How to find a program is obsolete or not in Production

jyothi_priya · New User Joined: 09 Jan 2004 Posts: 10

Hi,

How to find whether a program is obsolete or not in Production? I mean, whether that program is currently in use or not.

Thanks,
JP

anuradha · Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2004 5:42 pm

Hi Jyothi,

I hope you can find out the job name. Then check when that job is last run in VIEW details.

Thanks,
Anu

mmwife · Super Moderator Joined: 30 May 2003 Posts: 1592

You might go talk to your Production Control folks.

bright_skull · New User Joined: 22 May 2006 Posts: 7 Location: Bangalore

Hi,

What I would suggest you to do is:
1. First check in the Scheduler (Zeke or Jobtrac) for the Job name. If found, then it is in use regularly.
Sometimes, we decommission the Load module of the program and maintain the Job in Production JCL Library. This is helpful in loading the job onto Jobtrac and modifying it a little to suit other requirements (Ex. Taking Unload of Prod. Tables) on 'On Request' basis.

2. That particular job may be running some program (Let's assume). In such a case, Check in the Production Load Library (By Default 'OPERn.PRODBTCH.LOADLIBx', where n and x are numerals.

3. Why to take risk, Contact the Production support guys!!!!

mmwife · Super Moderator Joined: 30 May 2003 Posts: 1592

P.S. If it hasn't been run between the date of my post and Sumanth's it's probably obsolete.