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Post by karthikpremnath » Sat Aug 13, 2011 3:36 pm

Hi all,

I'm trying to execute some JES2 commands thru JCL using COMMAND statement. When JCL encounters the conversion step it is prompting for a manual reply like ( *7321 IEFC166D REPLY Y/N TO EXECUTE/SUPPRESS COMMAND). Can anyone please suggest how i can avoid manual reply for those reply IDs thru JCL itself.

Thanks in advance.[/b]

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Post by DikDude » Sat Aug 13, 2011 11:43 pm

Ask your scheduling or operatons people what "automation" product might be in use on your system.

Using an automation product, console messages can be intercepted and replied to by the system with no manual input required.
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Post by karthikpremnath » Tue Aug 16, 2011 1:23 pm

Hi Dikdude, thanks for replying. Actually I'm from operations team only and we dont have any kinda automation product installed at our shop. Can you please suggest me any method thru which i can automate this requirement with the help of JCL or REXX.

Thanks in advance...

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Post by DikDude » Wed Aug 17, 2011 3:08 am

Other than writing some "system" code in assembler, i don't know of a way to do this in real-time. Writing such code would take someone very experienced in assembler and with knowledge of operating system internals. Many (most) organizations do not permit such code to be written/run on their systems. . .

A consideration about the original thought to do this via jcl. If the system is set up to intercept the COMMANDs submitted via jcl, might there also be an issue with the system intercepting the REPLY? Just a thought.

Which scheduling software is being used?
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