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CA WA Restart Option (CA 11)

Use the CA WA CA 7 Edition interface with CA WA Restart Option (CA 11). This interface supports the ARTS command monitor, ensures the automatic RMS step insertion, and provides automatic CMT updating when jobs are restarted, forced to complete, or canceled.

With CA WA Restart Option installed, CA7ONL establishes the interfaces as jobs are ready to submit, restart, or cancel (also Force Complete). If CA WA Restart Option becomes inactive, a WTO is produced:

CA-7.730 - CA-11 INACTIVE, DO YOU WANT JOBS SUBMITTED? (YES/NO/NO11)

You have the options to turn off submit until you get CA WA Restart Option activated, continue to submit work with the CA WA Restart Option step inserted, or to submit work without the CA WA Restart Option step inserted. Usually, you want to suspend submission until you can activate CA WA Restart Option.

If CA WA Restart Option is activated after CA7ONL, you can redrive the CA WA Restart Option with a CA7ONL command of SUBMIT. The CA WA CA 7 Edition top line SUBMIT command with no keywords causes the interface to CA WA Restart Option to be initialized. If CA WA Restart Option is not active, you receive the CA-7.730 WTOR again. The message requires a reply before processing continues.

With CA WA Restart Option and CA WA CA 7 Edition, a parameter, CONDCHK=YES, on the initialization file RESTART statement, indicates that CA WA CA 7 Edition controls the restart step. The relative job step number in which to restart the job is passed to CA WA Restart Option. CA WA Restart Option then evaluates the true restartable step (based on temporary data sets and other items). Also, CA WA CA 7 Edition displays the JES node where the job executed and the CA WA Restart Option subsystem name on the restart panel.

Jobs with remote nodes that use CA WA Restart Option r11 or higher require one of the following items:

• The no cost CA GTS product that is configured for CA WA Restart Option.
• The CA WA Restart Option configuration option LOCALGTS=NO when all nodes are in the same SYSPLEX.

Business Value:

Using CA WA Restart Option ensures that job restarts and reruns that are correct without any manual intervention.