Lizette Koehler wrote: >I have not setup an offloader in a few decades. I am not sure if I can do >what I want >I know how to setup the Offloader, the OFFx.Sx and dataset name/retention/unit
Good. Your'e in the same boat like me. I was at one stage responsible for JES2 Offloader until we got output manager software package. >I have a JES2 Output queue, call it OUTPUT CLASS A, where I need to offload >some but not all of the output >I would like to offload all work from Jan 2018 in output class A and nothing >else. >These have various jes2 jobnums, writer names, owner names, etc. So there is >no criteria that would be very specific to what I want. >What I would like to do is offload the OUTPUT CLASS A output by jobname mask >AND create-date CRDATE CRDATE? I have also encountered that problem in the ancient times... Ok. This is what I did in those glorious times: I discovered that HOLD is a nice way to separate the output to be selected. Use SDSF to select your jobs, output etc. using Filter, Owner, Prefix, Destination, etc. Now, you go to the Output screen, then your sort the column CrDate. Place all the jobs NOT suitable for your Offload in HOLD. Now setup your Offloader to accept all output with HOLD=NO using these example commands: (Careful - I have NOT tested this specific example, this sample below came from my ancient notes how to use Offloaders) Sample command: $T OFF(n).JT,WS=(CLASS,HOLD),CLASS=A,HOLD=NO >I have been reading the manuals, but I am not finding much on the crdate I >would like to use. I have also looked up in IBM KnowLedge Centre, but also did not see CrDate there in the $T OFF pages unless I missed that. So I have thinked about using and separating the selections using the HOLD. HOLD=YES before your date and HOLD=NO after your date. Perhaps you can setup your SDSF in batch to do your selection, sort by Crdate and placing the HOLD where needed. Good luck! Offloader is a difficult subject to master. But once you got it, then you wonder why you're struggling... ;-) Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
