I've never worked with JES3. What does it offer in "disk and tape control" that DFSMS doesn't? Or, are we talking a different kind of control?
> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Skip Robinson > Sent: Friday, January 22, 2016 9:45 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Compile error > > As we saw in the recent thread on converting from JES3 to JES2, JES3 from the > beginning provided function--especially in the area of data device control-- > that was never envisioned for JES2. I think that most of the recent > convergence of function in the two products mostly involves what we think of > as classic 'job control'. And the motivation for much of that convergence is > to > 'elevate' function from JES to the BCP so that code has to be developed only > once. JES3's historic foray into disk and tape control, while useful for shops > that make use of it, has little to do with 'controlling jobs' in the original > sense. > > . > . > . > J.O.Skip Robinson > Southern California Edison Company > Electric Dragon Team Paddler > SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager > 323-715-0595 Mobile > [email protected] > [email protected] > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM- > [email protected]] > > On Behalf Of Staller, Allan > > Sent: Friday, January 22, 2016 09:02 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [Bulk] Re: Compile error > > > > <snip> > > Meanwhile there did emerge a 'JES3', but it was not an evolutionary > > descendant of JES2. Both products have coexisted, albeit uneasily, for > decades. > > We used to imagine a JES5 or JES6 (depending on one's arithmetic > proclivity) > > that would somehow combine the best features of both products, but it's > > almost certainly DOA. .... > > </snip> > > > > Actually this seems to be happening. Witness the recent merging of JES3 > and > > JES2 capabilities. 8 char job classes in JES2, JES2/JES3 using common > SAPI. > > SDSF (formerly JES only) obtaining JES3 capabilities. > > Dependent Job Control language in JES2 (2.2). > > > > And I am sure there are others. It looks like IBM is attempting to create > "THE > > JES" from the capabilities of JES2 and JES3. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
