I have a complaint (shocking, I know). What is the reasoning behind MVS not allowing more than one job with the same name to run at the same time? For instance just now I wanted to do an IDCAMS PRINT on two files. I do this often on VSE with a job I have set up that has this: PRINT INFILE(FILE1) - DUMP
I simply change FILE1 to whatever the name is and submit it. Then if I have another one I change it again to the second file and submit it. These are large files so it makes sense to have them both run at the same time, rather than one after the other. But unless I change the job name on the JOB card on z/OS the second one won't run until the first is done. Annoying! Why on earth is this restriction present? Does it actually *help* some situations, or is it simply one of those annoying things that has existed forever and will probably never be changed? Thanks (really!), Frank -- Frank Swarbrick Applications Architect - Mainframe Applications Development FirstBank Data Corporation - Lakewood, CO USA P: 303-235-1403 >>> The information contained in this electronic communication and any document attached hereto or transmitted herewith is confidential and intended for the exclusive use of the individual or entity named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or the employee or agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any examination, use, dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the sender by reply e-mail and destroy this communication. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
