Example of step restart

Continuing with the JCL example, you accept the suggested best S3 and enter the GO command to confirm the selection. At this point, having selected in panel EQQRCLSE the option Edit JCL= YES, the edit JCL panel is shown. You fix the error causing the abend (IEFBR15) and confirm the restart by entering first GO, and then Y, in the final confirmation panel.

The job is run, adding another step named EQQCLEAN that will execute the return code simulation for steps S1, S2, and S3. Then, EQQCLEAN also causes the re-execution of step S4 and the execution of step S5.

The following messages are logged to the JES message log: 
EQQCN00I START CLEANUP AND/OR RET-CODE SIMULATION PROCESS(ES).
EQQCN18I SNUM STEPNAME PROCNAME RC
EQQCN02I 002       S1           0004
EQQCN02I 003       S2           0000
EQQCN02I 004       S3           0000
EQQCN99I CLEANUP AND/OR RET-CODE SIMULATION PROCESS(ES)ENDED.
You select the step restart again, and the following panel is displayed:
Figure 1. Example of the beginning of a step restart
EQQMERSL ----------------STEP RESTART SELECTION LIST --------Row 1 of 5      
                                                                             
Primary commands: GO -to confirm the selection, END -to save it,             
            CANCEL - to exit without saving, STEP -to show Step Info         
User Selection: .S -Start restart step E -Last restart step                  
             .X -Step excluded (simulated flushed)                           
F -Step excluded (simulated with specified RC)                               
I -Step included if inside restart range,                                    
       otherwise simulated with specified RC.                                
                                                                             
Application:     APLICSIMONA 01/02/05 19.19                                  
Operation:       CPU1  10                                                    
Jobname and jobid:  JOBSAMP 	JOB00164                                       
Best Restart Step:  S1    0002                                               
Current selected Step: S1 0002                                               
                                                                             
Usr  Act Rest Step   StepName ProcStep PgmName  Step      Step      Compl.   
Sel  Sel      No                                Type      Status    Code     
X    X   N    0001   EQQCLEAN EQQCLEAN EQQCLEAN cleanup  Executed   0000     
'    I   B    0002            S1       MYPROG   Simulated Not Exec. 0004     
'    I   Y    0003            S2       IEFBR14  Simulated Not Exec. 0000     
'    I   Y    0004            S3       IEFBR14  Simulated Not Exec. 0000     
'    I   Y    0005            S4       IEFBR14  Normal    Executed  0000     
'    I   Y    0006            S5       IEFBR14  Normal    Executed  0000     
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From the panel you can see that the EQQCLEAN step has been added. Steps S1, S2, and S3 are shown as simulated and steps S4, and S5 as successfully executed.