Duplicate Batch Job

2013-05-07 Thread Jake anderson
Hello, In one of our education system. We find Same Job being Submitted Multiple Times(8 Times). Apology for my ignorance, Are there any way to restrict the Duplicate Job Submission when Original One is in Running State ? Any Suggestions Or help is much Appreciated. /Jake -

Re: Duplicate Batch Job

2013-05-07 Thread Lizette Koehler
@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Duplicate Batch Job Hello, In one of our education system. We find Same Job being Submitted Multiple Times(8 Times). Apology for my ignorance, Are there any way to restrict the Duplicate Job Submission when Original One is in Running State ? Any Suggestions Or help is

Re: Duplicate Batch Job

2013-05-07 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Jake anderson wrote: >In one of our education system. We find Same Job being Submitted Multiple >Times(8 Times). What is submitting it? Automation? User themselves? Extra step which place something in JESx Internal Reader? >Are there any way to restrict the Duplicate Job Submission when Ori

Re: Duplicate Batch Job

2013-05-07 Thread Jake anderson
t; Are the jobs running concurrently or just waiting execution? > > Lizette > > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Jake anderson > Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2013 1:36 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LIST

Re: Duplicate Batch Job

2013-05-07 Thread Vernooij, CP - SPLXM
: Duplicate Batch Job Hello Lizette, We are at Z/OS 1.8. The first Job is in Execution status(Active) and the other Same Job too in Execution but they are waiting for the Execution. /Jake On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 2:24 PM, Lizette Koehler wrote: > Jake, > > What level of z/OS and JES are yo

Re: Duplicate Batch Job

2013-05-07 Thread Lizette Koehler
are JES3 I am not sure what might work. Lizette -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2013 1:54 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Duplicate Batch Job Jake, What level of z/OS

Re: Duplicate Batch Job

2013-05-07 Thread Jake anderson
job waiting for > execution? > > Regards, > Kees. > > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Jake anderson > Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2013 11:00 > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re

Re: Duplicate Batch Job

2013-05-07 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Jake anderson wrote: >The problem is that same Job is submitted multiple times But WHAT is submitting it? You must look at the ORIGEN of the job(s) and fix it there. >and which Leads to unavailability of Initiator to other Genuine Jobs. As I have said previously, just use TYPRUN=HOLD. That wi

Re: Duplicate Batch Job

2013-05-07 Thread Lizette Koehler
Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Jake anderson Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2013 2:06 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Duplicate Batch Job Hello, The problem is that same Job is submitted multiple times and which Leads to unavailability of Initiator to other

Re: Duplicate Batch Job

2013-05-07 Thread Lizette Koehler
, May 07, 2013 2:14 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Duplicate Batch Job So you have only one class defined in one INIT and it is active. You have 2 jobs come into the system with different names. Job 1 runs in this init for (example) 5 hours. It is a test job. Then Job 2 comes in and

Re: Duplicate Batch Job

2013-05-07 Thread Jake anderson
May 07, 2013 2:14 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Duplicate Batch Job > > So you have only one class defined in one INIT and it is active. You have > 2 > jobs come into the system with different names. Job 1 runs in this init > for > (example) 5 hours. It is

Re: Duplicate Batch Job

2013-05-07 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Lizette Koehler wrote: > And JES2 The OP has JES2. >You would make sure any TEST job uses CLASS A, and Production would only use >CLASS B. that way you can restrict how much of Class A or Class B runs at a >particular time in the day. Good idea. If the OP upgrades from unsupported v1.8 to r

Re: Duplicate Batch Job

2013-05-07 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2013-05-07 11:21, Elardus Engelbrecht pisze: Lizette Koehler wrote: And JES2 The OP has JES2. You would make sure any TEST job uses CLASS A, and Production would only use CLASS B. that way you can restrict how much of Class A or Class B runs at a particular time in the day. Good i

Re: Duplicate Batch Job

2013-05-07 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Radoslaw Skorupka pisze: >> I can't wait for v2.1. My users are competing all the way grabbing all those >> inits the full 24 hours. ;-) >Well, I have some exit (IEFUJI) which provides additional (MISSING!) security >check. I'm aware of that, but I'm using IEFUJI for accounting purposes. I ch

Re: Duplicate Batch Job

2013-05-07 Thread Ted MacNEIL
2013 14:35:49 To: Reply-To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List Subject: Re: Duplicate Batch Job Hello, The problem is that same Job is submitted multiple times and which Leads to unavailability of Initiator to other Genuine Jobs. Lizette, We are having JES2. /Jake On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 2

Re: Duplicate Batch Job

2013-05-07 Thread Ted MacNEIL
>As I have said previously, just use TYPRUN=HOLD. That will solve your problem. How since only one initiator is in use? - Ted MacNEIL eamacn...@yahoo.ca Twitter: @TedMacNEIL -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access in

Re: Duplicate Batch Job

2013-05-07 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Ted MacNEIL wrote: >>As I have said previously, just use TYPRUN=HOLD. That will solve your problem. >How since only one initiator is in use? Whether he has one or many inits, he still have the problem that one job is running and others with the same name are waiting. But I agree, if he has onl

Re: Duplicate Batch Job

2013-05-07 Thread Gerhard Postpischil
On 5/7/2013 5:02 AM, Lizette Koehler wrote: The only way I can think of restricting is an exit in JES2. Or if this is a TSO User you may wish to look at IKJEFT10 exit. You'd be surprised how many "secure" installations permit a TSO user to allocate an internal reader and write a job to it.

Re: Duplicate Batch Job

2013-05-07 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Tue, 7 May 2013 13:34:07 -0400, Gerhard Postpischil wrote: >On 5/7/2013 5:02 AM, Lizette Koehler wrote: >> The only way I can think of restricting is an exit in JES2. Or if this is a >> TSO User you may wish to look at IKJEFT10 exit. > >You'd be surprised how many "secure" installations permit

Re: Duplicate Batch Job

2013-05-07 Thread Mitch
Consultant. -Original Message- From: Gerhard Postpischil To: IBM-MAIN Sent: Tue, May 7, 2013 10:34 am Subject: Re: Duplicate Batch Job On 5/7/2013 5:02 AM, Lizette Koehler wrote: The only way I can think of restricting is an exit in JES2. Or if this is a TSO User you may wish to

Re: Duplicate Batch Job

2013-05-07 Thread Ed Finnell
Yeah, we had a bright VMer said he could run circles around ISPF with XEDIT macros. Well maybe after six thousand job submissions. Had to retool him pretty good In a message dated 5/7/2013 12:49:40 P.M. Central Daylight Time, paulgboul...@aim.com writes: Why is that a problem? Cont

Re: Duplicate Batch Job

2013-05-07 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Tue, 7 May 2013 17:50:32 -0400, Ed Finnell wrote: >Yeah, we had a bright VMer said he could run circles around ISPF with XEDIT > macros. Well maybe after six thousand job submissions. Had to retool him >pretty good > How was he submitting the jobs? NJE? FTP? Other (specify)? But are yo

Re: Duplicate Batch Job

2013-05-07 Thread Ed Finnell
RJE-VM guest to JES3 spool. SPF was pretty primitive back then and some pretty convoluted CLISTs were written at application level. In a message dated 5/7/2013 5:29:29 P.M. Central Daylight Time, paulgboul...@aim.com writes: How was he submitting the jobs? NJE? FTP? Other (specify)?

Re: Duplicate Batch Job

2013-05-08 Thread Walt Farrell
On Tue, 7 May 2013 12:49:32 -0500, Paul Gilmartin wrote: >On Tue, 7 May 2013 13:34:07 -0400, Gerhard Postpischil wrote: > >>On 5/7/2013 5:02 AM, Lizette Koehler wrote: >>> The only way I can think of restricting is an exit in JES2. Or if this is a >>> TSO User you may wish to look at IKJEFT10 ex

Re: Duplicate Batch Job

2013-05-08 Thread DASDBILL2
Message - From: "Walt Farrell" To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Wednesday, May 8, 2013 7:37:40 AM Subject: Re: Duplicate Batch Job On Tue, 7 May 2013 12:49:32 -0500, Paul Gilmartin wrote: >On Tue, 7 May 2013 13:34:07 -0400, Gerhard Postpischil wrote: > >>On 5/7

Re: Duplicate Batch Job

2013-05-08 Thread Gerhard Postpischil
On 5/8/2013 8:37 AM, Walt Farrell wrote: I'm not sure why Gerhard thinks that is a security problem, gil. But certainy if users push jobs through the INTRDR directly (as opposed to via TSO/E SUBMIT or ISPF SUB) then you can't depend on any restrictions imposed by IKJEFF10; you would have to use J

Re: Duplicate Batch Job

2013-05-08 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Wed, 8 May 2013 10:33:46 -0400, Gerhard Postpischil wrote: >On 5/8/2013 8:37 AM, Walt Farrell wrote: >> I'm not sure why Gerhard thinks that is a security problem, gil. But >> certainy if users push jobs through the INTRDR directly (as opposed >> to via TSO/E SUBMIT or ISPF SUB) then you can't

Re: Duplicate Batch Job

2013-05-08 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Paul Gilmartin wrote: >Does ISPF SUBMIT invoke TSO SUBMIT in authorized state? No. You can choose to exclude it in IKJPRMxx and the program SUBMIT (alias of IKJEFF01) in SYS1.CMDLIB has this attribute AC=00. Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht ---

Re: Duplicate Batch Job

2013-05-08 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Elardus Engelbrecht wrote a &^%$# TYPO! >... IKJPRMxx ... Must be IKJTSOxx Groan... :-/ Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.

Re: Duplicate Batch Job

2013-05-08 Thread Ed Jaffe
On 5/8/2013 7:33 AM, Gerhard Postpischil wrote: On 5/8/2013 8:37 AM, Walt Farrell wrote: I'm not sure why Gerhard thinks that is a security problem, gil. But certainy if users push jobs through the INTRDR directly (as opposed to via TSO/E SUBMIT or ISPF SUB) then you can't depend on any restrict

Re: Duplicate Batch Job

2013-05-08 Thread John Gilmore
I do sometimes use a TSO/ISPF submit command in a development/testing context. In production I instead use the device of directing output to the INTRDR defined in a DD statement or the like. In two places where I could do so conveniently I have this morning checked the use of duplicate jobnames p

Re: Duplicate Batch Job

2013-05-08 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Wed, 8 May 2013 08:37:12 -0700, Ed Jaffe wrote: > >They might have simply put their 'control's in the wrong exits (TSO) and >were too lazy to refit them into the (JES and SMF) exits where they >belonged. > A plausible motivation is that they want all jobs submitted via their scheduler. On Tue

Re: Duplicate Batch Job

2013-05-08 Thread Mark Zelden
On Wed, 8 May 2013 10:55:37 -0500, Paul Gilmartin wrote: >Does the class matter? If I allocate: > >//SYSUT2 DD SYSOUT=(B,INTRDR) > >... will the job not run? Will the punch writer contend with INTRDR? >(You mean they had a punch?) > It will run. The "B" is the MSGCLASS if one is not sp

Re: Duplicate Batch Job

2013-05-08 Thread Bill Godfrey
Back before OCO, SUBMIT issued SVC 100 (called FIB, for foreground initiated background) and most of the code ran within that SVC. It probably still does. I think the SVC was/is also used by STATUS, CANCEL, and OUTPUT to access the JES subsystem interface. Bill On Wed, 8 May 2013 09:54:27 -050

Re: Duplicate Batch Job

2013-05-08 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Wed, 8 May 2013 11:08:36 -0500, Mark Zelden wrote: >On Wed, 8 May 2013 10:55:37 -0500, Paul Gilmartin wrote: > >>Does the class matter? If I allocate: >> >>//SYSUT2 DD SYSOUT=(B,INTRDR) >> >>... will the job not run? Will the punch writer contend with INTRDR? >>(You mean they had a punc

Re: Duplicate Batch Job

2013-05-08 Thread Mark Zelden
On Wed, 8 May 2013 11:41:43 -0500, Paul Gilmartin wrote: > What class (if any) does TSO SUBMIT supply when it allocates INTRDR? > It depends. A default is specified in UADS (if used) or RACF / security product. If nothing is there, it takes the default for INTRDR specified in JES2, and I assum

Re: Duplicate Batch Job

2013-05-08 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Wed, 8 May 2013 12:10:36 -0500, Mark Zelden wrote: > >What is this, MVS 101? :-) > There's an aphorism I haven't used here in a while. I'll let readers guess. -- gil -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access ins

Re: Duplicate Batch Job

2013-05-08 Thread Ed Jaffe
On 5/8/2013 10:14 AM, Paul Gilmartin wrote: On Wed, 8 May 2013 12:10:36 -0500, Mark Zelden wrote: What is this, MVS 101? :-) There's an aphorism I haven't used here in a while. I'll let readers guess. I'll assume no pun intended wrt use of the word "readers." I'll further assume the apho

Re: Duplicate Batch Job

2013-05-08 Thread Kirk Talman
IBM Mainframe Discussion List wrote on 05/08/2013 11:55:37 AM: > From: Paul Gilmartin > > On Wed, 8 May 2013 08:37:12 -0700, Ed Jaffe wrote: > > > A plausible motivation is that they want all jobs submitted via > their scheduler. I agree that one should control resources. We have written a

Re: Duplicate Batch Job

2013-05-08 Thread Mitch
irk Talman To: IBM-MAIN Sent: Wed, May 8, 2013 12:50 pm Subject: Re: Duplicate Batch Job IBM Mainframe Discussion List wrote on 5/08/2013 11:55:37 AM: > From: Paul Gilmartin > On Wed, 8 May 2013 08:37:12 -0700, Ed Jaffe wrote: > A plausible motivation is that they want all

Re: Duplicate Batch Job

2013-05-08 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In , on 05/07/2013 at 02:35 PM, Jake anderson said: >The problem is that same Job is submitted multiple times and which >Leads to unavailability of Initiator to other Genuine Jobs. If you are concerned with what the job does rather than with the job name then I doubt that there is any way to

Re: Duplicate Batch Job

2013-05-08 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In , on 05/07/2013 at 05:50 PM, Ed Finnell said: >Yeah, we had a bright VMer said he could run circles around ISPF >with XEDIT macros. Well, I'm a TSO bigot, but XEDIT has significant advantages over ISPF/PDF EDIT. OTOH, ISPF/PDF EDIT also has advantages over XEDIT. -- Shmuel (Seymour

Re: Duplicate Batch Job

2013-05-08 Thread DASDBILL2
, uniquely-named jobs. Bill Fairchild Franklin, TN - Original Message - From: "Kirk Talman" To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Wednesday, May 8, 2013 2:50:32 PM Subject: Re: Duplicate Batch Job IBM Mainframe Discussion List wrote on 05/08/2013 11:55:37 AM: > From: P

Re: Duplicate Batch Job

2013-05-08 Thread Ted MacNEIL
: DASDBILL2 Sender: IBM Mainframe Discussion List Date: Wed, 8 May 2013 22:19:02 To: Reply-To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List Subject: Re: Duplicate Batch Job Space in the JESx checkpoint area is also a finite resource even if the job never runs.  Each job submitted

Re: Duplicate Batch Job

2013-05-08 Thread John Gilmore
Ted MacNeil's point is well taken. In any well-managed shop duplicate jobnames are chiefly if not exclusively a phenomenon of development LPARs, where they are neither deleterious nor important. We have here yet another instance of one or the other of the two least productive preoccuptations of

Re: Duplicate Batch Job

2013-05-08 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Wed, 8 May 2013 22:40:13 -0400, John Gilmore wrote: > >... 2) interdict, or anyway attempt to >interdict, any practice that is judged to be anomalous. > In some cases when someone has espoused a practice or point of view that you judge to be anomalous, you characterize him as an "intelligent Ma

Re: Duplicate Batch Job

2013-05-08 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2013-05-08 19:10, Mark Zelden pisze: On Wed, 8 May 2013 11:41:43 -0500, Paul Gilmartin wrote: What class (if any) does TSO SUBMIT supply when it allocates INTRDR? It depends. A default is specified in UADS (if used) or RACF / security product. If nothing is there, it takes the defa

Re: Duplicate Batch Job

2013-05-09 Thread John Gilmore
Of me Paul Gilmartin wrote: In some cases when someone has espoused a practice or point of view that you judge to be anomalous, you characterize him as an "intelligent Martian". This is true; but it misses the point, at least in part. I (and others) have used this epithet to characterize an ah

Re: Duplicate Batch Job

2013-05-09 Thread Dana Mitchell
On Wed, 8 May 2013 22:40:13 -0400, John Gilmore wrote: > 2) interdict, or anyway attempt to >interdict, any practice that is judged to be anomalous. see Dilbert character, 'Mordac the Preventer of Information Services' -- For I

Re: Duplicate Batch Job

2013-05-09 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In <0700587285424887.wa.paulgboulderaim@listserv.ua.edu>, on 05/08/2013 at 11:41 AM, Paul Gilmartin said: >Does the SYSOUT class on INTRDR override the class(es) in: >// OUTPUT JESDS=ALL,... >if MSGCLASS is not specified? The answer changes with z/OS 2.1. >I know that for some

Re: Duplicate Batch Job

2013-05-09 Thread retired mainframer
:>: -Original Message- :>: From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On :>: Behalf Of R.S. :>: Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2013 11:27 PM :>: To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU :>: Subject: Re: Duplicate Batch Job :>: :>: W dniu 2013-05-08

Re: Duplicate Batch Job

2013-05-10 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2013-05-10 06:14, retired mainframer pisze: :>: > :>: >> What class (if any) does TSO SUBMIT supply when it allocates INTRDR? :>: >> :>: > :>: > It depends. A default is specified in UADS (if used) or RACF / :>: security product. :>: > If nothing is there, it takes the default for INTRDR