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Archival of JCL Listings

The key to archiving JCL listings (including the job log and allocation messages) is in separating the JCL listing SYSOUT from the report SYSOUT produced by a job based on one or more of the following archival selection criteria: class, destination, and forms name. This separation can be accomplished in several ways, including:

• Assigning a different SYSOUT class in the MSGCLASS JOB statement parameter from those classes specified in the SYSOUT DD statements for the jobs
• Assigning a special forms name or destination to the JCL listings for a job with the /*OUTPUT SYS JES2 control statement
• Assigning a special forms name or destination to the JCL listings for a job with the //*FORMAT PR JES3 control statement for ddnames: SYSMSG, JESJCL, and JESMSG
• Assigning a special forms name, destination, or SYSOUT class to the JCL listings for a job with the // name OUTPUT JESDS=ALL JCL statement

You can archive some or all of the report SYSOUT for a job and its JCL listing. But, ensure that the SYSOUT attributes of the DD statements you want to archive match the JCL listing attributes.