Roberto, I have to ask have you looked at what WLM thinks about the job(s)?
As an example, if you are using WLM managed INITs could the job delayed start be because WLM does not think the system can handle the workload. Paul -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Roberto Halais Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2025 9:52 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Job Start Report Salva: Thank you! That certainly helps. I'll look into it. Regards, Roberto On Wed, Aug 27, 2025 at 10:46 AM salva <[email protected]> wrote: > Roberto, the SMF30 record has the following timestamps: > > SMF30TME - Record written to SMF buffer SMF30AST - DEVICE ALLOCATION > START TIME SMF30PPS - PROBLEM PROGRAM START TIME SMF30SIT - INITIATOR > SELECTED SMF30RST - READER RECOGNIZED THE JOB CARD SMF30RET - READER > END > > For a SMF30 Subtype 01 (Job Start) > tme(18:09:41.97) > ast(00:00:00.00) > pps(00:00:00.00) > sit(00:00:00.00) > rst(18:09:40.86) > ret(18:09:41.85) > > For a SMF30 Subtype 04 (Step End) > tme(18:09:43.57) > ast(18:09:41.98) > pps(18:09:42.03) > sit(18:09:41.97) > rst(18:09:40.86) > ret(18:09:41.85) > > For a SMF30 Subtype 05 (Job End) > tme(18:09:43.58) > ast(18:09:41.98) > pps(18:09:42.03) > sit(18:09:41.97) > rst(18:09:40.86) > ret(18:09:41.85) > > Hope this helps. > > El mié, 27 ago 2025 a las 15:26, Roberto Halais (< > [email protected]>) escribió: > > > Listers: > > > > We are trying to find out information on when a job is recognized by > > JES2 to start and when that same job actually starts executing > > (consuming > cpu). > > We have observed some jobs that are starting but will not execute > > immediately and for some reason they will wait some time before > > getting activated. > > Our scheduling people have observed that pattern and has brought it > > to > our > > attention. > > > > Is there some information on SMF 30 (or other means) that can give > > us the start time and the actual executing time of the job? > > > > Any info will be greatly appreciated. > > > > Thank you, > > Roberto > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO > > IBM-MAIN > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Politics: Poli (many) - tics (blood sucking parasites) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
