Running Log Master jobs
Requirement | Description | Reference |
|---|---|---|
Authorization | To run a BMC AMI Log Master job, you must have the proper authorization. | |
Starting a job | Specify the module ALPMAIN on the EXEC statement of your JCL. You must also specify some required parameters and some DD statements. | |
Displaying the status of a job | BMC AMI Log Master does not require special commands or procedures to monitor a BMC AMI Log Master job. Use the standard operating system commands to monitor the job’s progress. | n/a |
Restarting a job | You can rerun or re-execute BMC AMI Log Master jobs, but you cannot restart them. BMC AMI Log Master supports a type of processing referred to as ongoing processing. Use this type of job to repeatedly run the same set of log processing. BMC AMI Log Master saves information about each run of the job in the Repository, and succeeding jobs can begin processing where the previous job ended. BMC AMI Log Master supports the RERUN and USE keywords to re-execute previous runs of ongoing jobs. | See the ONGOING HANDLE handleID entry in LOGSCAN-statement |
Terminating a job | BMC AMI Log Master does not require special commands or procedures to terminate a BMC AMI Log Master job. Use the standard operating system commands to cancel the job if necessary. | n/a |