Coding Each AOF Rule Type › End-of-Memory Rules

End-of-Memory Rules

An end-of-memory (EOM) rule is triggered when a started task ends. EOM rules facilitate the process of detecting when a started task ends, because one EOM rule usually replaces several MSG rules that need to be coded to detect job ending states such as abend and termination messages. In addition, some stated tasks might end silently (no message notification), and an EOM can effectively detect this type of termination.

Note: EOM rules have similar functionality to EOJ rules. The primary difference is that EOM rules only detect the ending of an address space and cannot detect the end of a batch job, as do EOJ rules. Also, the amount of environmental data available in EOJ rules is much greater than in EOM rules. In some cases you may choose an EOJ rule instead of an EOM rule.