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JES2

Enhancement to Cancel/Purge Job Groups command

Following migration of JES3 to JES2, our legacy DJC network jobs are converted into JES2 Job Groups (JGs). Currently, we see no usable Age filter or selection criteria to cancel/purge JGs that are incomplete and still considered “running”. The Age...
7 days ago in z/OS / JES2 Submitted

JES2 POLICY: We need the value of node when using /*ROUTE XEQ node or /*XEQ node in our JCL

To convert 5 JES2 exits to a JES2 policy, we need the value of node when using /*ROUTE XEQ node or /*XEQ node in our JCL.The JES2 policy attribute ExecNode contains the resolved node, not the nodename as entered on /*ROUTE XEQ node or /*XEQ node i...
26 days ago in z/OS / JES2 Submitted

JES2 policy security

We recommend the addition of enhanced security controls around JES2 policies. For example: - a profile that controls who can modify policylib e.g. JES2.POLICYLIB.policylib under the FACILITY class. Read access allows you to modify a policylib. Upd...
3 months ago in z/OS / JES2 Submitted

Short Term Authorization on JESSPOOL via GROUP not USER

To provide short-term authorization, a user can overtype the DEST field with another user's user ID. This can be done on either the O or H panels. On https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/3.2.0?topic=sets-permitting-other-users-view-your-data on can rea...
4 months ago in z/OS / JES2 Submitted

JES2 $TA commands should be checkpointed so they survive IPLs or JES2 restarts

JES2 automatic commands ($TA commands) do not survive IPLs or JES2 restarts. Many times, $TA commands are set to execute days into the future. If an IPL occurs before the set execution time, the target of the $TA commands never get executed. $TA c...
5 months ago in z/OS / JES2 Future consideration

Controlling who can submit jobs with specific SCHENV

We want to control which users can submit jobs with a specific SCHENV. Currently, we control submissions using a JES2 JclEvaluation policy. However, the restriction should be much more granular and user-based.
8 months ago in z/OS / JES2 Future consideration

Controlling who can submit jobs with specific SCHENV

We want to control which users can submit jobs with a specific SCHENV. Currently, we control submissions using a JES2 JclEvaluation policy. However, the restriction should be much more granular and user-based.
8 months ago in z/OS / JES2 Future consideration

Enable JMON to Track Job ID Reassignment during JES MAS Routing

We request an enhancement to the JMON server to support job tracking when a submitted job is explicitly routed to a different system with a different JES Multi-Access Spool (MAS). JMON should be enhanced to detect Job ID changes that occur during ...
9 months ago in z/OS / JES2 Submitted

JES2 Resource Group support regarding Job Output commands

Currently, it's documented that $POJQ,/RESGROUP=xxx works to purge all job output that is associated with jobs in a JES2 Resource Group. Using this command results in: $HASP003 RC=(82),PO JQ RESGROUP - INVALID FILTER KEYWORD According to the PMR t...
12 months ago in z/OS / JES2 Future consideration

Introduce ZHPF for JES2 spool I/O

Allow JES2 to use ZHPF for it's spool datasets.
about 1 year ago in z/OS / JES2 Future consideration

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