1) Is CLASS used for assigning Priority (as we say a job having class '6&#

1) Is CLASS used for assigning Priority (as we say a job
having class '6' will run before the job having class '5'?
then what is the difference between CLASS and PRTY ?
2) In a same JCL, 2 JOB statements with different Classes
and NO PRTY are submitted ? which will run first ? & with
different classes and different PRTY also, which will run
first now ?

Question Posted / dedicated

3 Answers
15540 Views
IBM, I also Faced
E-Mail Answers

Answers were Sorted based on User's Feedback

1) Is CLASS used for assigning Priority (as we say a job having class '6' will run before..

Answer / archana

Class is used by the initiators to pick a job from the
input queue. If there are 2 jobs with the same Class in the
input queue, then the initiator will execute the jobs based
on the priority.

Is This Answer Correct ?

16 Yes

0 No

1) Is CLASS used for assigning Priority (as we say a job having class '6' will run before..

Answer / prachi.

1)If there are two jobs with the same class, PRTY will
decide which job has to execute first.Job with the highest
priority will be executed first than the job with lowest
priority
2)If in the same JCL two jobs with No PRTY submitted in
that case..execution of the job depends on class
parameter...that is class will decide the priority
3)we will not be using the PRTY parameter if the class is
different..The use of PRTY is only when the jobs has same
job class..

Is This Answer Correct ?

5 Yes

0 No

1) Is CLASS used for assigning Priority (as we say a job having class '6' will run before..

Answer / saisankar

if there are 2 jobs with the same class then it will check
for 'prty ' parameter.based on the prty it will submits.

if we are not coded any 'prty' paramater then which job
goes first time that will be executed.

for better understanding

class = a (2min) ,b (3min) , c (4min)

to separate the jobs based on the cpu time
consumed.installation dependent.

for other info : saisankar85@gmail.com

Is This Answer Correct ?

1 Yes

0 No

Post New Answer