I'm sure we can do that. I still think that IBM should fix it themselves.

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------- Original Message -------
On Wednesday, May 10th, 2023 at 7:45 PM, Steve Horein <steve.hor...@gmail.com> 
wrote:


> Perhaps delay path related SUBMITLIBs by having automation issue $ADD
> SUBMITLIB commands once OMVS is up:
> https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.4.0?topic=section-add-submitlibxxxxxxxxx-add-new-concatenation-submit
> 
> 
> That should be pretty straightforward with whatever (message) automation
> package you may have.
> 
> On Wed, May 10, 2023 at 7:40 AM Mark Jacobs <
> 00000224d287a4b1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote:
> 
> > I added that to the top of COMMNDxx. JES2 is also started there. In our
> > sandbox it didn't work. I'd need to get the automation team to get involved
> > to have it trap the OMVS is active message then start JES2. Unless some
> > other engineering teams express an interest in SUBMITLIBs in a file system
> > I'm not going to do anything else at this point.
> > 
> > I'm still going to pursue the case with IBM though.
> > 
> > Mark Jacobs
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> > ------- Original Message -------
> > On Wednesday, May 10th, 2023 at 8:14 AM, Allan Staller <
> > 00000387911dea17-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote:
> > 
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> > > Issue the command in COMMNDxx or your System Automation product.
> > > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU On Behalf
> > > Of Mark Jacobs
> > > 
> > > Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2023 7:12 AM
> > > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> > > Subject: Re: JES2 Submitlib Bootstrap problem
> > > 
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> > > How do you start OMVS SUB=MSTR? I'm not seeing any start command in
> > > parmlib.
> > > 
> > > Mark Jacobs
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> > > ------- Original Message -------
> > > On Wednesday, May 10th, 2023 at 7:58 AM, Allan Staller
> > > 00000387911dea17-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu wrote:
> > > 
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> > > > OMVS can be started as SUB=MSTR or as a JES task. Che choice is up to
> > > > the installation.
> > > > Ditto for ZFS.
> > > > 
> > > > What is really being implied is that if JES2 needs OMVS services, it
> > > > should not provide those services until OMVS has initialized,
> > > > 
> > > > Many other tasks do this (e.g. TSO).
> > > > 
> > > > My USD $0.02
> > > > 
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU On Behalf
> > > > Of Pommier, Rex
> > > > 
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, May 9, 2023 11:21 AM
> > > > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> > > > Subject: Re: JES2 Submitlib Bootstrap problem
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> > > > I see a problem with this scenario. It appears to me that there is a
> > > > call (not necessarily by Shmuel) to potentially have JES2 wait for OMVS 
> > > > to
> > > > be up before it does its startup (or at least completes the startup). 
> > > > Due
> > > > to a self-inflicted screw-up on one of our LPARs, OMVS decided it had 
> > > > to do
> > > > a filesystem check on every filesystem on the system. This took a good 
> > > > half
> > > > hour where it simply appeared our LPAR was hung. JES2 had come up and I 
> > > > was
> > > > able to start a few address spaces that are dependent on JES so I could
> > > > figure out what was going on. Had JES been waiting for OMVS we would 
> > > > have
> > > > been completely in the dark on this issue.
> > > > 
> > > > I could see there being communication between JES and OMVS so that
> > > > when OMVS gets initialized it signals JES to redrive any failed zFS
> > > > allocations, but don't force JES to wait until zFS is available.
> > > > 
> > > > My $.02.
> > > > 
> > > > Rex
> > > > 
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU On Behalf
> > > > Of Seymour J Metz
> > > > 
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, May 9, 2023 10:10 AM
> > > > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> > > > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: JES2 Submitlib Bootstrap problem
> > > > 
> > > > Yes, IBM absolutely should take startup sequence into account and
> > > > should provide mechanisms to ensure that things occur in the proper 
> > > > order.
> > > > This goes beyond OMVS.
> > > > 
> > > > --
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> > > > ________________________________________
> > > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on
> > > > behalf of Paul Gilmartin
> > > > [0000042bfe9c879d-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu]
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, May 9, 2023 11:01 AM
> > > > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> > > > Subject: Re: JES2 Submitlib Bootstrap problem
> > > > 
> > > > On Tue, 9 May 2023 12:18:11 +0000, Mark Jacobs wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > I defined several submitlibs in my JES2PARM to use directories in a
> > > > > ZFS filesystem. When I hotstart JES2, JES2 can find everything and is
> > > > > happy. During IPL/JES2 startup it's not. It doesn't seem like OMVS is
> > > > > initialized yet and so the file systems aren't accessible for JES2 to
> > > > > resolve. I haven't fully analyzed the system log to confirm it yet, 
> > > > > but it
> > > > > seems like a reasonable assumption. Has anyone else run into this?
> > > > 
> > > > WAD? z/OS UNIX appears to be a second-class citizen in that operations
> > > > that require UNIX facilities are allowed to begin before UNIX is 
> > > > available,
> > > > then simply fail.
> > > > 
> > > > Should design give more attention to the order of startup operations?
> > > > 
> > > > Should there be an implied WAIT (not explicit) for any operation which
> > > > requires UNIX? Would that be likely to result in a deadlock?
> > > > 
> > > > --
> > > > gil
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