Parameters of the Control-M/Restart simulation facility

To activate the utility, fill in the parameters, type YES in the last field of the screen, and press ENTER.

Depending on the desired mode, specify either JCL Library mode or Scheduling Library mode parameters, but not both.

Table 11 Action Required Parameters

Parameter	Description
ACTION REQUIRED	Type of Simulation to perform. Mandatory. Valid values are: R (Restart under Control-M/Restart) – This function simulates a job restart. P (Prevent NCT2) – This function simulates data set cleanup including the prevention of DUPLICATE DATASET ON VOLUME and NOT CATLGD 2 errors.
TRACE MODE	Diagnostic tool that allows debugging in Control-M/Restart. Optional. Note: Do not use this parameter unless specifically requested by the BMC Customer Support.
TRACE MODE
OPERATION MODE	Mode in which the Control-M/Restart Simulation facility must operate. Mandatory. Valid values: J (JCL Library mode) or S (Scheduling Library mode). The mode parameters (in Table 12) are mandatory for the selected mode, and must be left blank for the non-selected mode.

Table 12 JCL Library Mode Parameters

Parameter	Description
JCL LIBRARY	Library containing the JCL of the original job submission
MEMBER NAME	Member containing the JCL of the original job submission

Table 13 Schedule Library Mode Parameters

Parameter	Description
SCHEDULE LIBRARY	Name of the library containing the job scheduling definition
TABLE NAME	Name of the table containing the job scheduling definition
JOB NAME	Name of the job scheduling definition

Table 14 Restart Parameters

Parameter	Description
ORDER ID	Job order identification of the specific job run to be restarted. Mandatory.
FROM PGMSTEP	Name of the pgmstep at which a job restart is to be attempted. Optional.
TO PGMSTEP	Name of the pgmstep at which a restarted job is to terminate. Optional.
FROM PROCSTEP	Name of the procstep at which a job restart is to be attempted. Optional.
TO PROCSTEP	Name of the procstep at which a restarted job is to terminate. Optional.

Table 15 AutoEdit Parameters

Parameter	Description
OWNER	Owner of the job. Mandatory. The panel is displayed with the TSO use id.
GLOBAL AUTOEDIT LIBRARY	Library containing globally defined AutoEdit variables. Mandatory. The panel is displayed with the site-defined default.
WDATE	Current working date. Mandatory. The panel is displayed with the current date as the default.
ODATE	Original scheduling date of the job. Mandatory. The panel is displayed with the current date as the default.
Enter YES to continue	Confirmation field to help prevent the simulation jobs from being unintentionally run. When blank, the jobs are not run. Specify YES to enable the job run.

The following points are noted about FROM STEP/PROC and TO STEP/PROC values:

To perform processing on the whole job, enter $FIRST in the FROM PGMSTEP field. To perform processing from a specific step, specify the step name in the appropriate FROM PGMSTEP or FROM PROCSTEP fields.
Pgmstep name can be any specific program step name or $FIRST. $FIRST resolves to the first step of the job if procstep name is blank. Otherwise, $FIRST resolves to the first step in the procedure identified by procstep.
$ABEND and $EXERR are not recognized by Control-M/Restart. Do not specify them as step name values. $ABEND and $EXERR are valid only in job scheduling definitions.
If specifying a procstep name when there are nested procedures, specify the procstep name of the innermost procedure in which the program is included.

Note: AutoEdit resolution is performed at time of submitting the job. For example, if a job with the %%DATE AutoEdit date variable is submitted the day after the original run, the resolution of the variable varies from that of the original run.

Parent Topic

R1: Control-M/Restart Simulation facility