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Multiple Job Security

Use the SECURITY statement MULTIJOB parameter to prevent multiple jobs being submitted from one JCL member.

The MULTIJOB parameter prevents CA WA CA 7 Edition from submitting multiple jobs when it submits a production job. These secondary jobs can inherit a user ID that is more powerful than the one under which the job usually executes. The options include FLUSH (non-Parallel Submission Processing (PSP) systems) and REQUEUE (PSP systems) to prevent the submission of the job. With PSP systems, the job is requeued to the request queue with a status of MJOB.

Note: CA WA CA 7 Edition does not know or track these secondary jobs.

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This best practice prevents excess security authority for jobs that CA WA CA 7 Edition does not directly control.