JES3plus training is now available through Interskill Learning. Upon completion of the five-module curriculum, students will earn an IBM Authorized Digital Badge.
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Go To InterskillDigital Badge: IBM Mainframe Specialist — JES3plus — Experienced 1.1
Issued by IBM
The IBM Digital Badge Program offers a recognized, respected and valued benchmark for Z mainframe knowledge and skills in the global mainframe computing industry.
The badge earner can…
- Describe how JES3plus manages system resources and workflows, and in what way it differs from JES2.
- Identify the primary users of JES3plus and explain how Operators can display and modify job attributes, and devices, and start and stop JES3plus.
- Describe how a Systems Programmer can control JES3plus initialization and the resources JES3plus requires.
- Configure JCL to take advantage of JES3plus services.
JES3plus Curriculum
| Course Title | Duration | Modules | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| JES3plus Fundamentals | 3 hours | Introduction to JES3plus Working with JES3plus |
This course provides an introduction to the evolution of mainframe processing, which led to the development of the job entry subsystem, JES3plus. Key concepts about JES3plus and how it manages system resources and workflow are covered along with details on who needs to interact with JES3plus regularly. |
| JES3plus for System Operators | 1 hour | Monitoring the JES3plus Environment | This course gives system operators insight into JES3plus commands that are used in performing inquiries on jobs and devices, how to modify a job’s properties, and how to vary the status of devices. Also discussed are commands used to start and stop JES3plus and what start options can be used and when. |
| JES3plus for System Programmers | 1 hour | Defining the JES3plus Environment | This course provides learners with an introduction into how JES3plus is initialized at start up and how the initialization stream is used to identify system resources to JES3plus. Following on, the learner is shown what resources need to be defined to JES3plus such as spool data sets, checkpoint data sets, mains, storage, and buffers among others which are all vital to JES3plus’ processing functionality. |
| JES3plus for Application Programmers | 1 hour | Application Interaction with JES3plus | In this course application programmers are shown how, through the use of job control language (JCL), JES3plus control statements can be used to provide special instructions to JES3plus to perform on their jobs during job processing. Also discussed is how deadline scheduling can be implemented to make the best possible use of available resources along with dependent job control which can be used to control the flow of jobs based on specific conditions. |