Connecting to CICS thru a batch job

alamelu · New User Joined: 18 Jul 2005 Posts: 15

Hi,

I have a requirement say,

If on line(CICS Region) is being up , i have to bypass some of the steps in my batch job.

There is an IPCPBTCH utility that opens and closes the online files thru the batch job.

I can make use of this that sets the RC differntly when the the online is down to bypass some of my steps.

Is there any other way by which using the batch can we get whether the online is up or not?

Thanks,
Alamelu.

ofer71 · Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 4:37 pm

There are many other ways, where my favorite is EXCI. But if you only need to test whether a CICS region is down, you can check the currently running jobs in SDSF.

O.