So far, we have detailed the methods that can be used to schedule report decollating missions. Now we will list our recommendations for the use of these methods depending on the production control system that you use.
Sites With Control-M
We recommend that sites with Control-M utilize the integrated IOA capabilities to automatically schedule report decollating missions whenever the relevant jobs are scheduled by Control-M. You can use a condition to trigger the execution of a scheduled report decollating mission whenever a job ends in Control-M. You should run Control-M and Control-D in "Shared Data Base" mode to use this facility. For further details, see "Interfaces to Production Control Systems" in the Control-D and Control-V chapter of the INCONTROL for z/OS Administrator Guide.
Sites With Another Production Control System
If you have a production control system other than Control-M, you probably do not want to maintain two sets of scheduling criteria (that is, scheduling criteria for the jobs in the scheduling package, and scheduling criteria in Control-D for the report decollating mission definitions). If this is so, we recommend that you implement one of the following options:
Batch Execution of the scheduling program using the FORCE option (such as a last step in the JCL procedure).
Using Scheduler Information (for example, passing the required information to Control-D).
The CDAM Scheduling Exit.
Sites Without Any Production Control System
If you have no production control software, we recommend that you use one of the following methods of scheduling:
Batch Execution of the scheduling program using the FORCE option (for example, as a last step in the JCL procedure).
The CDAM Scheduling Exit.
Using CTDNDAY to schedule a predefined list of report decollating missions (using basic scheduling criteria or the FORCE option; for further details see the Control-D and Control-V chapter of the INCONTROL for z/OS Administrator Guide).
You can, of course, use any combination of scheduling techniques that particularly suit your environment.
Note: You should now decide your report decollating mission scheduling method.
