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Vedam
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hi,
There are 3 steps in a JCL. I have a requirement wherein the 3rd step has to be executed a bit later than the first 2 steps. Is there any method by which I can put step3 into a delay state of say 5 mins? |
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expat
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Why not schedule your jobs properly.
Why hold an initiator and stop other work from processing.
What is the requirement that demands this mode of working ? |
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Vedam
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| Instead of creating a new JCL and scheduling it, if we can put a delay for a step, that would be better. |
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expat
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| Instead of creating a new JCL and scheduling it, if we can put a delay for a step, that would be better. |
Yeah, waste the resource of an initiator and possibly stop others from running their jobs. Possibly consume copious amounts of CPU cycles depending on the method chosen of initiating the wait process.
That would be better - Yes, for you, but NOONE ELSE.
How long will it take you to create a new JCL and schedule it. Probably less time than you want to waste every time that this job runs. |
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superk
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dick scherrer
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Hello,
What happens when the 5 minute delay is not enough - something interferes with the "normal" timing of the processes this job is waiting on? Ooops.
As suggested by expat, proper scheduling is a better choice.
Another of the (continually growing) list of things that can be done, but should not be done in a production environment. "Sleeping" for a while and then running then "sleeping" again is fine for some "polling" task that has dedicated resources, but is a poor choice for a regular batch job. |
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acevedo
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| expat wrote: |
That would be better - Yes, for you, but NOONE ELSE.
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sorry, I'm disagree: : FOR NOONE.
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expat
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I must have had an eye / finger / brain comms failure at the point where I typed it in.  It's something that comes with age .............. |
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elayadath
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Pls check the below . This will work in our shop.
//STEP2
//DELAY EXEC PGM=EXCMDWP,PARM='00000500,D T'
//STEP3
THIS WILL HALT 500 SEC TO START STEP3 |
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