I'd likely use JES exit 2 to insert // SET DATE=... // SET TIME=...
and so on into the JCL stream immediately after the JOB card. -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * john.mck...@healthmarkets.com * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Brian Westerman > Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 1:00 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: JCL Question > > I have a UJV exit that we market which allows you to create > variables for BATCH jobs as well as STC's. At our customer > sites we use it to control the DSN's of the backups and > hundreds of other jobs. The users also take advantage of the > capabilities, (the ones that know how to read the manual :)). > > You can license ours, or you can download a very similar one > from www.cbttape.org/ file 573 that has a few less > capabilities (but should be able to do the below), but is free. > > i.e. > > // SET BKPDSN='D&ZYEAR.&ZMONTH.&ZDAY..T&ZTIME.' > > .... > //BACKUP00 EXEC PGM=ADRDSSU,REGION=0M > //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* > //DISK0 DD UNIT=3390,DISP=SHR,VOL=SER=FC6C00 > //TAPE0 DD UNIT=3480,DISP=(,CATLG),LABEL=(1,SL), > // DSN=SYSTAPE.Z13DL1.&BKPDSN,VOL=(,RETAIN,,10) > > ends up with a DSN (assuming the job runs today at 22:59) of: > > SYSTAPE.Z13DL1.D110712.T2259 > > There are literally hundreds (well, maybe "a lot" is a better > term) of JCL variables that you can create using the exit and > you are not limited to running as a Started Task for any of them. > > Some people don't like using exits, I personally feel that a > good exit is worth it's weight in gold. Eventually IBM will > come around and support doing this natively, and (currently) > there are a lot of reasons why they can't, but there is no > reason you shouldn't do it on your own until then. > > > Brian > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
