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JES2

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Provide a JES2 command to display the number of lines an STC has written and at what point it will abend

This concerns tasks that are not cycle more than a few times a year. When a started task is not cycled often, it can lead to S722 abends due to the amount of lines written. The JCT holds the line count. Even when SPIN is specified, it does not dec...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / JES2 0 Future consideration

JES2 new Function (STAC Queue Corrupted)

ITAP-SSSE z/OS JES2 support, suggested that we submit a RFE, requesting that the development team introduce a new function in JES2 so that the STAC queue is verified when a STATUS/CANCEL SSI call is being handled and if queue error is detected, th...
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / JES2 0 Future consideration

Change to the wording of $HASP865 CONFIRM MEMBER(004) NAME=xxxx IS TO BE ADDED

The wording of this Jes2 WTOR does not provide enough information for our operators to make a decision $HASP865 CONFIRM MEMBER(004) NAME=HOD9 IS TO BE ADDED It would be more constructive for the WTOR to read as follows :- $HASP865 CONFIRM MEMBER(0...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / JES2 0 Future consideration

Add Scheduling of Real Resources to JES2

Provide a JES2 facility to schedule jobs based upon their real resource requirements and the current availability of those resources in the system. The facility must extend to a Multi-Access Spool environment. The system (not the operator or syste...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / JES2 1 Future consideration

JES2 - Job requeuing jobs to avoid Dataset contention fails

When a batch job is holding a dataset, if another batch job requires the dataset exclusively - the second batch job fails and then requires a manual intervention to resubmit the job when the resource become free
about 10 years ago in z/OS / JES2 2 Future consideration

Support Symbols LogDD also in DD:SYSTSIN

Hello, If using symbol logging combined with DD SYSTSIN in Tso-batch job //SYSTSIN DD *,SYMBOLS(xxxx,logdd)... then Loggdd is ignored now (as mentioned in JCL Reference) OA53706 does some changes in jes2 code that may support logging in this case ...
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / JES2 2 Future consideration

PLAC0711-1421 Improve JES2 to fully support concurrent Daylight Saving Time changes

SUBMITTER SECTIONSubmitted by: Carles.ArisSubmitters Company: la Caixa PUBLICRequirement Number and Title: PLAC0711-1421 Improve JES2 to fully support concurrent Daylight Saving Time changesHomework Assigned: NoRequirement Category: Core Technolog...
almost 10 years ago in z/OS / JES2 2 Future consideration

JES2 jobs submitted with surrogate user id don't put message in JOBLOG

Jobs submitted with a surrogate user id don't put the information as the rest of the jobs. When a JOB enters the execution queue, it gets annotated time and date in JOBLOG. If the JOB is submitted with a surrogated user, that is not the case. Cust...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / JES2 2 Future consideration

Add accounting information to SMF type 6

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR1117112415User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSMVSE11028Title: Add accounting information to SMF type 6 (printer output)Submitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: UGDIV : S UGGROUP : MVS...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / JES2 1 Future consideration

Direct dataset access using SAPI and SSI 80 using dataset number

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0707091928User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSJES209001Title: Direct dataset access using SAPI and SSI 80 using dataset numberSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: UGDIV : S UGGROU...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / JES2 2 Future consideration

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