Limitation on the number of job steps
The default maximum number of steps that can be included in each
job is 255. If this number is exceeded, the following message is issued:
IEFC602I EXCESSIVE NUMBER OF EXECUTE STATEMENTS
The allowed maximum decreases by one, each time one of the following
steps is added:
- An EQQDELDS step via EQQUX001.
- An EQQCLEAN step as part of restart and cleanup processing.
- A dummy last step if the RCLOPTS DUMMYLASTSTEP keyword is used.