Using the RD=NR JCL parameter to flags steps as non Restartable in CA 11

Products

• Workload Automation Restart Option for z/OS Schedulers (CA 11)

Issue/Introduction

With the r11.0 release of CA 11, steps with the JCL parameter RD=NR specified on the EXEC statement are treated as non restartable steps. 

 

 

Environment

Release:
Component: 11

Resolution

 Use the JCL parameter RD=NR on the EXEC statement to treat steps  as non restartable.  This also applies if the job card statement specifies RD=NR. If the parm is specified on the job card statement, it will apply to all steps of the job thus resulting in all steps being treated as non restartable.  It should be noted that the same applies to JCL parameter RD=NC (if present, steps will be treated as non restartable).

Once the parm is removed the next run of job will automatically perform 'F' format processing and steps that were previously flagged as non restartable will at that time be flagged as restartable.