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Revision as of 13:58, 24 June 2005
Contents
Defining Jobs
- Jobs are chunks of Work done on the 400.
- Jobs are basic units of work on the 400.
Job Names
- Each job has a unique name
- A job name has 3 parts
- Job Number
- User Name
- Job Name
We need to know the individual naming ingredients when using Green Screen Commands to access info about particular Jobs.
Types of Jobs
- Each job requires some system resources from a pool that is made available.
- DSPJOBTBL to check on those resources and see if we need more added to lower risk of Degradation.
System Jobs
- System jobs begin with the letter Q.
Spooling Jobs
System provided print programs (writers).
User Jobs
Interactive
- Interactive jobs usually start when a user signs onto work station display of Green Screen, and end when the user signs off the work station.
Batch
- Batch jobs are normally run by submitting requests for processing of data by programs that do not need to interact with the user.
- These requests go into a JOBQ to run as system resources are available.
Communication
- Communication jobs are started by a request, over a telephone line, by another system.
Autostart
- Typically Autostart jobs are launched with the start of some subsystem to handle housekeeping chores associated with the function of that subsystem.
