Mainframe, MVS and zOS Discussion

 It doesn't really do anything for efficiency, because only the TXT records in a load module are subject to blocking.  Since these records are only read during program load, it has virtually no effect on performance. What is a TXT record and what is their purpose for a load module? The average size...

Hi, In the interview they asked, if there are 30 steps in ajob and we want to execute from step 11. I replied that we can code RESTART=STEP11 in the job card. The they asked, but if step11 abends, we want other steps to execute and if it does not aend other steps shuoul not execute. To this I could ...

Thanks. So I was also correct? Or you mean to say that 32760 is not always the case?

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hi, What are the parameters usually defined for a load module dataset? I have not noticed it and did not answer this in the interview. Later I found that we use the following parameters: Organization  . . . : PO         Record format . . . : U         Record length . . . : 0         Block size  . . ...