Steve Dirickson wrote:
> (1) JCL is not quite the same as the MPE command language. Here's how
> you back up the Oracle database on your MVS box to tape:

Eh?  It's exactly the same, just written in a different language, and
re-ordered slightly:

> //ORABCK00 JOB (1,RESYS,SYS,01),'ORA BACK',CLASS=I,TIME=NOLIMIT,
> //             MSGCLASS=V,NOTIFY=SYS1010,MSGLEVEL=(0,0)

!JOB ORABCK00,USER.ACCOUNT;TIME=UNLIM

> //******************************************************
> //**** THIS JOB DUMPS DASD TO KAST                   ***
> //******************************************************

> //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*

!FILE SYSPRINT=$STDLIST

> //CASSET   DD DSN=SYS1010.MPMN.VER2,UNIT=KAST,
> //            VOL=(,,,50),DISP=(NEW,KEEP)

!FILE CASSET=SYS1010.MPMN.VER2;DEV=KAST

> //DFDSS    EXEC PGM=ADRDSSU,REGION=8M

!RUN ADRDSSU;NMSTACK=8000000
   DUMP DATASET(INCLUDE( -
        ORAV.MPMNF1.DB -
        TEMPV.MPMNF1.DB -
        TEMPV.MPMNF2.DB -
        ORAV.MPMNF1.LOG -
        ORAV.MPMNF2.LOG -
        ORAV.MPMNF1.CONTROL -
                        )) -
        OUTDDNAME(CASSET)    -
        ALLDATA(*) TOL(ENQF) SHR -
        COMPRESS CANCEL OPT(4)
!EOJ

- Mark B. (scary that I still remember JCL after so many years of non-use)