration

1 day.

Course Objectives

This is a 1 day course and will describe the JES2 operational environment with the
emphasis on control, startup and shutdown. Attendees will gain a valuable insight into
how JES2 resources are defined. JES2 for z/OS is fully covered. A workshop is included
to reinforce the presentation.

Course Content

 Overview of JES2 Spooling
 Batch Job Life Cycle
 Starting and Stopping JES2
 JES2 Controlling
 - Readers
 - Initiators
 - Printers
 Manipulating the Spool Volumes
 JES2 Job Control Commands
 Job Management and Initiators
 JES2 Output Control
 Spool Management
 SDSF relationship to JES2
 JES2 Workshop