HELP!! DLYJOB command

[Bob Clarke 3rd x4502 <clarke@xxxxxxxx>]

I recently modified our daily backup CL job to include a DLYJOB with the 
RSMTIME parm (as opposed to DLY).  This job is normally run by an operator 
at 1:30am at the system console, but on this particular night we had no 
coverage so I thought I'd give this a try.  Now this job already had a 
DLYJOB command with DLY(600) to give the subsystems time to end before 
beginning the saves (backup runs in restricted state and backups all changed 
objects - I didn't write it) which works fine, but this is my first 
experience using the RSMTIME parm.  I added this in the CL immediately 
preceding the ENDSBS statements.

So anyway, before I left for the day at 5:00pm, I went up to the console and 
started the CL job which appropriately executed up to the new DLYJOB 
statement.  A quick check with wrkactjob indicated that the job was in a 
delay status until 1:30am.  Upon arriving at 4:00am, an operator was to 
check to make sure that the job was either running or had completed.  At 
9:00am the next morning I arrived believing that all had gone well since I 
had not been called.  Come to find the operator did not check the job at 
4:00am.  I then instructed him to do so.  Upon arriving at the console the 
operator found it to be blank (not unusual as it was in energy saver mode), 
so he hit Enter.  At that point all of the subsystems started ending.  I 
don't have to tell you how that went over (hint:  not very well!).  There 
were no outstanding message in the QSYSOPR message queue, so I don't believe 
there was a legitimate reason for the job not resuming at 1:30 ... Can 
anyone PLEASE point me in the right direction here?  I need to do this again 
very soon and would appreciate any help I can get.  As always, thank you in 
advance!!

Regards,

Bob Clarke 
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