NetBatch Manual

Job Planning, Submission, and Management
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Controlling a Job’s Behavior on Process Failure
Determining a Job’s IFFAILS, RESTART, STALL, and STOP-
ON-ABEND Attributes
Figure 4-9 shows a decision chart that can help you determine the values of your jobs’
IFFAILS, RESTART, STALL, and STOP-ON-ABEND attributes. For more information
on the attributes, see Section 7, Attributes.
Figure 4-9. Decision Chart for Setting IFFAILS, RESTART, STALL, and STOP-ON-
ABEND Attributes
IFFAILS Recurrent job?
IFFAILS OFF
IFFAILS ON
No
Yes
No
Yes
RESTART
RESTART ON
No
Yes
Restart job on
completion-code
-7 or CPU-down
failure?
RESTART OFF
STOP-ON-ABEND
No
Yes
Stop job on child
process failure?
STOP-ON-ABEND OFF
STOP-ON-ABEND ON
STALL
SPECIAL-9 on
failure rather
than delete?
No
Yes
No
Yes
Recurrent job?
STALL OFF
STALL ON
SPECIAL-9 on
failure rather
than reschedule
to next run-time
(i.e. override
IFFAILS)?
Reschedule on
failure to next
run-time?
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