JCL UTILITIES and ABEND CODES Interview Questions

JCL UTILITIES and ABEND CODES Interview Questions

Some common utilities used:


1 IEBGENER
• Copy one sequential file to another
• Create datasets with input dataset as DUMMY

2 IEBCOPY
• Copy the partitioned datasets
• Compress the partitioned datasets
• Include members of PDS within a copy transaction
• Exclude members of PDS with in a copy transaction

3 IEHPROGM
• Catalog datasets
• Un-catalog datasets
• Rename the datasets
• Create the index for a generation data groups
• Delete the Index for a generation data groups
4 IEBCOMPR
• Compare two partitioned datasets
• Compare two sequential datasets

5 IEFBR14
• Create a empty dataset
6 IEEPROGM
• Create generation data groups

ABEND CODES

1 S0C4 Caused by the subscript being out of range
2 S0C5 Caused by invalid address specification. i.e. The address points to an instruction, control word or data outside the available real storage
3 S0C7 Caused by a bad data. i.e. Data exception. When we are moving an alphanumeric field to a numeric computational field this Abend occurs. The result is an Abend failure
4 S222 Caused by a job being cancelled by the operator, due to a request by the program for an unavailable resource.
5 S237 Caused by end of volume being encountered.
6 S322 Caused when CPU time assigned to the job, job step, or procedure has been exceeded. i.e. Time out error.
7 S413 This abend occurs if the DD statement referenced by UNIT=AFF statement is not closed before the DD statement that comes before it.
8 S522 Caused when a wait state exceeds an installation-defined time limit.
9 SB37 Caused by lack of sufficient Secondary space
10 SD37 Caused by lack of sufficient Primary space
11 SE37 Caused by lack of space for PDS (Partitioned data set)

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