Thanks for the assurances, John...one last question - do you (or anyone else) know of any writeups on advantages or benefites, or any statistical information on using started jobs vs standard jobs?
Thanks again! On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 8:41 AM, McKown, John <[email protected] > wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Donald Johnson > > Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 7:34 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Question on Started Jobs > > > > We are in the process of adding Started jobs (IEFJOBS) to one of our > > development systems, and had a few questions for the experts > > out there. > > > > 1. We added MSTJCLKW to SYS1.PARMLIB - does this sound right? > > Sure. The MSTRJCL= entry in the appropriate IEASYSnn member would point to > the KW suffix. > > > 2. We created a user file like any other proclib file to hold > > the jobs - > > does it need to be PDSE or is a standard PDS fine? > > Ours is a standard PDS. I don't know if a PDSE will work or not. MSTRJCL is > used fairly > > > 3. Can we move existing libraries to IEFJOBS to use this feature? > > I don't see why not. > > > 4. Isthere anything from a security or performance standpoint > > we should > > consider - any danger in application teams updating the > > library with CICS > > region changes, for example? > > There is no difference in security or performance from any other STC > library that I am aware of. I.e. if something is a started job, it is not > really any different in this respect from a started task. > > > > > Thanks for the insights! > > * Don * > > > -- > John McKown > Systems Engineer IV > IT > > Administrative Services Group > > HealthMarkets(r) > > 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 > (817) 255-3225 phone * (817)-961-6183 cell > [email protected] * > www.HealthMarkets.com<http://www.healthmarkets.com/> > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or > proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please > contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original > message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and > issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake > Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of > TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
