Advanced Job Restart

You can restart JCL jobs with the Micro Focus Batch Scheduler mfbsijcl command using either the original or modified JCL.

Original JCL

The following example shows the restart of a job using the mfbsijcl command and the original JCL, with some sample standard options for /jrestart:

mfbsijcl /jrestart:1234567#fSTEP2:PSTEP(1)

Modified JCL

To restart a job with modified JCL using the mfbsijcl command, use the following syntax:

mfbsijcl {/j<modified-JCL-file> | <basejcl>} /jrestart:<standard-parms>

where:

modified-JCL-file: The full or relative path to and filename of the modified JCL file.
basejcl: The JCL base that is resolved using JCL-Submit and JCL-Exit found in the mfbsi.cfg file.
standard-parms: Any valid parameters for the /jrestart option as documented elsewhere in this topic.

For example:

mfbsijcl  /jC:\Temp\modified.jcl /jrestart:1234567#fSTEP2:PSTEP(1)
mfbsijcl  /j/tmp/modified.jcl /jrestart:1234567#fSTEP2:PSTEP(1)
mfbsijcl basejcl /jrestart:1234567#fSTEP2:PSTEP(1)

When restarting a job using modified JCL:

A new job number is assigned to the job.
The JESYSMSG and associated MFELX*.dat file of the initial JOB number (specified in /jrestart:nnnnnnn) must be available.

Notes:

You can substitute a dash character (-) as an alternative to the forward slash (/).
Most parameters are case sensitive. For example, step and procstep names must be specified in upper cases.
Most errors related to Advanced Restart are returned with the OS Rc 220 code.
If you need to re-execute the mfbsijcl substitution phase (standard or Control-M), use the modified JCL syntax even no change has been made to the JCL itself.

For complete information on advanced restart functionality, see the Advanced Restart Functionality topic.