Data Center Management Systems

• Complete JCL validation of basic syntax, required parameters and site standards
• Customized JCL validation rules
• One-time analysis and 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 execution processing (EXEC-COND, IF/THEN/ELSE) providing Return-Code simulation by jobstep
• Validates the execution PARM and SYSIN control statements for all standard IBM utiliies
• Enforces Dataset naming standards
• Reformats JCL members, procs and statements to site standards for keyword order and alignment
• Provides reformatting options by statement type
• Optionally re-sequence jobstep names
• Optionally reformats instream IDCAMS SYSIN statements
• Scheduler Interface - Enables automated scheduler users to verify how their scheduler will resolve it's variables add/or conditional statements within a jobstream at execution time.
• Single pass processing - one invocation of JED validates and re-formats JCL

• 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 or enforcement of SMS rules
• Optimize blocking characteristics
• Standards enforcement based on application name or environment

• JED can be used in 3 ways:
• Interactively - As an edit macro during an ISPF Edit session. Any error messages are shown interspersed withing the displayed JCL lines.
• Foreground - Within as ISPF application JED provides an intuitive interface for virtually instant results.
• Background - As a batch job to process larger quantities of JCL


• JED can be interfaced with your automated job scheduler, code deployment product, security and tape management software.
  
• All product features, functions and interfaces can be tailored 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 selectable 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
• Verifies that datasets meet catalog control requirements
• Iinsures that dataset names conform to installation standards
• Insures that executed programs are 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
• Validates SMS class values


• IBM Utility Control Statement Validation - Validates the execution PARM and SYSIN control statements for all standard IBM utilities including Sort, FTP and DF/DSS.
  
  
• Reformats IDCAMS Statements - Reformats instream IDCAMS SYSIN statements to installation standards for content, coding and alignment.
  
  
• Job Scheduler Interface - Enables Job Scheduler users to view how their scheduler will resolve the scheduler variables and/or conditional statements within a jobstream at execution time. Most common scheduling systems are supported.
  
  
• JED Remote Server Facility - JEDSERV enables a user, 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 that does not share DASD with the test 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 interactive or background execution.
• This feature is JCL intelligent and makes it possible to quickly perform very complex searches without requiring the use of a programming language.

• JED Reporting - JED provides:
• Error summary
• Detailed JCL listing with embedded error messages
• Utility simulation results
• Original and Re-formatted JCL reports
• Tape Pull List
• Dataset, program and procedure cross-reference reports

• JED Installation, Configuration and Use - The JED software can be installed and implemented in a single day. 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) - A site using JED can easily add customized validations by writing a JPI in a non-proprietary language, such as COBOL or assembler.  The JED package includes a collection of JPI samples and more samples can be found on the DCMS Customer Center website. JCL statements are presented to the JPI in a parsed format that is easy to work with.  The JPI can manipulate the parsed JCL in many ways:
• Inspect all JCL parameters and instream data from all JCL statements
• Add, change or delete any JCL parameter or instream data statement
• Add or delete any JCL step
• Generate custom error messages

• DCMS JED Administrator guide
• DCMS JED User Guide
• DCMS JED Upgrade Guide