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JCL Considerations

When you submit an EXTRACT JOURNAL statement through the batch command facility, in addition to the standard JCL required for the batch command facility, you must also include statements to define:

• SYS001 to point to the input archived journal file.
• SYS002 or the DDname specified in the JCL to point to the output extract file. The output extract file is a standard variable length record file. Specify a block size that is at least as large as the block size of the input journal.
• Any sort work files needed by your local sort.

To use a manual recovery input control file, include a CTRLIN file definition or DD statement in the IDMSBCF execution JCL. To use a manual recovery output control file, include a CTRLOUT file definition or DD statement in the IDMSBCF execution JCL. The format of both of these files is fixed block with a record length of 80.

Note: For more information about the generic JCL used to execute the batch command facility, see the chapter for your operating system in this guide.