Re: Starting a started task from a started task

2021-01-30 Thread Brian Westerman
This is not meant to market the product, just to tell you what it does pertaining to this question. Actually one of the functions (of hundreds of them) of our SyzCMD/z product is to do this type of thing. The started task (any started task) can execute a SyzCMD/z script that can start any

Re: Starting a started task from a started task

2021-01-29 Thread Tim Hare
this _may_ work: Include a dummy dataset with DISP=OLD in the JCL for both started tasks. Start them one after the other in the order you want them to run or if you have an automated operations tool, start them a second apart or more - whatever you are comfortable with. The DISP=OLD will caus

Re: Starting a started task from a started task

2021-01-14 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Thu, 14 Jan 2021 14:57:47 + "Horne, Jim" wrote: :>This may sound like a stupid question but is there a way to start a second started task from a running one when the currently running one completes. I know how to submit a batch job from a final step of a started task but I don't know h

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Starting a started task from a started task

2021-01-14 Thread Horne, Jim
Thanks! I had not thought about CONSOLE. That will do the trick just fine! Jim Horne -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Seymour J Metz If you're authorized you can issue the command with MGCRE. For REXX scripts CONSOLE is convenient. You need the appr

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Starting a started task from a started task

2021-01-14 Thread Seymour J Metz
-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Horne, Jim [jim.s.ho...@lowes.com] Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2021 10:30 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Starting a started task from a started task And that's the problem, in a nutshell. The reason I am looking to start another S

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Starting a started task from a started task

2021-01-14 Thread Horne, Jim
And that's the problem, in a nutshell. The reason I am looking to start another STC is that initiators may be down. If I knew initiators would be up, I would just submit a batch job and call it done. In fact, I do that today but want to avoid problems when initiators are not available. Jim H

Re: Starting a started task from a started task

2021-01-14 Thread Seymour J Metz
chwab Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2021 10:05 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Starting a started task from a started task https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSLTBW_2.2.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r2.ieaa900/iea3a9_Description26.htm XCTL or XCTLX. Branches to another program. Returns t

Re: Starting a started task from a started task

2021-01-14 Thread R.S.
W dniu 14.01.2021 o 15:57, Horne, Jim pisze: Hi all, This may sound like a stupid question but is there a way to start a second started task from a running one when the currently running one completes. I know how to submit a batch job from a final step of a started task but I don't know how

Re: Starting a started task from a started task

2021-01-14 Thread ITschak Mugzach
Started tasks are started by a console command START (S ). There are more variations to the command, but this is the basic one. If you want the same task run in parallel with the same tak, add a name (S .yyy). ITschak ITschak Mugzach *|** IronSphere Platform* *|* *Information Securi

Re: Starting a started task from a started task

2021-01-14 Thread Mike Schwab
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSLTBW_2.2.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r2.ieaa900/iea3a9_Description26.htm XCTL or XCTLX. Branches to another program. Returns to the caller of the program issuing XCTL(X). On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 8:58 AM Horne, Jim wrote: > > Hi all, > > This may sound like a

Starting a started task from a started task

2021-01-14 Thread Horne, Jim
Hi all, This may sound like a stupid question but is there a way to start a second started task from a running one when the currently running one completes. I know how to submit a batch job from a final step of a started task but I don't know how to do the same sort of thing to initiate anothe