Which utility can be used to find volume serial info of a datset?
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IEBEGNER
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IEBGENER
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IDCAMS
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OPTION 1 AND 3
Reveal answer
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C
Correct answer
Explanation
IDCAMS (Access Method Services) is the IBM mainframe utility for managing VSAM datasets and querying volume serial information. IEBGENER is used for simple dataset copying, not for querying metadata. Option D refers to the typo-ridden IEBEGNER and IDCAMS, but only IDCAMS is actually correct.
AI explanation
IEBGENER only copies or converts datasets; it has no facility for reporting catalog metadata. IDCAMS, specifically its LISTCAT command, is the standard z/OS utility used to look up a dataset's catalog entry, which includes the volume serial number(s) it resides on.