Mainframe, MVS and zOS Discussion

Thank you zum13. This is really helpful.

 

Thank you zum13 and florry372. What if the formats don't match? The move is not allowed?

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I thought it was checking all the previous steps but my job had a rc5 from second step and step5 had this coded, So ideally step5 should have run from my understanding

So if any step had a rc 5, it would have executed right

But it did not Looks like esp pulled the job as soon as it got a 5 and ...

Guys,

 dumb question If i code at step level Cond=(0,eq) Would it checking the condition codes for just the previous step or all the previous steps in a JCL.

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Hi ,

Is it possible to convert data from zoned decimal like zzz,zzz,zz9.999 to packed decimal value or can we do able to total the value in this format?

Scenario: I have a PDS which has a lot of members. That PDS is full and no more compress.
Question: I need to increase size of this PDS without delete define rename. Is there a way to increase the size dynamically?

Hi,

Can someone help me to understand what a CSECT is and it's purpose in mainframe (in simple terms)