JCL to run a job at regular interval with JES2 command

Aham · New User Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 42 Location: chennai

Can anyone tell me how to make a job submit automatically at regular intervals using JES2 commands. I saw in one of the forums that the command syntax is $TA,T=hh.mm,i=nnn,'$VS,''S JOB,N=myjob''' . Can anyone explain with an example how to give this in a job?

dick scherrer · Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 9:48 pm

Hello,

I suggest you talk with your scheduling people and have this handled by the scheduling software on your system.

Aham · New User Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 42 Location: chennai

The job I wanted to schedule is a report job that runs in test and not in production. Its upto me to decide what to do to get the report. I cannot get in touch with scheduling people. I just saw the following post

ibmmainframes.com/viewtopic.php?t=927&highlight=jes2

scherrer,
Would be great if you can explain me that?

dick scherrer · Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 11:34 pm

Hello,

Aham · New User Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 42 Location: chennai

Thanks a lot for the response in jiffy.

superk · Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 1:44 am

What's the regular interval?

Since it's a test system, why not create a job/program that you can submit with TIME=1440 that stays in a loop and, at regular intervals, checks the time on the system clock and, when required, submits your job(s)?

Obviously, if this one main job fails or gets cancelled, then you're screwed. Outside of that, is there a reason why you're not looking at something like that?

Aham · New User Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 42 Location: chennai

My word usage regular interval is a deceptor actually. My job is a daily job and job that runs at regualr intervals in the same day. So running with TIME=1440 is out of question for me isnt it? Also the criticallity of the report is too low. Running job and manipulating the bdatabase thru some other means to produce the report is at the sole discretion of mine. Hence no issues if the job fails. But if it runs it would be a bit better that is all.

Aham · New User Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 42 Location: chennai

dick scherrer · Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2007 3:42 am

Hello,

If this supports some activity of your organization (and the application development staff is one of these), there is no reason that this cannot be scheduled.

If this is somethng that has value, i suggest that your manager could work with the scheduling people to have this put on the schedule with instructions that if there is a problem, it is sent to you or your group for resolution.

Keep in mind that jobs of this nature are your production. Just because the output is for some Information Technology user(s) rather than client department users, the job still needs to be scheduled, not just run by hand.

Running this via the schedule may mean documenting the process more formally than it is currently documented. . .

superk · Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2007 8:14 am

Aham, I take it at this point you have what you need to perform the task you originally asked about. It looks like you're aware of the $TA JES command, and you say you have console authority to execute it. I guess that all you need to do is submit your job with TYPRUN=HOLD, issue the $TA command to execute another command at the specified time, and have that other command release your held job.

Aham · New User Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 42 Location: chennai

For some reason, My tech heads do not want to take this to scheduling people.

dick scherrer · Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 12:25 am

Hello,

skkp2006 · Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 9:44 am

Aham,

Have a look at this link
http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/eac/knowledgebaseAnswer/0,295199,sid63_gci970978,00.html

stodolas · Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 6:33 pm