What is Automatic Restart ?

EXEC PGM = PROG1,
RD = R

(Is it the Restart of a JOBSTEP or Restarting the execution
of the program?)
Do we Restart it or it automatically Restarts executing
again and again ? Then when it will finish executing ?
or After Abending, when we submit it again, then it is
Restarted from the Last successful Checkpoint ?
If some JOBSTEP is abending, what is the benifit to Restart
it, WILL IT NOT ABEND AGAIN if you don't change the LOGIC ?



What is Automatic Restart ? EXEC PGM = PROG1, RD = R (Is it the Re..

Answer / shreya

THE ABOVE ONE FOR ONLY THAT SPECIFIC JOBSTEP..& NOT FOR THE
WHOLE JOB

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