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• Creating the control blocks needed for the agent to track the job to completion.
• On rerun, comparing the current JCL to the previous runs’ JCL.
• Deleting qualifying datasets created by the job with DISP=NEW
• Performing any GDG dataset adjustments required.
• Performing step selection.
• Printing reports.

Stand-

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Alone Capabilities and

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Limitations

UAGRERUN can also be run stand-alone. In that case, it provides similar functionality without any involvement of UAG for z/OS or the Universal Controller.

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If a serious error occurs that might compromise the execution of the job, UAGRERUN will issue a message describing the error and issue a U4095 ABEND.

Running UAGRERUN

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Stand-

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Alone

In order to run UAGRERUN in stand-alone mode, the Job step below should be added as the first step in the job.

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NOUAG,

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Explanation of JCL statements:

STEP00 – This line executes program UAGRERUN and indicates the parameters can be found in the dataset defined by DDNAME SYSIN.

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NOUAG – This parameter is required to run UAGRERUN in stand-alone mode.

UAGRERUN

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Parameter Descriptions

This section describes the parameters used when running UAGRERUN stand-alone.

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NOSKIP will cause a step to be executed, even if it has been previously excluded from execution using START/END or SKIP.

Notes on START, END, SKIP and NOSKIP:

These parameters can be combined to select the job steps to execute. Initially, all steps will be selected for execution. If either START or END is specified, they will be applied first. Then, SKIP and NOSKIP will be applied in the order they are specified. On rerun, any step selections from the prior run will be remembered and honored, unless overridden.

Examples:

Execute UAGRERUN in stand-alone mode. Run all steps and delete any datasets before execution.

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