NetBatch Manual

Job Planning, Submission, and Management
NetBatch Manual—522460-004
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Controlling a Job’s Behavior on Process Failure
Controlling a Job’s Behavior on Process Failure
The IFFAILS, RESTART, STALL, and STOP-ON-ABEND attributes determine how the
scheduler treats a job when a process of the job fails. Table 4-5 shows the effect on a
job’s state of all combinations of the attributes.
Table 4-5. Job States on Process Failure
Attributes
Executor Program
Process
Child of Executor
Program Process
Job Type IFFAILS RESTART STALL STOP-
ON-
ABEND
Stopped
With CC 7
or CPU
Failed
Abended
With Any
CC or
Stopped
With CC -3,
-2, -1, 2, 3,
4, 5, or 6
CPU Failed Abended
With Any CC
or Stopped
With CC -3,
-2, -1, 2, 3,
4, 5, or 6
Recurrent OFF ON ON ON READY SPECIAL-5 READY SPECIAL-5
OFF ON ON OFF READY SPECIAL-5 EXECUTING EXECUTING
OFF ON OFF ON READY SPECIAL-5 READY SPECIAL-5
OFF ON OFF OFF READY SPECIAL-5 EXECUTING EXECUTING
OFF OFF ON ON SPECIAL-6 SPECIAL-6 SPECIAL-6 SPECIAL-6
OFF OFF ON OFF SPECIAL-6 SPECIAL-6 EXECUTING EXECUTING
OFF OFF OFF ON SPECIAL-6 SPECIAL-6 SPECIAL-6 SPECIAL-6
OFF OFF OFF OFF SPECIAL-6 SPECIAL-6 EXECUTING EXECUTING
ON OFF OFF OFF TIME TIME EXECUTING EXECUTING
ON OFF OFF ON TIME TIME TIME TIME
ON OFF ON OFF SPECIAL-9 SPECIAL-9 EXECUTING EXECUTING
ON OFF ON ON SPECIAL-9 SPECIAL-9 SPECIAL-9 SPECIAL-9
ON ON OFF OFF READY TIME EXECUTING EXECUTING
ON ON OFF ON READY TIME READY TIME
ON ON ON OFF READY SPECIAL-9 EXECUTING EXECUTING
ON ON ON ON READY SPECIAL-9 READY SPECIAL-9
Nonrecurrent N.A. OFF ON ON SPECIAL-9 SPECIAL-9 SPECIAL-9 SPECIAL-9
OFF ON OFF SPECIAL-9 SPECIAL-9 EXECUTING EXECUTING
OFF OFF ON Job deleted Job deleted Job deleted Job deleted
OFF OFF OFF Job deleted Job deleted EXECUTING EXECUTING
ON OFF OFF READY Job deleted EXECUTING EXECUTING
ON OFF ON READY Job deleted READY Job deleted
ON ON OFF READY SPECIAL-9 EXECUTING EXECUTING
ON ON ON READY SPECIAL-9 READY SPECIAL-9