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George
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Anyone else using Hercules and MVS? A question ... Aug 9, 2013 13:48:06 GMT -5

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Post by George on Aug 9, 2013 13:48:06 GMT -5

Hi,
Is anyone else running MVS under Hercules? If so I have a question.

I'm running MVS with one local reader and one local printer, using HercRdr and HercPrt.

I've been unable to get a set of JES2 initialization settings that will print my entire batch job output within a single set of separator pages. i.e. separator page, JES2 JOB LOG, JCL and Messages, normal SYSOUT=A files and the closing separator page.

I end up with the normal SYSOUT=A stuff printing within separator pages, but the JES2 JOB LOG and JCL end up somehow Held, awaiting hardcopy. I have to do a $OJnnn,D=LOCAL to get them to print, and then of course they get another set of separator pages.

Everything in the job is stock standard stuff. MSGCLASS=A, All SYSOUT=A, nothing held, no OUTPUT statements, no special forms, routing or anything like that.

I've read manuals, played with every parameter that I think relates, but no luck. Does anyone have a working JES2 INI deck that handles this properly that they would be willing to share?

George

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Tom Downie
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Anyone else using Hercules and MVS? A question ... Sept 20, 2013 9:07:26 GMT -5

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Post by Tom Downie on Sept 20, 2013 9:07:26 GMT -5

Hi,
I've recently started using HercPrt to produce printed output and found that the MVS38J33.ini file works with very well. It all prints between one set of START and END separator pages as long as the actual output class is A throughout the job. i.e. MSGCLASS=A, SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*, etc. If the output is held for viewing in a TSO session then when it is released and set to A, it reverts to single datasets and each part will have its own separator pages. I think that this is JES2 doing this.

I am running MVS38j Turnkey system under Hercules 3.07.

I hope this helps.

George
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Anyone else using Hercules and MVS? A question ... Sept 23, 2013 11:22:01 GMT -5

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Post by George on Sept 23, 2013 11:22:01 GMT -5

Tom:

I meant to post this. Robert came up with an answer and it does seem to work. I'm not running 3.8 so this may not even apply to your system.

Here's Robert's note to me.

--> I believe I found the answer. JOBCLASS(*) is defined with a default of OUTDISP(HOLD,HOLD). Even if you change this to OUTDISP(WRITE,WRITE) or
OUTDISP() like I did, simply *changing* it is not enough. In the JES2 Init and Tuning guide, under JOBCLASS OUTDISP, they have this little blurb:

Modification: $T JOBCLASS operator command or cold start

Got the "cold start" part? If you don't cold start it, the HOLD,HOLD status
that JES was started with STAYS there.

As he described, it works fine using the command, but then 'goes away' next JES2 restart. You HAVE to change the JES2 parms and do a COLD start for the change to be permanent.

George