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Restarting External Jobs through OpCon

Some features of OpCon automated restarts are limited when jobs are restarted by external submission:

  • GDG regression option "Absolute" will be converted to "Catalogue Resync"
  • There is no option to specify an ending step

Full restart support is available if the job type is changed to Batch and the JCL is imported to an OpCon library:

  1. Change the job type
    • Open the job with Maintenance > Edit Daily Job
    • Change the z/OS Job Type to Batch
    • Save the change
  2. Import the JCL
    • Click JCL/SYSOUT Access
      • The fields should be filled in with the JobID and JESJCLIN
    • Click View JCL
    • If necessary, make changes to the JCL
    • Click OK
    • Click Save JCL to save the JCL
      • You can use the default DD and Member Names or change them
    • Click Close to close the JCL access dialogue
    • If you changed the Override DD or member name, update them in the Job Details
  3. You can now restart the job as if it was originally submitted from OpCon
note

The restarted job will attempt to use the same z/OS userid as the original job. If the LSAM does not have surrogate authority to use that ID, the job start will fail. If necessary, change the Batch User field in the job details to an allowed value.