Does this batch job reference a PDSE? Perhaps OA22344 describes this problem.
Brian On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:37:29 -0500, Hal Merritt wrote: > For many, many moons, we have a large number of productions jobs kick >off at about the same time. The first step is scheduler administration, >and the second step executes IKJEFT1B, which calls a REXX exec (see >below). > >The command executed is a JES purge: $P O JOB(xxyyzz),HOURS<12 > >(Please don't ask why we do the purge. It makes perfect >business/technical sense to us. A REXX is used so that the command can >be scheduled, routed, and managed.) > >Just lately, that step has been randomly failing and then hanging >between the CONSOLD ACTIVATE and CONSOLE DEACTIVATE. The hanging job >then 'sits' on the console causing other jobs with that same ID to fail. > >The only symptom I see is the following message: > >IEC999I IFG0TC0A,IGWFARC0,jobname,stepname > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

