What is RESTART? How is it invoked?
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Answer / guest
RESTART is a JOB statement keyword. It is used to restart
the job at a specified step rather than at the beginning.
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Answer / devang
The restart parameter is usually referred as RD(restart
definition) in JCL.
I can be coded on any job steps with conditions like
RD=RNC(restart with no check point)
RD=R(restart)
RD=NC (no checkpoint)etc
Stratigically placing of RD parameters is a task which
requires extensive analysis of the JCL flow.
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Answer / vimal raj
you can restart your job from a particular step that u may
need. instead of running ur whole job. like uncommenting out
the step in the job card statement.
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Answer / satyasivaji
Yes RESTART is the JOB parameter,if incase due to any of
the reason your job is abended,and if you want that job to
be execute and not from the beging,that is where it is gets
abeded from that step onwards,there your using RESTART
parameter.
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Answer / psreddy
RESTART parameter is used in job card to restart the job
from particular step IF THERE IS NO DEPENDENCIES.
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Answer / brian
Also if you are restarting from a particular step that
executes a module that processes a high volume of data you
will have to work out key values for picking up where you
left off say for sequential files. It gets even more
complicated with relational datbase processing like DB2 and
COMMIT points.
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Answer / suresh
we have 10 steps in job in that i want to excute first
step2 in this case we can use restart parameter
restart=stapename,this will start from step2 insted step1.
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Answer / prince. k.
restart is to begin a job from the normal posion of the job
for exaple there was a proble durig my job time and i need
to restart again so that the job will be normal
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