• • Abstract for JES2 Introduction
• Introduction to JES2
  • What is a JES?
  • How JES2 fits into the z/OS system
  • Relationship of JES2 to JCL and submitted jobs
  • JES2 compared to JES3
  • Overview of JES2
    • JES2 configurations
    • JES2 functions
    • Customizing JES2
    • Interacting with JES2
• Scope of control and configurations
  • JES2 data set control
    • Spool data sets and spooling
    • Maintaining integrity
  • JES2 configurations
    • Single-system configuration
    • Multiple-system configuration
    • Running multiple copies of JES2 (poly-JES)
    • JES2 remote job entry (RJE)
    • JES2 network job entry (NJE)
• JES2 job processing and functions
  • Phases of job processing
    • Input phase
    • Conversion phase
    • Processing phase
    • Output phase
    • Hard-copy phase
    • Purge phase
  • JES2 capabilities and functions
    • Getting work out of z/OS
    • Selecting work to maximize efficiency
    • Offloading work and backing up the system
    • Supporting advanced function presentation (AFP) printers
    • Providing security
    • Supporting APPC
• Customizing your JES2 system
  • JES2 initialization data set
    • Minimum required statements
  • JES2 table pairs
  • JES2 IBM-defined exits
  • JES2 installation-defined exits
• Interacting with JES2
  • JES2 operations
    • Operator control
      • Stopping and restarting JES2
      • JES2 commands
    • Automatic commands
    • Automating JES2 operations
  • JES2 communication mechanisms
    • JES2 Tracing Facility
    • JES2-IPCS formatting
• JES2 Publications