IBM has said that what I'm experiencing is working as it's currently designed. They are discussing internally whether it's a good design however. They agree that it's poor behavior for JES2 to stop coming up when it can't allocate a SUBMITLIB. Film at 11.
Mark Jacobs Sent from ProtonMail, Swiss-based encrypted email. GPG Public Key - https://api.protonmail.ch/pks/lookup?op=get&[email protected] ------- Original Message ------- On Wednesday, May 10th, 2023 at 8:40 AM, Mark Jacobs <[email protected]> wrote: > I added that to the top of COMMNDxx. JES2 is also started there. In our > sandbox it didn't work. I'd need to get the automation team to get involved > to have it trap the OMVS is active message then start JES2. Unless some other > engineering teams express an interest in SUBMITLIBs in a file system I'm not > going to do anything else at this point. > > I'm still going to pursue the case with IBM though. > > Mark Jacobs > > Sent from ProtonMail, Swiss-based encrypted email. > > GPG Public Key - > https://api.protonmail.ch/pks/lookup?op=get&[email protected] > > > > > ------- Original Message ------- > On Wednesday, May 10th, 2023 at 8:14 AM, Allan Staller > [email protected] wrote: > > > > > Classification: Confidential > > > > Issue the command in COMMNDxx or your System Automation product. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [email protected] On Behalf Of > > Mark Jacobs > > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2023 7:12 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: JES2 Submitlib Bootstrap problem > > > > [CAUTION: This Email is from outside the Organization. Unless you trust the > > sender, Don't click links or open attachments as it may be a Phishing > > email, which can steal your Information and compromise your Computer.] > > > > How do you start OMVS SUB=MSTR? I'm not seeing any start command in parmlib. > > > > Mark Jacobs > > > > Sent from ProtonMail, Swiss-based encrypted email. > > > > GPG Public Key - > > https://api.protonmail.ch/pks/lookup?op=get&[email protected] > > > > ------- Original Message ------- > > On Wednesday, May 10th, 2023 at 7:58 AM, Allan Staller > > [email protected] wrote: > > > > > Classification: Confidential > > > > > > OMVS can be started as SUB=MSTR or as a JES task. Che choice is up to the > > > installation. > > > Ditto for ZFS. > > > > > > What is really being implied is that if JES2 needs OMVS services, it > > > should not provide those services until OMVS has initialized, > > > > > > Many other tasks do this (e.g. TSO). > > > > > > My USD $0.02 > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [email protected] On Behalf > > > Of Pommier, Rex > > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, May 9, 2023 11:21 AM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: JES2 Submitlib Bootstrap problem > > > > > > [CAUTION: This Email is from outside the Organization. Unless you > > > trust the sender, Don't click links or open attachments as it may be a > > > Phishing email, which can steal your Information and compromise your > > > Computer.] > > > > > > I see a problem with this scenario. It appears to me that there is a call > > > (not necessarily by Shmuel) to potentially have JES2 wait for OMVS to be > > > up before it does its startup (or at least completes the startup). Due to > > > a self-inflicted screw-up on one of our LPARs, OMVS decided it had to do > > > a filesystem check on every filesystem on the system. This took a good > > > half hour where it simply appeared our LPAR was hung. JES2 had come up > > > and I was able to start a few address spaces that are dependent on JES so > > > I could figure out what was going on. Had JES been waiting for OMVS we > > > would have been completely in the dark on this issue. > > > > > > I could see there being communication between JES and OMVS so that when > > > OMVS gets initialized it signals JES to redrive any failed zFS > > > allocations, but don't force JES to wait until zFS is available. > > > > > > My $.02. > > > > > > Rex > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [email protected] On Behalf > > > Of Seymour J Metz > > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, May 9, 2023 10:10 AM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: JES2 Submitlib Bootstrap problem > > > > > > Yes, IBM absolutely should take startup sequence into account and should > > > provide mechanisms to ensure that things occur in the proper order. This > > > goes beyond OMVS. > > > > > > -- > > > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > > > https://urld/ > > > efense.com%2Fv3%2F__http%3A%2F%2Fmason.gmu.edu%2F*smetz3__%3Bfg!!KjMRP > > > 1Ixj6eLE0Fj!oLVba7cIWA-HvwL4aaVssbMaEZeCG3m_dnLPJgpEL8DOiFs5DAJaoVf27k > > > YVUZyYy_Nw7UxsOVp6sogwmA%24&data=05%7C01%7Callan.staller%40HCL.COM%7Cb > > > 415b6f48fe746065c5808db514fd81b%7C189de737c93a4f5a8b686f4ca9941912%7C0 > > > %7C0%7C638193175624293681%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAi > > > LCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=2 > > > n3vNh3L5fxsleOK2Cv6N8JNUGJ%2FrUJCmfa4FqFNZDc%3D&reserved=0 > > > > > > ________________________________________ > > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on > > > behalf of Paul Gilmartin > > > [[email protected]] > > > Sent: Tuesday, May 9, 2023 11:01 AM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: JES2 Submitlib Bootstrap problem > > > > > > On Tue, 9 May 2023 12:18:11 +0000, Mark Jacobs wrote: > > > > > > > I defined several submitlibs in my JES2PARM to use directories in a ZFS > > > > filesystem. When I hotstart JES2, JES2 can find everything and is > > > > happy. During IPL/JES2 startup it's not. It doesn't seem like OMVS is > > > > initialized yet and so the file systems aren't accessible for JES2 to > > > > resolve. I haven't fully analyzed the system log to confirm it yet, but > > > > it seems like a reasonable assumption. Has anyone else run into this? > > > > > > WAD? z/OS UNIX appears to be a second-class citizen in that operations > > > that require UNIX facilities are allowed to begin before UNIX is > > > available, then simply fail. > > > > > > Should design give more attention to the order of startup operations? > > > > > > Should there be an implied WAIT (not explicit) for any operation which > > > requires UNIX? 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