z/OS Basics Freeware PDS, The Swiss Army Knife of Utilities, Hands-on Lab

PDS is one of the most popular freeware tools for the mainframe.  Originally developed to manipulate PDS datasets, PDS has matured into
a toolkit to handle many types of datasets.  This self-directed hands-on lab will show the user how to use PDS to make many everyday tasks simpler and easier. Some of the tasks included in the lab will be replacing one string with another throughout a PDS, selecting members for more specific operations, recovering deleted members, and fixing directory block or space shortages without re-allocating the dataset.  Familiarity with TSO and ISPF are the only real prerequisites for this lab, so beginners and experts alike are welcome to attend.

Tracks: Applications Programming and z/OS Systems Programming