Fast job restart
The Fast Job Restart function allows you to restart a job entirely and to perform the appropriate cleanup actions. Unlike the Job Restart function, Fast Job Restart lets you process a Job Restart with a single command. Because you are restarting the job from the beginning, there is no simulation of preceding steps. There is also no GDG relative numbers resolution, if normal JCL is used. If Expanded JCL is used, instead, GDG resolution is applied, based on the history of the previous runs. For details, see Data set cleanup, JCL used for restart, and GDG resolution.
The Fast Job Restart function can be requested for any operation,
which ran at least once, by issuing the FJR command from any of the
following operation lists in the MODIFY CURRENT PLAN panels:
- Ended-in-error operation list.
- Operation list.
- Operation displayed when you request to rerun an occurrence.
Note: The first time you issue the FJR command, message
EQQM601I (Scheduler has requested needed JOBLOG information to process
the command) is displayed if the JOBLOG information is not yet available
to data store. In this case, you must issue the FJR command again.
Message EQQM677I (Fast job restart is being processed) is then displayed
and, unless other warnings are issued, the operation is finally completed.