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Control M is a software solutionwhich allows enterprise users toschedule and control complex job

batches.

Automated Production Control andScheduling System, Manages and

automates the setup, scheduling andexecution of jobs in the data center.


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It performs virtually all the jobhandling tasks of computeroperators.

It provides an interface that enablesthe user to intervene in the processof production management.

It provides continual data and statusinformation regarding job processing.


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After entering the authorized User Idand Password you will be seeing thepanel according to the project / clientcustomization.

We need to enter the Mnemonics andenter the respective production ortest system to which we need to

work on with the User Id andpassword.


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Job Scheduling Definition (Option 2)

This option will take you to aschedule interface. The user canmanipulate a lot of datasets that

contains joblibs and tables and addan application to the activeenvironment


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Active Environment Display (Option3)

This option will display you theactive environment. There you willsee the active applications on thesystem, the ones that needs

confirmation, waiting schedule,abendedetc.


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Log (Option 5)This is the Control-m log. It will show

you all the actions taken on the activeenvironment.

Control-M Filter:

When you get in the Control-m ActiveEnvironment you just type S to open the

Show Screen Filter.


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You are free to choose what youwant to see on the Control-Minterface only marking the options

with Y for Yes and N for No.


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Most Common Options are:Wait Schedule

It will show the jobs waiting for

schedule.Ended OK

It will show the jobs that ran fine.

Wait ConfirmationIt will show the jobs waiting to be

confirmed on the system.


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Not OK

It will show the jobs that abended.

Or

you can just put the job name on the fieldMember to directly find it.

NOTE: Youre free to use * to findapplications that begin with the sameletters or numbers.

Eg . NARA* MAIN*


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Customize the Control M Screen:


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First of all you need to select withYes or No all the status you want tosee or No below on the filter.

After that you just need to input aname for you custom filter on thefield Filter on the left and select Y

to save or N to disregard thechanges youve made on the filter


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Names name of the job

Owner Job owner

O date

the order date of the job orthe date the job abended

So all the time that the job abend

ops put job on hold and thenescalate.

Status Whether completed or not.


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Force Ok:Sometimes the programmer runs

the application from his side and theapplication on our side can be justforced ok.

Put O on the left blank field in frontof the job name.

Press enter and you will receive aconfirmation box. Put Y to proceedor N to abort like this:


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The With Post-Processing field willalways be N.

This option will freed all theresources requested by the job as ifit finished like a normal Ended OK


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Simple Job Restart:


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When they ask you to do a simplerestart, a restart from the beginningor a restart from the top:

you need to put R in front of the jobname on the blank field on its leftside as the picture above is showing.


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Simple Job Restart:


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Restart from the beginning or a restartfrom the top.

Need to put R in front of the jobname on the blank field on its left sideas the picture above.


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You will be asked for a confirmationbefore the job starts running againfrom the top.

On the field Please Confirm youneed to put Y to proceed or N toabort the restart.

For a Simple Restart you dont needto change anything on this optionsbox.


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The field With restart is for Step

Restarts so leave it with N if youwant just a simple restart.

After you confirm this action the jobwill start again automatically.


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Restart from a step:

You just need to follow the samefirst step for the Simple Job Restart:

First put R in front of the

job on the blank field on the left.

Now you will see the below screen:


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On the field With restart put ? toopen the following dialog box:


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The abended step will be on highlightso is very easy to identify it. Now you

just need to input F and the job will

be ready for the restart.

You will get back to the confirmationscreen.


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Hold and Release:To put a job on hold status just put

H in front of the job name.


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To release (or free) a held job youneed to put F on the blank field onthe left side of the job and press enter.


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Sometimes you will see jobs with thestatus Wait confirmation.

This jobs need to be confirmed to bepart of the schedule. So they needan approval from his owner orresponsible support to be part of the

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To confirm a job you need to put Cin front of the job name.


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You will receive the confirmationdialog box like above to proceed withyour request.

Conditions:


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The screen above is the ZOOMscreen. You can display it putting a

Z in front of the job name.

On this screen you can remove someconditions the job has to run liketime dependencies and resources.


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NOTE: Ops are able to remove IN-CONDITIONS (per request) DO NOTREMOVE OUT CONDITIONS


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Why?

This command is used only onjobs onWait Schedule status. It canbe used for the following:


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For Example:


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The second figure shows that the jobPUIWDJ87 is waiting for thecompletion of PUIWDJ82 to run.

This dependence could be deletedwith a D in front of the resourcename (PUIWDJ82 job)


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JCL:

You can access the JCL of all thejobs running on Control-m justputting a J in front of the job

name as you can see below:


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We are not supposed to delete ormodify the JCL.

LOG:

The option 5 on the Control-mmenu is an easy way to investigatemost of the actions taken on theactive environment.


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Example:

- Job submitted by user xxxxxx

- Job submitted from library xxxxxx - Job forced ok by user xxxxxx

The screen shot is as follows:


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How to Demand a Job:To demand a job on Control-m

you need to go to the Job Schedule

Definition (Option 2) on the menuscreen.


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You will need the correct library andthe correct table to find the job youwants to add to active environment.

Above were using the PPG libraryand the CCSS table to add aSCRATCH UPDATE.


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You will find a lot of jobs inside atable. Find the one you need todemand and input F in front

of the job name.

You will be forcing the job into thesystem. You will receive aconfirmation dialog box like thepicture above.


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NET:

This is a very useful tool to check theentire tree of a job. You can check all the

dependencies of an application. To this command work properly first you

need to change your filter to show

everything but LATE ONLY jobs. So thatway you can have a detailed tree of theapplication.


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To use NET put N in front of the jobname.

After that type REFRESH on the

command line to get the reportsfrom Control-m like the picturesbelow:


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Detailed Job Tree:


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Thank You

by

Rajasekar

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