VM Batch Facility Frequently asked Questions

BATCH QUERY STATUS provides message DGRCMD034I with information about a job or all jobs. The status of "Skipped" indicates that a recurring job was not run because it was held either from a "BATCH CHJOB jobid (REPEAT HOLD" or a "BATCH CHJOB jobid (DATE HOLD".

How do I start a held job?

If the Recurrence pattern shows "(HOLD)" then you should issue a "BATCH CHJOB jobid (REPEAT NOHOLD" to allow the job to run in the next scheduled window.

If the Schedule shows "HOLD" then you should issue a "BATCH CHJOB jobid (DATE newdate" to allow the job to run in the next scheduled window after the date specified.

How can I tell what service level of VMBATCH I am running?

Use the BATCH LEVEL command. Here is a sample of the output:

  DGRMAI555I DGRMAIN Version 2.2, Service Level 010
  DGRRBT555I RUNBATCH Version 2.2, Service Level 004
 DGREXE119I Job 'DGRLEVEL' submitted to 'VMBTESTM' at 'XXXXXXX'
 DGRBAT555I BATCH Version 2.2, Service Level 000
 DGREXE120I You are now addressing Monitor 'VMBTESTM' at node 'XXXXXXX'
 DGREXE555I DGRBATCH Version 2.2, Service Level 002
  Job DGRLEVEL has been received
 DGRCHJ555I DGRCHJO Version 2.2, Service Level 000
 DGRIPW555I DGRIPW Version 2.2, Service Level 000
 DGRLAF555I DGRLAF Version 2.2, Service Level 002
 DGRPAS555I DGRPASS Version 2.2, Service Level 000
 DGRSUB555I DGRSUBM Version 2.2, Service Level 000
 DGRUME555I DGRUME Version 2.2, Service Level 000
 DGRUVM555I DGRUVM Version 2.2, Service Level 009