Peter, I concur with the other posters' advice to get/use a proper job scheduler.
However, if for some strange reason you don't have a scheduler and cannot get one, then simply upgrade to z/OS 2.3. z/OS 2.3 introduced a new JES2 feature to send an e-mail upon job completion. It's possible to use that feature to send an e-mail only when a job abends, for example. See here for some advice on how to use this new feature: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/43ea8e78-acbe-49f5-9290-379e4f4569cb/entry/Implementation_of_the_JES2_EMAIL_function_in_z_OS_2_3 I'm not entirely sure what diagnostic steps you'd like in these e-mails. Ideally you'd (re)configure your system to avoid abends as such -- and to automate responses to errors -- insofar as possible. (See above re: schedulers.) But as a basic feature, it's a start, and you can build on it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy Sipples IT Architect Executive, Industry Solutions, IBM Z & LinuxONE, Multi-Geography E-Mail: sipp...@sg.ibm.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
