Bingo. I saw the S13E but it did not penetrate my brain bone. Everything else looks like a good fit and the fix is not on.
Thanks!!! -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Peterson Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 11:57 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Interesting problem with CONSOLE ACTIVATE 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 NOTICE: This electronic mail message and any files transmitted with it are intended exclusively for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. The message, together with any attachment, may contain confidential and/or privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, printing, saving, copying, disclosure or distribution is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately advise the sender by reply email and delete all copies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
