I see this message routinely in two circumstances. 1. The 'job' is actually a started task running SUB=MSTR, i.e. not under JES. An STC can resemble a job if run from SYS1.STCJOBS, so look at it carefully.
2. The job has steps/tasks that run under OMVS. For example, my ShopzSeries orders always have 'steps' that store PTFs etc. into a ZFS. If I try to select one of those tasks, I get JCT NOT AVAILABLE. Meanwhile, there is at the same time another task in the job that can be selected to show what's going on. For case #1, there is no JOBLOG to recover. However, all messages are recorded in SYSLOG/OPERLOG. You can sift through it by STC number and collect the messages yourself. A bit cumbersome, but nothing is actually lost. For case #2, there is a JOBLOG that can be perused after the fact in the output queue. All messages are collected there ex post facto. . . . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 626-302-7535 Office 323-715-0595 Mobile jo.skip.robin...@sce.com -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Alex Wang Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 8:08 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: JCT is not available! Hi folks, I'm wondering if you guys met the message 'JCT is not available!' on the up right hand side in SDSF panel before? Recently, I tried to check a job log by entering 'S' in front of the job name in SDSF. However, the SDSF prevented me from browsing the job log by issuing a similar message listed above. I checked the manuals and found this explanation: JCT NOT AVAILABLE Explanation: Either the object has no job control table (JCT) or an error occurred trying to process the JCT for the object. User Response: Delete the command or type RESET on the command line. I have two questions. 1. Under what circumstance, will the job have no job control table? I'm thinking if we start a ST with SUB=MSTR, and the *MASTER* scheduler will manage the starting of the ST. Then there may be no JCT of that ST. Could you please share with me what's your opinion? 2. Is there any way/method to get the job log back? If my previous thinking is right, could I stop the ST and start it again without SUB=MSTR? I'm looking forward to hearing from you. Thank you very much! WXD ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
