You have a requirement to create a dataset containing 1000 fixed-length records filled with random numeric data. How would you use the IEBDG utility to accomplish this task in JCL?
- Specify DCB parameters for the output dataset, provide the record length and number of records
- Use the COUNT parameter to specify the number of records, and the RANDOM option for random data generation
- Set the RECORD option to specify fixed-length records, and the RANDOM option for random data generation
- Use the SIZE parameter to specify the dataset size, and the RANDOM option for random data generation
Option 2 is correct. The COUNT parameter specifies the number of records, and the RANDOM option generates random numeric data.
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