> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert A. Rosenberg > Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 1:43 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Really dumb IPL question > > At 00:55 -0500 on 09/27/2010, Brian Westerman wrote about Re: Really > dumb IPL question: > > >It's more work to tell them multiple places that it can go, > but it leaves it > >up to the site to decide what works best for them. We even > have a small > >derivative of one of our products (SyzCMD/z) that can be run > as a step > >before any job that checks for dependencies and waits for > things to be the > >way the site (or we) need them to be before things go > forward, like (but not > >limited to) TCP is up (or not), VTAM is up (or not), some > other task is > >running (or not running), etc > > That sounds useful but unless my memory is inaccurate an STC must be > a single step so that utility is not useful unless it has the option > of being able to issue an XCTL to the real program once the system > status has been verified.
Ah, yes and no. Basically, any proc in the right proclib can be started with a START command. It can be single or multi-step. Most seems to be single step. Some TCPIP subfunction STCs have two step. The first sets up some sort of messaging facility and the second does the work. However, if the STC is to have its program controlled by the PPT (SCHEDnn member of PARMLIB) to set specific attributes (such as NODSI, and SYST as best as I can tell) then the procedure must be single step. If it is multistep, the PPT attributes are ignored with a message: IEF188I PROBLEM PROGRAM ATTRIBUTES ASSIGNED -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * (817)-691-6183 cell [email protected] * 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
