Running the DEDB Pointer Checker process

To use the DEDB Pointer Checker, you must run several programs. To run the programs, you must code JCL statements for those programs. The steps in a DEDB Pointer Checker job stream vary, depending on your particular functional options. But there are series of steps you must follow to run DEDB Pointer Checker.

Procedure

To run DEDB Pointer Checker, you must complete the following tasks:

  1. Determine the particular DEDB Pointer Checker functions that you want to run.
  2. Decide which of the various DEDB Pointer Checker and DFSORT steps should be run.
  3. Code the JCL for DEDB Pointer Checker (FABADA1, FABADA3, FABADA4, and FABADA5) and DFSORT job steps that you need to run.

    FPB allows you to specify site default parameters for DEDB Pointer Checker (FABADA1). Macros and sample JCL streams are provided to generate the site default table.

  4. Code the control statements needed for the programs (DEDB Pointer Checker creates all required DFSORT statements).
  5. Make a test run.
  6. Interpret the output reports to verify that process completed successfully.
  7. Put the resulting JCL and control-statement into production use.