Status description and mapping for z/OS jobs
There are the following types of status for z/OS jobs:
- z/OS job status
- A subset of internal statuses common for both HCL Workload Automation distributed and z/OS environments.
- z/OS job internal status
- The job status registered on the HCL Workload Automation controller. The internal status uniquely identifies the status of a z/OS job.
z/OS job status
Table 1 shows
the z/OS job statuses that are displayed by the Dynamic Workload Console.
| This job status ... | Means that ... |
|---|---|
| Waiting | The job is waiting for its dependencies to be resolved. |
| Ready | The dependencies of the job have been resolved and the job is ready to run. |
| Running | The job is running. |
| Successful | The job completed successfully. |
| Error | The job has stopped running with an error. |
| Canceled | The job was canceled. |
| Held | The job was put in hold. |
| Undefined | The job status is currently being checked. |
| Suppressed by Condition | The job is suppressed because the condition dependencies associated to its predecessors are false. |
z/OS job internal status
Table 2 shows
the z/OS job internal statuses that are displayed by the Dynamic Workload Console and how they map to the
status displayed on the HCL Workload Automation for
z/OS controller.
| This job internal status ... | Means that ... | Maps to ... |
|---|---|---|
| Arriving | The job is ready for processing; no predecessors were defined. | A |
| Complete | The job has completed | C |
| Deleted | The job has been deleted from the plan | D |
| Error | The job has ended-in-error. | E |
| Interrupted | The job is interrupted. | I |
| Ready | The job is ready for processing; all predecessors are complete. | R |
| Started | The job has started | S |
| Undefined | The job status is being evaluated. | U |
| Waiting | The job is waiting for a predecessor to complete. | W |
| Ready - non-reporting workstation | Ready - At least one predecessor is defined on a nonreporting workstation; all predecessors are complete. | * |
| Suppressed by Condition | The condition dependencies associated to its predecessors are not satisfied. | X |
z/OS job status mapping
Table 3 describes
how a z/OS job status is mapped to the corresponding job internal
status.
| This job status ... | Maps to this job internal status |
|---|---|
| Waiting | W |
| Ready | A, R, * |
| Running | S |
| Successful | C |
| Error | E |
| Canceled | I, D |
| Held | A,R,* manually held |
| Undefined | U |
| Suppressed by Condition | X |