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psmadhusudhan
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 11:30 pm    Post subject: Tool for automation of jobs Reply with quote

Hi,

In my current project we have a set of jobs which are run manually one by one. The jobs are running cobol-datacom programs. In development region we dont have any tools due to budget constraints. In production these jobs are running through Control-M.

I want to know is there any possibility of developing any tool which can run the jobs one by one. If so which programing language should I need to use. I want to have start up idea so that I can proceed further in developing the tool. Please help me.
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 2:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I doubt the language that you choose will make much of a difference. What's more important is to determine what the program/task will need to do to meet your needs.
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 8:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Would something simple be acceptable? Add a final IEBGENER step in each job to copy the next one to the INTRDR. Search on INTRDR for examples.
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 12:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I use a rexx exec and control file that allows a job to submit the next job if ALL predecessors have run. It is included at the end of each job.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 8:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks Bill and Nic. I am proceeding further with developing the tool in REXX.
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