Re: Multithreading: Batch vs. interactive.

On 04/09/2009, at 12:22 AM, rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

I am under the assumption that running a multithreaded application in an
interactive job is forbidden. Trying to find something at IBM that simply
comes out and says that.

Read the help text for CRTJOBD ALWMLTTHD keyword. Pretty clear.

Also under the impression that if you want a batch job to run a
multithreaded application you have to specify
SBMJOB ALWMLTTHD(*YES)
or an appropriately configured *JOBD.

Yes, or spawn a batch-immediate job.

So based on some rudimentary work management concepts, I figure IBM has
RUNDOMCMD BATCH(*YES) ALWMLTTHD(*YES) set up to do a SBMJOB
ALWMLTTHD(*YES), defaulting to the QDFTJOBD job description. I am trying
to figure out that if I blow by IBM's 8.5 recommendation and continue to
run

RUNDOMCMD SERVER(...) CMD(CALL PGM(COMPACT) PARM(...))
but, from a job that has been started with SBMJOB ALWMLTTHD(*YES) if I
would be ok.

If that form of RUNDOMCMD does not start another job but just runs within the current job then I would expect it to work as you desire.


Regards,
Simon Coulter.
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