After upgrade of z/OS Agent to version 11.2 or 12.0, jobs might fail or show different behavior

Products

• CA Automic Workload Automation - Automation Engine

Issue/Introduction

Error Message :
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The behavior of the z/OS Agent v9 and v10 is different from that of v11.2 and v12.0. The order in the generated JCL has changed:
 

correct order (v9 / v10)	wrong order (v11.2 / v12)
JOB statement	JOB statement
JOBPARM and Comments between JOB statement and fist EXEC statement (from z/OS dataset)	HEADER and PRE-PROCESS
HEADER and PRE-PROCESS	JOBPARM and Comments between JOB statement and fist EXEC statement (from z/OS dataset)
JCL (from z/OS dataset)	JCL (from z/OS dataset)
TRAILER	TRAILER

 
The order of the JCL between JOB statement and first EXEC statement and HEADER / PRE-PROCESS has changed.
In previous versions, the JCL comes first. In the newer versions, HEADER / PRE-PROCESS comes first.
 

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Preconditions:

• Job Type “z/OS JCL”

Other types work

• First EXEC statement calls a procedure, e.g.

//STEP001 EXEC SCJ#PROC

in case of it calls a program it works:

//STEP001 EXEC PGM=SCJ#PGM

 

 
 

Environment

OS: MVS

Cause

Cause type:
Defect
Root Cause: Step with a procedure call without PROC= positional parameter is not recognized

Resolution

Update to a fix version listed below or a newer version if available.

Fix Status: Released

Fix Version(s):
Component(s): Agent MVS

Automation Engine 12.0.1 - available
Automation Engine 11.2.4 - available

Additional Information

Workaround :
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