Temporarily Suspending Jobs [ STORE and TurboSTORE/iX Manual ] MPE/iX 5.0 Documentation
STORE and TurboSTORE/iX Manual
Temporarily Suspending Jobs
It is advisable to suspend the execution of all jobs while a STORE is
being performed. (If a job step attempts to open a file for write access
which is being stored, the open fails, with possible negative
consequences for the job.)
NOTE Advise users not to schedule jobs during the time scheduled for
backups. STORE does not copy files allocated to suspended jobs;
thus, a backup undertaken with suspended jobs may be incomplete.
To check whether there are any jobs running on the system, enter:
:SHOWJOB JOB=@J
If you see a message stating NO SUCH JOBS, or if the list contains no
executing jobs (check the STATE column for EXEC), skip to the "Send
Another Warning" step below. If any jobs are in the EXEC state, you
should temporarily stop them. To do so, use the job numbers that appear
in the first column on your screen with the BREAKJOB command, as follows:
:BREAKJOB #Jnnn
Repeat the BREAKJOB command for each executing job in the list. When you
have suspended all executing jobs, check their status by entering:
:SHOWJOB JOB=@J
Each job should now be listed as SUSP, or suspended. However, jobs that
have resources allocated to them do not suspend immediately; you may have
to wait for them to suspend.
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