On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 5:05 PM, Lizette Koehler <[email protected]> wrote:
> Just curious, > > If your tasks had a first step that mod'd a common dataset and then CICS > would query that data set, could you set it up that way? > > The data set could contain the info you need > Date Time Task_Name Plex_name Startup/Shutdown state. > > Plex_name could also include LPAR name > > > So first step of job would set the startup date/time > The last step of the job would set the shutdown date/time. > > Lizette > Thanks Lizette, As I said in an earlier reply, we have toyed with a similar solution but using a DB2 table as the data repository. The only problem with this type of solution is that it's not bullet proof. We could obviously put COND=EVEN on the last step just in case the server address space should abend but that does not cover the case where the server may be cancelled by the operator for whatever reason. Not highly likely, but still possible. In that case the repository data would not reflect the actual situation. Jim Mc > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > > Behalf Of Mark Brooks > > Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2014 8:56 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: How to check if a job is running in a SYSPLEX > > > > Hi, > > One cannot reliably assume that a sysplex name of "LOCAL" implies > that > > the system is not running in a multisystem sysplex. LOCAL is the name of > the > > sysplex that XCF supplies in the default COUPLE00 parmlib member that > would > > cause the system to come up in what is called XCF-LOCAL mode. > > It would be confusing of course to do so, but there is nothing that > prevents an > > installation from using the name "LOCAL" for a sysplex that is a true > multisystem > > sysplex. > > One could invoke IXCQUERY REQINFO=COUPLE with keywords LOCAL > > and MONOPLEX to have fields set to indicate whether the system is running > in > > XCF-LOCAL mode or monoplex mode, respectively. If either field is > nonzero, you > > are running as a single system sysplex and an IPL would be needed for the > system > > to become part of a multi-system sysplex. > > > > > > Mark A. Brooks > > z/OS Sysplex design and development > > 845-435-5149 T/L 8-295-5149 > > Poughkeepsie, NY > > [email protected] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
