> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Cole > Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 3:25 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Controlling the execution sequence of dependant jobs in JES2 > > Hi, > > I have a process that submits up to a couple of hundred jobs for > execution. I require that these jobs execute in the same order in > which they were submitted. > > For decades I have accomplished this by assigning all of the jobs to > a specific job class and then insuring that there was never more that > one initiator that had that job class assigned. > > I am now running at a new data center. (Guess where...) And I have > just discovered that my jobstream is running out of sequence. For > some reason, my single-threading initiator is selecting jobs from the > input queue out of sequence. > > Is there an "official" way to enforce job execution sequencing? > > TIA > > Dave Cole REPLY TO: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
What I do is have the last step of one job submit the next job in the series. JES2 does not have DJC. JES3 does. Converting to JES3 is not likely a valid option <grin>. //JOB1 JOB ... //* LOTS OF STEPS //SUBMIT EXEC PGM=IEBGENER //SYSIN DD DUMMY //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=Z //SYSUT2 DD SYSOUT=(*,INTRDR) //SYSUT1 DD DATA,DLM='$$' //JOB2 JOB ... //* LOTS OF STEPS //SUBMIT EXEC PGM=IEBGENER //SYSIN DD DUMMY //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=Z //SYSUT2 DD SYSOUT=(*,INTRDR) //SYSUT1 DD DATA,DLM='$$' //JOB3 JOB ... //* AND SO ON $$ // If you prefer, the SYSUT1 can point to a member of a PDS, sequential file, UNIX file, ... -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology The information contained in this e-mail message may be privileged and/or confidential. It is for intended addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this communication is strictly prohibited and could, in certain circumstances, be a criminal offense. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by reply and delete this message without copying or disclosing it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
