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Field Descriptions

The options for the Restart field are:

If you submit the job without specifying its RESTART attribute, the job adopts the

attribute RESTART OFF.

Drives

Use the Drives field to set the TAPEDRIVES job attribute. The attribute specifies the

number of tape drives required by the job.

To set the attribute, enter an integer in the range 0 through 99 specifying the number of

drives. The default value is 0.

When you submit a job with the attribute, the scheduler checks the number of drives

required against its internal tape drives counter. If the number is:

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Less than or equal to the counter, the job is scheduled immediately for execution.

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Greater than the counter but no greater than the TAPEDRIVES scheduler attribute,

the job will be scheduled for execution when the required number of drives is

available. Jobs waiting for tape drives are flagged with a state of TAPE.

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Greater than the TAPEDRIVES scheduler attribute, the job is never scheduled for

execution. To avoid this, do not specify more drives for a job than are specified by

the TAPEDRIVES scheduler attribute. If it occurs, resolve it by doing one of:

Increase the number of drives specified by the TAPEDRIVES scheduler

attribute

Reduce the number of drives required by the job

For more information on the tape drives counter, see Scheduler Info on page 6-190.

Hold

Use the Hold field to set the HOLD job attribute. The attribute specifies whether the job

is placed on hold as soon as you submit it. The field options are:

Y Yes specifies the attribute RESTART ON. The job is restarted if it fails during execution

for any of the reasons listed previously. Execution of a restarted job begins at the start

of the job, not from where it stopped. There is no limit to the number of times a job

restarts while the failure condition continues.

A recurrent job with the RESTART ON attribute is not restarted unless it also has the

IFFAILS ON attribute. (A recurrent job is a job with the CALENDAR or EVERY

attribute.) If the job has the IFFAILS OFF attribute, it is flagged with a state of

SPECIAL-5.

N No specifies the attribute RESTART OFF. The job is not restarted if it fails during

execution.