Sorry in advance for the self-promotion, We (Syzygy) sells automation products (SyzMPF/z and SyzMAIL/z are two of them) which can be set to monitor all job execution and will send the step condition codes and max codes via email or text (no JCL or system changes required for any implementation of this) and also will allow you to use their scripting logic to do special stuff based on the abend or step condition codes for any (or all) jobs.
It's a MUCH cheaper (and easier to use) way to handle this than the alternatives already mentioned and allows much greater flexibility in what actually gets sent to the user. For instance, one of the standard scripts we deliver with the product will (if a D37 or B37 abend is detected), will send the following to the user(s) or responsible persons via email and text message: The Condition codes and execution information (programs used steps execute (and not executed) execution times etc.) The JCL and JCLMSG jes datasets I short and long description of the error and how to (generally) fix it. So the user basically gets a cute table of the steps executed (you can see simple sample emails at http://www.syzygyinc.com/SyzMPFz.htm of the "default" you get with no special scripting), programs used, wall times etc., along with a short message about the problem and how to fix it. Also attached to the email is the most useful parts of the output, but you can send more or less if you wish. Unfortunately the example on the web page doesn't have the scripting that provides the "how to" part, but the text is inserted normally after the table that is displayed. Samples are provided for several typical abends (tape label errors, missing dataset errors, etc.). The neat thing about the product is that it can issue email/text for most any problems that happen and even if there is no "special" script, it will still notify the user that the job ended and the codes and such. Any special stuff can be added, and because it's an automation product with a lot of capability, it can tell (based on the time of day) whether it's best to send an email or a text (because they might be sleeping after 10pm). Many sites use it to wake the operators up and let them know that something happened that they might need to take a look at. It also interfaces with our other products so that you can set up monitors that will watch job execution and inform people when they start/end or if they are not running when they are supposed, and a lot more. There is no reason that you could not add handling for other problems to the samples. It's fairly simple to use and as I mentioned earlier, it's extremely inexpensive. The standard (already low) price on the web site is reduced for not only SHARE members, but also for members of IBM-MAIN by another (I'm guessing, but likely very close) 25 or 30%. End of marketing.... Brian Westerman ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
