They were wrong. The change was " In z2 Mode, JES2 allows you to define up to 999,999 job numbers (expanding the limit from 65534)."
Doug On Thu, 29 Mar 2012 11:12:40 -0500, Mark Zelden <[email protected]> wrote: >To add: Someone (whom I highly respect) contacted me off-list and said this >came in with z2 mode (z/OS 1.2). What am I missing?? > >> > >On Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:31:32 -0500, Mark Zelden <[email protected]> wrote: > >>Okay, I guess I'm being dense today and without looking thought that this >>was a change to z/OS 1.13 that I missed. But even looking at a z/OS 1.13 >>manual the JOBDEF range states 1-999999. I looked at the summary >>of changes for 1.13 and didn't see it mentioned and I also looked at >>the 1.12 changes (which I missed working with so far) and don't >>see it there either. >> >>So when did a 7 digit range come in and how many years have you >>been running with it? >> >>Regards, >> >>Mark >>On Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:41:48 +0200, Vernooij, CP - SPLXM >><[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>We implemented this years ago, and so did many others, so I would be >>>surprised if an issue like this will pop up only now. >>> >>>Kees. >>> >>> >>>"Mark Zelden" <[email protected]> wrote in message >>>news:<[email protected]>... >>>> On Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:28:10 -0500, Dave Barry <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> >We recently changed JES2 on a development z/OS LPAR to use >>>seven-digit instead of five-digit job numbers. A coworker pointed out >>>to me what appeared to be an increase in initiator input queue time on >>>the LPAR after the change. My suspicion is that the increase was >>>coincidental, but I have no way of conducting a true benchmark. >>>> > >>>> >Has anybody on the list noticed such an effect after converting to >>>seven-digit job numbers? >>>> > >>>> >Thanks in advance for your comments. >>>> > >>>> >>>> Nope, but it wouldn't shock me if it was related. You are treading >>>new territory >>>> here and new function like this may work in the lab but issues like >>>this can crop >>>> up in the real world. >>>> >>>> I would open a PMR with IBM JES2 support and see what advise they have >>>> for you. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Mark ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
