Re: Suspending batch jobs?

[John Earl <johnearl@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yup!

Someone mentioned a NIGHTQ jobq/subsyetem pipe.  You might want to look at an
arrangement like that where these long running jobs are routed to an
out-of-the-way subsystem that can be stopped.

jte

Goodbar, Loyd (AFS-Water Valley) wrote:

> If the job is running in a single threaded subsystem, will HLDJOB leave
> the job in the subsystem and prevent other jobs from processing?
>
>         -----Original Message-----
>         From:   John Earl [SMTP:johnearl@toolnet.com]
>         Sent:   Wednesday, August 19, 1998 11:26 AM
>         To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
>         Subject:        Re: Suspending batch jobs?
>
>         HLDJOB?
>
>         It will suspend running of the batch job, but it will also plug
> up whatever
>         jobq/subsystem that it occupies.
>
>         jte
>
>         Goodbar, Loyd (AFS-Water Valley) wrote:
>
>         > Is there a way to "suspend" a batch job, in the same manner
> that an
>         > interactive job can be suspended with the DSCJOB command? Some
> of our
>         > purges run overnight in batch, and rather than end them or let
> them run
>         > throughout the day, we'd like to suspend the job until the
> next evening.
>         > Any ideas or is it just impossible?
>         >
>         > Thanks,
>         > Loyd Goodbar
>         > Senior programmer/analyst
>         > Air/Fluid Systems
>         > Borg-Warner Automotive
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