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JES_NJE_SECURITY Health Check Modification

Our environments unique design does not require only one component of the JES_NJE_Security check. We've determined that we are unable to deactivate just this component and are therefore requesting that the component be separated from the original ...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / JES2 1 Future consideration

Overflow of JES2 Resources beause of typing error in a batch application or in using the FTP JES2 interface

In a JES2 environment it is easily possible to quickly overflow every single type of JES2 resources, which are JQE's, JOE's, BERT's and Spool Space.A simple typing error in a batch application or in using the FTP JES2 interface may lead to trigger...
almost 6 years ago in z/OS / JES2 0 Future consideration

Enhance JCL TYPRUN=SCAN testing to JES2 Symbol Replace in Instream Data

In z/OS 2.1 TYPRUN=SCAN finds more Job Errors if INTERPRET JES is activated in JESparm. This is nice, but i´ld like to see an additional enhancement related to z/OS 2.1 JES2 Symbol Replacement in Instream Data using//xyz DD *,SYMBOLS=(...) TYPRUN=...
about 9 years ago in z/OS / JES2 1 Future consideration

SSI 80 Data Set List Request to JES2 should return correct attributes even if changed after data set creation

One of our products, Entire System Server, has a component to collect information about jobs and SYSOUT data from JES2 and JES3. When it was written in 2000, it used the SSI 80 request types available back then as well as JES2 and JES3 services e....
over 5 years ago in z/OS / JES2 0 Future consideration

JES2 Storage exhaustion due to uncontrolled $JEWL creation/removal

Currently when an external task attempts to process a JES2 JOE and an error occurs, i.e. insufficient security access, JES2 builds a $JEWL control block for each JOE that was touched. The $JEWL is kept until one of the following conditions is met:...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / JES2 0 Future consideration

Enhance JES2 Symbol Replace in instream data related to blank processing

If I use JES2 symbol-replace in instream-Data there is special processing of blanks. Manual: "When symbols are substituted in in-stream data, the system attempts to maintain the position of non-blank characters. This is achieved by adding or remov...
about 9 years ago in z/OS / JES2 1 Future consideration

Enhance JOBRC

Add a new option to JOBRC. {(SKIPSTEP,stepname[.procstepname]}
almost 4 years ago in z/OS / JES2 2 Future consideration

JES2 did not issue the $HASP256 message

We hit a problem where JES2 did not issue the $HASP256 message indicating that after a JES2 checkpoint reconfiguration dialog there is no long a value for NEWCKPT1. With the current design of the dialog, it is only the member of the MAS that drive...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / JES2 1 Future consideration

HOLDUNTL a relative date

When SCHEDULE HOLDUNTL has a date specified it requires an absolute date (MM/DD/YY or YYYY/DDDD). This request would allow a relative day: ({[ 'HH:MM' ] , [ '+N'' ]}), where N is the number of days after the submission to which the job will be hel...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / JES2 0 Future consideration

JES2 health monitor for converter tasks

JES2 health monitor task should detect that all of the converter TCBs are in a long wait and issue an appropriate error message.
over 9 years ago in z/OS / JES2 2 Future consideration

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