I suspect that running a batch job in QCTL does not qualify as being in
"restricted state".
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v6r1m0/topic/experience/wmrstateabstract53.htm?resultof=%22%72%65%73%74%72%69%63%74%65%64%22%20%22%72%65%73%74%72%69%63%74%22%20%22%73%74%61%74%65%22%20
"Restricted state is a condition where all the subsystems on the i5/OS
system have ended and only a single user job remains active in the
controlling subsystem."
I would suspect that the "single user job" would normally be DSP01 or some
such thing.
So maybe you have a choice:
- that single user batch job with your console totally killed
- having a system console.
Maybe the programmer at the other company is right. And if you try the
batch job you're SOL trying to check it's status?
Rob Berendt