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What Is an Initial Run, a Rerun, and a Complete Cycle?

An initial run is the first execution of a job. An initial run is not a rerun or a restart.

A rerun is the execution of an entire or partial job after one of the occurrences:

• A job ends abnormally
• A report is lost
• Bad input is encountered
• An unacceptable condition occurs during the processing of a job.

A complete cycle is the repeated execution of a set of JCL statements for a job. A complete cycle begins when you first attempt to execute the JCL statements for a job and ends when you completely and successfully execute those JCL statements. All events that occur between the first attempt to execute the JCL statements and the complete and successful execution of the JCL statements belongs to a complete cycle. A complete cycle can include an initial run and one or more reruns.