Question on JCL Restart

trushant.w · Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 6:49 pm

In Capg i faced below question

In a proc there are 10 step
From jCL i need to run only 5th and 6th step of PROC

I cannot edit PROC and cannot use IEBEDIT

Terry Heinze · Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 7:51 pm

If you truly cannot edit the PROC in any way, the only option I can think of is to make a copy of the original PROC and include only the 5th and 6th steps in it.

dick scherrer · Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 8:28 pm

Hello,

I wonder just who comes up with this kind of "requirement" . . .

One would hope that the need be met without strange little limiting rules. . .

David Robinson · Active User Joined: 21 Dec 2011 Posts: 199 Location: UK

As Terry has said, you could make a copy of the proc and add a JCLLIB statement pointing to the alternate library.

Or you could copy the proc to the jobcard using PROC/PEND and tailor it accordingly.

Or you could code a RESTART statement to start the job from the 5th step and then code COND.stepname=(0,LE) statements after the EXEC PROC for steps 7 - 10.

Nic Clouston · Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 9:32 pm

Or restart at step 5 as normal and use an override that will insert a JCL error into step 7 but will only produce an error when step 7 tries to start.

dick scherrer · Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 10:00 pm

Hello,

This question (with slightly different specifics) comes up rather often here and in similar forums.

I just don't understand how it comes up so often with the "can't do this" can't do that" restrictions. . .

Might this be some kind of quiz or contest?

Rohit Umarjikar · Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2014 1:07 am

sureshpathi10 · Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2014 9:02 am

You're right Rohit...

Restart from 5th step and from step7 onwards override all step's COND parameter in a way that they won't execute.

Pandora-Box · Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2014 10:50 am

The sad part is questions are asked just for the sake as somet hing should be asked

TheMFKid · New User Joined: 20 Nov 2013 Posts: 91 Location: India

trushant.w · Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2014 12:00 pm

Thank you all for your thoughts

Ed Goodman · Active Member Joined: 08 Jun 2011 Posts: 556 Location: USA

Restart in 5th step, do one of these:

-after 6th step completes, but before 7th step starts, pull the plug on the mainframe.

-Override a dataset into the 7th step that creates a duplicate file, JES will stop the job

-Override 7th's step steplibs to not have the required program in them, step will get S806 and stop the job (if program is not in joblib or linklist)

-Change the program in step 7 to fail with an S806

-Change program in step 6 to abend after it's done. Override the dataset dispositions to leave files as you want them. e.g. (new,catlg,catlg)

All of these could leave files in the wrong state, but that wasn't the question

Rohit Umarjikar · Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2014 5:08 am

trushant.w · Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2014 5:34 pm

Terry Heinze · Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2014 8:01 pm

dick scherrer · Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2014 8:34 pm

Long ago (60's - 70's) there was a service named RINGBELL that when invoked would sound the alarm on the 360/370.

If the code to "ring the bell" was run before step 7, this might signal the operator to pull the plug . . . Quickly . . .

Never mind the stuff running everywhere else

Ed Goodman · Active Member Joined: 08 Jun 2011 Posts: 556 Location: USA

Wasn't there also a 'fling printer cover open' command? Useful for when your nemesis has a habit of placing boxed of non-sequenced punch cards on any available printer top.

dick scherrer · Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2014 10:23 pm

Yup, if you issued a skip-to-end-of box, the cover would open when the box was empty.

This was also a deterrent to setting drinks on the cover

Kayathri K · New User Joined: 25 Sep 2013 Posts: 4 Location: India