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Mainframe Concepts

This document provides an overview of concepts and topics related to mainframe systems including COBOL, MVS operating system, JCL, VSAM, CICS, DB2, PL/1, REXX, IMS, and servers. It outlines key areas such as program structure, input/output operations, file handling, sorting and merging, hardware evolution, data management, job control language, access methods, online systems features and components for each mainframe technology.

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Mainframe Concepts

This document provides an overview of concepts and topics related to mainframe systems including COBOL, MVS operating system, JCL, VSAM, CICS, DB2, PL/1, REXX, IMS, and servers. It outlines key areas such as program structure, input/output operations, file handling, sorting and merging, hardware evolution, data management, job control language, access methods, online systems features and components for each mainframe technology.

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Mainframe Concepts & Coverage

IBM Architecture

COBOL 

 Introduction to COBOL
 COBOL Program
 Arithmetic Operation
 Input/output Operation
 Division Entries
 Sequence Control Operation

 File Handling
 Character Handling
 Subroutines
 Sorting & Merging
 FT,MI,Gd,MVS
 M H/W Evolution

MVS O/S

 MVS Data Management


 IBM Software Support
 Characteristics & I/O Devices

JCL

 Need To JCL
 JOB,Exec,DD Statement
 Procedure Statements
 Procedure Statement
 Symbolic & Overriding

 Parameters
 GDG (General Date Group)
 Utilities
 Working With JCL
 FT,MI,GD
 Feature And Structure
 Organization And CI/CA Splits
 VSAM Usage In COBOL
 Access Method Service(AMS)
 Alternate Indexes & Paths
 Dataset
 FT,MI

CICS

 Online System Feature & Components


 Components & Tables
 Basic Mapping Support (BMS)
 CICIS Table Environment
 File, Exception Handling
 AID,EIB, COMMAREA, TSQ & TDQ
 FT, MI, GD

DB2
 RDBMS Concepts & Components
 Data Normalization
 SQL Statements
 DB2-SPUFI
 Dclgen, QMF

 Embedded & Dynamic SQL


 CICS-DB2 Programming
 Security And Authorization
 FT,MI,Gd

SERVER 

 File AID
 XP Editor
 Endeavor

PL/1 
 Characteristics & Programming Program Organization
 Built-in Functions & Subroutines
 File Processing Storage Classes & List Processing
 Assembler

 Fundamental Concepts& Techniques


 Basic Operation
 I/O Software Concepts
 Data & File Declaration
 Instruction & Addresses

REXX
 Structure
 Programming
 Built-In Functions
 Stacks
 Push
 Pop
 Utility Functions

IMS DB / DC
 IMS General Concepts
 DL.I Concepts Blocks
 Segment Search Arcs
 COBOL Basics for IMS,DL/I Calls
 Data Base Access Method

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