Mainframes

• MAINFRAME BASICS and MVS
  Introduction to MVS
  Key concepts and Terminlogy
  Characteristics features of MVS
  Multi programming
  Multi processing
  Real and Auxiliary Storage
  Spooling
  Paging
  Address Spaces
  Swapping
  Data Management overview(MVS Functions)
  Types of Data and Dataset Organization
  VSAM and Non-VSAM datasets organization
  Label and Catalog
  I/O Devices
  Unit Record Devices
  Magnetic Tape
  DASD-Direct Access Storage Device
  MVS Tools Overview
  Interactive System Productivity Facility (ISPF)
  Primary Options Menu
  Command Overview
  MVS System Concepts
  Job Management Overview
  VS COBOL-11
  Introduction to COBOL
  History of COBOL and introduction to VSCOBOL 11
  Details of COBOL Coding sheet
  Structure of COBOL program
  Divisions of COBOL program
  Explanation with Sample program
  Working with Data
  Hierarchical representation of data
  COBOL data types
  Elementary and Group data items
  JUSTIFY
  SIGN Clause
  Display vs Computational Numeric Data
  USAGE Clause
  SYNC Clause
  Figurative Constants
  RENAMES
  REDEFINES
  CONDITION NAMES
  Program Structure
  Programming style
  Sections and Procedures
  EXIT
  Program Control
  Types of statements
  Arthimetic Verbs
  Decision Making
  Iterations
  Trapping Run Time Errors
  Exception handling
  Table Handling
  File Sorting
  Sorting(Internal,external,bubble,shuttle sorts)
  Input and output procedures
  Merge
  File Handling
  File processing Overview
  Types of files
  Open and Close
  The Write VERB
  A Direct READ
  The START Verb
  The Delete Verb
  Writing New Records
  Sub Programming
  The use of embedded and external subprograms
  COPY statement
  CALL
  The Linkage Section
  STATIC and DYNAMIC CALL
  CALL BY CONTENT and CALL BY REFERENCE
  EXIT Program and Go back
  String Functions
  STRING
  UNSTRING
  INSPECT
  REFERENCE MODIFICATION
  Job Control Language(JCL)
  Introduction
  Key parameters in JCL
  Job statement
  POSITIONAL PARAMETERS
  KEYWORD PARAMETERS
  Exec statement
  POSITIONAL PARAMETERS
  KEYWORD PARAMETERS
  DD statement
  POSITIONAL PARAMETERS
  KEYWORD PARAMETERS
  Special DD statements
  TEMPORARY DATASETS
  BACKWARD REFERENCES
  SYSOUT
  SYSUDUMP
  SYSADUMP
  Other JCL statements
  COMMENTS STATEMENTS
  DELIMETER STATEMENTS
  NULL STATEMENT
  Procedurs
  PROC and PEND statement
  SYMBOLIC parameters
  PROC statement
  PEND statement
  Invoking Procedure
  Generation Data Groups(GDG)
  Introduction
  Creation of GDG
  Altering GDG definition
  Deleting GDG
  IBM JCL Utilities
  Control Job Processing
  IF the ELSE
  MAXCC,LASTCC
  DO..END
  CANCEL
  Sort
  Internal Sort
  External Sort
  Explanation with Real time scenarios
  OMIT,INCLUDE
  INREC,OURREC
  SKIPREC,STOPAFT
  VIRTUAL STORAGE ACCESS METHOD(VSAM)
  Introduction
  Basic concepts of VSAM
  Advantages of VSAM
  CI,CA and splits
  VSAM DATASETS
  KSDS,RBS
  ESDS
  RRDS,RRN
  LDS
  Internal organisation of VSAM
  VSAM Dataset Allocation
  Dataset components
  Parameters used for defining culsters
  Alternate Index Allocation
  Access Methods Services
  Define VSAM/Generation Dataset Groups
  Define ALTERNATEINDEX
  BLDINDEX
  Define PATH
  Other IDCAMS COMMANDS
  LISTCAT
  ALTER
  VERIFY
  REPRO
  MODAL
  FILE-STATUS CODES
  DATABASE 2(DB2)
  Introduction to RDBMS
  Overview of DB2
  DB2 Objects
  SQL
  DB2 Application Development Overview
  EMBEDDED SQL
  DATA TYPED of DB2
  JOINS
  INNER and OUTER JOIN
  LEFT and RIGHT JOIN
  DB2 PRECOMPILATION PROCESS
  DBRM
  BIND
  PACKAGE
  PLAN
  HOST VARIBALES
  NULL INDICATORS
  SQLCA
  CURSOR
  USE of CURSOR
  WITH HOLD OPTION
  DEADLOCK
  LOCKS and LATCH
  MODES OF LOCKS
  SHARED
  EXCLUSIVE
  RELEASE OPTION
  ISOLATION LEVELS
  DB2 TOOLS
  SPUFI
  QMF
  DCLGEN
  DB2 UTILITIES