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Examples for PRIORITY

PRIORITY Example 1

The priority level of job EBDIN001 is 07, and it requires three tapes. The priority level of job EBDIN002 is 02, and it requires only one tape:

MEMNAME  EBDIN001

RESOURCE TAPE 0003

PRIORITY 07

MEMNAME  EBDIN002

RESOURCE TAPE 0001

PRIORITY 02

If only two tapes are available, job EBDIN002 is submitted.

PRIORITY Example 2

The priority level of job EBDUPDT is *5, and it requires two tapes. The priority level of job EBDEXEC is 04, and it requires one tape:

MEMNAME  EBDUPDT

RESOURCE TAPE 0002

PRIORITY *5

MEMNAME  EBDEXEC

RESOURCE TAPE 0001

PRIORITY 04

If one tape is available, neither job is submitted. When two tapes become available, job EBDUPDT is submitted.

PRIORITY Example 3

The priority level of job EBDBKP is *8, and it requires three tapes. The priority level of job EBDMAINT is *7, and it requires one tape:

MEMNAME  EBDBKP

RESOURCE TAPE 0003

PRIORITY *8

MEMNAME  EBDMAINT

RESOURCE TAPE 0001

PRIORITY *7

If one tape is available, neither job is submitted. When three tapes become available, job EBDBKP is submitted.

PRIORITY Example 4

The priority level of job MEMBER1 is ‘ 9’ (blank, nine), and it requires one tape. The priority level of job MEMBER2 is ‘9 ’ (nine, blank), and it requires one tape:

MEMNAME  MEMBER1

RESOURCE TAPE 0001

PRIORITY  9

MEMNAME  MEMBER2

RESOURCE TAPE 0001

PRIORITY 9 

If one tape is available, job MEMBER2 is submitted. The PRIORITY is a 2-character alphanumeric string, so the string ‘9 ’ has a higher code than ‘ 9’.

Parent Topic

PRIORITY: Runtime Scheduling Parameter