Generated from C.65.00 /SYSADMIN/PUB/MYCICAT last modified on Sun Aug 29 15:08:37 2004
Alters the attributes of waiting or scheduled jobs.
ALTJOB [JOB=] {#Jnnn}
{#Snnn}
[[;INPRI=]inputpriority]
[[;OUTDEV=]{ldev }]
{devclass}
[;JOBQ=queuename]
[;HIPRI]
#Jnnn A job number.
#Snnn A session number. (Although syntactically
correct, this parameter is rarely used
sessions do not wait.)
inputpriority Specifies the new input priority ( 0 = lowest;
14 = highest).
ldev or devclass Specifies the logical device number or device
class name of the destination device job's
$STDLIST.
queuename Name of the job queue into which the job is to be
moved.
HIPRI The HIPRI option is used for two different
purposes when altering a job's priority. It can be
used to override the system jobfence, or it can be
used to override the job limit. When using the
HIPRI option to override the jobfence/joblimit, the
system will first check to see if you have system
manager (SM) or system operator (OP) capability.
Use of the HIPRI option without SM or OP capability
causes the following warning to be displayed:
MUST HAVE 'SM' OR 'OP' CAP. TO SPECIFY HIPRI,
MAXIMUM INPRI OF 13 IS USED (CIWARN 1460)
The ALTJOB command, in conjunction with the JOBFENCE
command, allows you to control the flow of all jobs on the
system with the exception of HIPRI jobs. It can be used to
alter only jobs in the INTRO and WAIT, or SCHED state. Jobs
with input priority less than or equal to the current
JOBFENCE, a numerical value from 0 to 14, will be deferred.
When HIPRI option is used the job will be put in EXEC state,
irrespective of the value of JOBFENCE or JOBLIMIT. If both
INPRI parameter and HIPRI option are used, the following error
message will be displayed:
The INPRI and HIPRI parameters may not be specified
together. (CIERR 12266)
User can move jobs waiting or executing in a queue to other
queues by using the ;JOBQ parameter. User must have System
Manager (SM) or Operator (OP) capability to move jobs.
When an executing job is moved, the limit of the target queue
is ignored and the job continues to execute in the new queue.
A waiting job continues to wait in the new queue if queue has
already reached its limits.
This command may be issued from a session, job, program or in
BREAK. Pressing [Break] has no effect on this command. Users
may execute ALTJOB to change their own jobs. To change
other users' jobs, the command must be issued from the
console unless it has been distributed to users with the ALLOW
command, or if JOBSECURITY is set LOW.
Consider three jobs that are submitted by a user and suppose
that all of these jobs have an INPRI value of 8. To change
their INPRI values to ensure that JOB1 runs first, JOB2 runs
last, and JOB3 runs second with LP allocated as the OUTDEV
for JOB3, enter the following commands
JOBFENCE 14
1511/#J1/24/DEFERRED JOB INTRODUCED ON LDEV #53 ** Prevents all **
1511/#J2/25/DEFERRED JOB INTRODUCED ON LDEV #53 ** jobs from **
1513/#J3/26/DEFERRED JOB INTRODUCED ON LDEV #53 ** running while **
** the user **
** changes the **
** INPRI values. **
JOBNUM STATE IPRI JIN JLIST INTRODUCED JOB NAME #S23 EXEC 20 20 THU 215P OPERATOR.SYS #J1 WAIT D 8 10S 12 THU 311P JOB2,OPERATOR.SYS #J2 WAIT D 8 10S 12 THU 311P JOB3,SARAH.PAYROLL #J3 WAIT D 8 10S 12 THU 313P JOB1,JOHN.ACCTNG 4 JOBS 0 INTRO 3 WAIT; INCL 3 DEFERRED 1 EXEC; INCL 1 SESSIONS 0 SUSP JOBFENCE= 14; JLIMIT= 5; SLIMIT= 16 ALTJOB #J1;INPRI=10 ALTJOB #J3;INPRI=9;OUTDEV=LP ALTJOB #J2;INPRI=8 JOBFENCE 6 ** Resets the jobfence to 6 **
JOBNUM STATE IPRI JIN JLIST INTRODUCED JOB NAME
#S23 EXEC 20 20 THU 215P OPERATOR.SYS
#J1 WAIT D10 10S 12 THU 313P JOB1,JOHN.ACCTNG
#J3 WAIT D 9 10S 12 THU 311P JOB2,OPERATOR.SYS
#J2 WAIT D 8 10S LP THU 311P JOB3,SARAH.PAYROLL
4 JOBS
0 INTRO
3 WAIT; INCL 3 DEFERRED
1 EXEC; INCL 1 SESSIONS
0 SUSP
JOBFENCE= 6; JLIMIT= 5; SLIMIT= 16
The sequence above first sets the jobfence to 14 to prevent all jobs
from running. Then the priority of each of the three jobs is changed
to run in the desired sequence (with J# sent to the LP). Lastly, the
jobfence is reset to 6 to allow all jobs with an input priority of 7
(or above) to run.
Consider two jobs, JOB1 and JOB2, executing on the queues
HPSYSJQ and SYSMGRQ respectively.
SHOWJOB;JOBQ
JOBNUM STATE IPRI JIN JLIST JOBQ INTRODUCED JOB NAME
#J3 EXEC 20 LP HPSYSJQ WED 11:46A JOB1,OPERATOR.SYS
#J7 EXEC 3 LP SYSMGRQ WED 5:47P EMG,MGR.SYSMGR
To move the job #J7 to the queue HPSYSJQ, enter
ALTJOB #J7;JOBQ=HPSYSJQ
SHOWJOB;JOBQ
JOBNUM STATE IPRI JIN JLIST JOBQ INTRODUCED JOB NAME
#J3 EXEC 20 LP HPSYSJQ WED 11:46A JOB1,OPERATOR.SYS
#J7 EXEC 3 LP HPSYSJQ WED 5:47P EMG,MGR.SYSMGR
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