Downloads

Jol Download and Installation

The MVS and Z/OS Jol program files are Pkzipped XMIT data sets. After you download the file, it must be unzipped and transferred to the mainframe.

• • Download the Install.Jol60EXE.ZIP file from here (the Download Store Page - it opens in a new window). Move it to a separate directory, say JOL60.

  • Unzip the .XMI files. In Windows, you can double click on the file, and Winows will unpack it for you.  Otherwise, you can use 7Zip, PKZIP or WinZip to do this.

For example:

PKUNZIP Jol60.zip

This will create a single XMI file to upload.

• • Transfer the above file to the mainframe using a binary file transfer method (no CRLF or ASCII translation) and make sure that the MVS dataset created is LRECL=80,RECFM=F,DSORG=PS.   Note that you can upload into a PDS if you want as long as it is FB80.  The blocksize should be 3120.

Open the INSTALL member, and run the $$INSTAL member to create the data sets Jol needs.  Then run the MVS01 to MVS03 or the ZOS01 to ZOS03 jobs depending on your installation.  

NOTE: Jobs MVS04 and ZOS04 are not necessary.  MVS05 and ZOS05  will require modification if you plan on using the Data Base of Data Sets.

Then in TSO, type MENU and the Jol main menu should appear.

Now, PLEASE read the Using Jol Introduction.  This explains the various ways of using Jol.

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Jol will now be installed and can be used with or instead of the IBM Job Control Language (JCL).

Note that the Jol scripting language is designed to be used on a variety of computers. It contains a data base of data set attributes so that DDNAMES and DCB information can be "hidden" - Jol will add the DDNAMES and other required information on systems that require it.

See Using Jol here.

The Linux version will be available before the end of the year.

Thanks to Sam Goleb, Mike Cleary and David Alcock from whom I borrowed an outline and a thought or two in writing the above directions.