Data Center Management Systems

• Complete JCL validation
• Custom JCL validation criteria
• One-time analysis and conversion
• Mass conversions
• JED Remote Server Facility validates JCL for execution on a different LPAR/Image than the one on which the JCL resides
• Validate SMS requirements
• Intelligent online Library Search Facility for concurrently searching multiple libraries for combinations of JCL statements containing values that match JCL-specific search criteria
• Validates logical processing (EXEC-COND, IF/THEN/ELSE) including Return-Code simulation
• Reformats JCL members, procs and statements to user specifications
• Optionally reformats instream IDCAMS SYSIN statements
• Validates the execution PARM and SYSIN control statements for all standard IBM utilities
• Reorders and re-aligns JCL to maximize readability
• Provides reformatting options by statement type
• Optionally re-sequence step names
• Validates naming standards
• Scheduler Interface - Enables automated scheduler users to verify how their scheduler will resolve it's variables within a jobstream at execution time.
• Single pass processing

• Maintaining JCL for multiple environments
• Management of vendor-supplied JCL
• Data center consolidations
• Production to test JCL conversion for application testing
• Test to production JCL conversion
• Critical path validation at hot site
• Convert in-stream control statements to PDS members
• Conversion to SMS
• Optimize blocking characteristics
• Standards enforcement based on application name and many more

• JED can be executed:
• Interactively - As an edit macro while in an ISPF Edit session
• Foreground - JED provides an intuitive ISPF interface for virtually instant results
• Background As a batch job to process larger quantities of JCL


• JED can be interfaced with automated schedulers, change control products, security systems and tape management systems.
  
• All product features, functions and interfaces are tailor-able by the JED administrator.  Most common JCL validation and conversion tasks are already automated and can be activated by toggling an option presented on an online screen.   Over 300 options are available.

• JED JCL validation - JED automatically validates JCL for logic, syntax and required structure.  User controllable options allow you to tailor the level of validation, error message issuance and message text.  JED validates JCL based on the processing environment (z/OS and JES level, security package installed, and tape management tool in use, etc.)
• Validates JCL coding standards and checks JCL syntax
• Reformats JCL to Information Systems standards
• Insures that all datasets created in production JCL will be cataloged
• Checks to insure that each dataset name conforms to installation standards
• Insures that each executed program is found in the appropriate program load library
• Verifies JCL values such as input/output classes, form names and FCB’s
• Insures that all referenced PDS members exist
• Insures that all referenced GDG base catalog entries exist
• Insures that all existing datasets are cataloged
• Validates SMS values


• IBM Utility Control Statement Validation - Validates the execution PARM and SYSIN control statements for all standard IBM utilities including Sort.
  
  
• Reformats IDCAMS Statements - Reformats instream IDCAMS SYSIN statements to installation standards.
  
  
• Job Scheduler Interface - Enables Job Scheduler users to view how their scheduler will resolve the Job scheduler variables within a jobstream at execution time.
  
  
• JED Remote Server Facility - JEDSERV enables developers, as well as automated change control systems, working from a test LPAR/image, to accurately validate pre-production JCL that will later be executed on a different local or remote LPAR/image.

• JED Online Library Search Facility - JED permits users to concurrently search multiple libraries for combinations of JCL statements containing values that match JCL-specific search criteria. Searches are simple to specify and far superior to a simple string search.
• For example, you can search for DD statements that specify a BLKSIZE less than 100 and a DDname starting with “SYS” within a step that executes a program “IEBGENER”.
• The FIND and CHANGE primary commands also provide a Process-Mode option, enabling background execution.
• The capabilities of the FIND, CHANGE and SEARCH commands can be performed from batch JCL that you can customize and save on your own library.
• This feature is completely JCL intelligent and makes it possible to quickly perform very complex searches without requiring the use of a programming language.

• JED Reporting - JED provides complete analysis and management reporting for all JCL components.  These reports are an invaluable part of the JCL analysis and acceptance lifecycle.  The JED reports can be selected based on your requirements.  This can be as simple as a basic JCL listing to a complete cross-reference facility for impact analysis during system maintenance.

• JED Installation, Configuration and Use - The learning curve for system administrators and users is very short; usage is highly intuitive and self-explanatory; extensive online help screens and tutorials are available with a single key stroke.

• JED Programming Interface (JPI) - If needed, a site using JED can easily add to the multitude of built-in functions by writing a JPI in a non-proprietary language, such as COBOL or assembler.  JED comes with a number of JPI samples. New or additional JPI's can be retrieved from the DCMS Customer Center. Statements are presented to the JPI parsed and in a format that is easy to work with.  The JPI can manipulate the parsed JCL in many ways:
• Inspect all JCL parameters on all JCL statements
• Add, change or delete any JCL parameter
• Add or delete any JCL step
• Generate error message

• JED Includes the DCMS Cross-Reference System (XREF) - XREF Provides Immediate access to JCL and Program Component Cross Reference Information for the Entire IT Department.
• XREF allows analysts to perform error free change impact analysis in seconds rather than hours or days.
• XREF is a self maintaining information repository and query system that provides instantaneous access to comprehensive cross reference information on all of your JCL, Proc, and program components.
• The XREF Monitor keeps the system's database current by updating the database automatically whenever a JCL member or PROC is modified.
• XREF eliminates the need to perform long running and often inaccurate library scans.
• The list of relationships maintained by XREF is long and is continuously growing.
The online XREF Query Facility provides precise, accurate and instantaneous results to such requests as:
Show me all of the Jobs/Proc's where a particular program is executed.
Show me all of the Jobs where a particular Proc is executed.
Show me all of the Jobs/Proc's where a particular dataset is used.
Show me all of the PROC's that are executed in job ABC.
Show me all of the programs that are executed in job ABC.
Show me all of the datasets that are referenced in job ABC.
Show me all of the ++INCLUDE (or –INC) statements that are referenced in job ABC.
Show me all of the jobs that execute PROC DB2TEST.
Show me all of the jobs that execute program IEBGENER.
Show me every place that the Billing Master file is referenced.
Show me all of the jobs that reference Parmlib member XYZ.

DCMS JED Administrator Guide
DCMS JED User Guide