Patrick, running CICS as STC is much better then a JOB. This issue has been discussed several times at CICS-L
Roland >On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:12:33 -0400, Bob Shannon ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>You can force it down >> >>No. Do this first: >> >>1. FORCE ARM >>2. CANCEL >>3. If it still isn't down now do the FORCE >>... > >Doing the C via SDSF issues a JES cancel. What happens if you use >an MVS cancel? > >In fact the description of >$HASP003 RC=(89),S(7237) - JOB CANNOT BE CANCELLED >implies that the plain old MVS Cancel might work. > >I don't at all understand the RC=(52) messages, but I'm not >supposed to. This is not my field. > >And since SDSF was mentioned, did you know that giving the STC >a Z command gives the STC a FORCE? That scares the begeebers >out of me. Is FORCE now considered safe enough to be done that >easily? > >It looks like that is available only for STCs (and I have not been >brave enough to try it) so that may not matter in this case. A lot >of shops run CICS as jobs rather than STCs. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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