On Wed, 14 Jan 2015 07:25:59 -0600, John McKown wrote: >=== >z/OS V2.2 JES2 and SDSF will be designed to support a new way to track job >step completion codes. A new machine-readable data set is planned to >contain job tracking information, including the completion codes for each >job step. ... > I guess that it's good that it will be "machine-readable". It would be inconvenient if it were readable only by human beings and perhaps trained hamsters.
Would this provide a means for scripts and EXECs to monitor progress and detect successful completion of jobs they submit? >=== >JES3 has long supported capabilities for informal, ad hoc batch scheduling. >In JES3, these facilities are called deadline scheduling and dependent job >control. z/OS V2.2 JES2 will be designed to provide similar functions, with >some additional capabilities. ... > JES2 is catching up with and (see above) in some areas surpassing JES3. Is the incentive to buy JES3 dwindling? -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
