Thank You everyone, I will try the options given and get back. - Parin
On 6/4/08, Chase, John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Parin Gangar > > > > Hello all, > > > > I am working on Webmethods implementation in our CICS > > environment, and need to schedule a Health-check transaction > > to be triggered every 10 mins or so. > > Does CICS have any type of scheduler similar to CA-7 or something ? > > From within a CICS program, EXEC CICS START TRANSID(txid) > INTERVAL(hhmmss) will schedule the specified transaction to run after > INTERVAL has passed. To repeat the same transaction, the program > started this way must issue the same command with the desired INTERVAL > specified before it terminates. > > From an external scheduler, issue the console command MODIFY > cics_jobname,txid. Note that this way the specified transaction will > run under the userID of the scheduler, so that userID must have READ > permission to the RACF profile that protects the transaction. If the > program itself then issues its own START TRANSID(txid) INTERVAL(hhmmss) > before terminating, the external scheduler need do nothing more unless > CICS gets restarted. If not, the scheduler will need to re-issue the > MODIFY command at the desired intervals. > > You could also do this with CICSPlex System Manager (CPSM), but I can't > offer any advice for that method (yet). > > -jc- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > -- Parin Gangar ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
