I wrote something using SDSF REXX. It was a batch job that ran at intervals and looked for any active job and grabbed the start time and compared it to current time. For non production it issued an MVS cancel. For production it would send a WTO. The overhead was quite low.
On Sat, Feb 12, 2022, 03:55 Carmen Vitullo <[email protected]> wrote: > I was thinking along those lines also, I know CA-7, based on prior run > time can mark jobs LATE, I was not sure if the OP was wanting an alert > for all batch jobs or scheduled job, which would make more sense, to > alert for all batch jobs, you have to assume a jobname standard all the > time and the same jobname used for the same program, process...it gets > to be a mess. > > Carmen > > On 2/11/2022 10:47 AM, PINION, RICHARD W. wrote: > > I think some automated schedulers will provide this kind of > notification. We use Zeke, and > > our operators are notified when a job has not started, or is running too > long. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List<[email protected]> On > Behalf Of Rob Scott > > Sent: Friday, February 11, 2022 11:41 AM > > To:[email protected] > > Subject: Re: Batch job elapsed time baseline and alerts > > > > [External Email. Exercise caution when clicking links or opening > attachments.] > > > > Rather than maintaining some sort of historical database, you could > consider putting the "estimated elapsed time" responsibility back on the > submitter/owner of the job. > > > > A cheap and cheerful solution could be something like : > > > > (1) Agree a local naming convention for the "UJOBCORR" keyword on the > jobcard to place the job into an elapsed time bucket. > > (2) Periodically examine the active jobs and compare elapsed time with > the UJOBCORR value (if present) and issue warnings if not within the bucket > time range. > > > > You could get the information for (2) easily using SDSF REXX > > > > Rob Scott > > Rocket Software > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List<[email protected]> On > Behalf Of Jantje. > > Sent: 11 February 2022 16:19 > > To:[email protected] > > Subject: Batch job elapsed time baseline and alerts > > > > EXTERNAL EMAIL > > > > > > > > > > > > Esteemed listers, > > > > I have been tasked to put a procedure in place that will generate an > alert when a batch job "takes longer than usual" to complete. Yes, I know, > that is a rather vaguely stated requirement... > > > > I know I can find figures about the elapsed time of a batch job in one > of the SMF records. I think I can build a database of historic runtimes and > with a bit of thought, I am sure I can come up with a query that will list > me the "outliers". > > > > But in order to generate an alert when a job takes too long, I will need > some mechanism that gives me the information about that job while it is > still running. And while I could perhaps interrogate the system (although I > don't have a clear idea on how to actually do that) every so often about > the running jobs and compare the time taken of each running job to the > database, I am afraid that would take far too much resources. 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