Auto-Restart Option

Allows the z/OS job to be resubmitted with controlled step selection. This option is processed when/if a task transitions to a failed state. It works in conjunction with the Maximum Retries, Retry Interval, and Retry Indefinitely options.
 

Options:

• None
  No job steps will be automatically selected for restart.
• Restart From First Job Step
  All restartable job steps will be selected for restart.
• Restart From Failed Job Step
  All restartable job steps from the failed step to the last job step will be selected for restart.
• Use Restart Criteria
  The entries in the Restart Criteria tab will be evaluated. If a Restart Criteria entry matches the failure scenario, the step selection will be based on the option specified in the matching Restart Criteria entry (see Creating Restart Criteria).

If you select an option other that None for a task that ends in a failed state, audit records will be generated to record the step selection that took place for the restart. The audit records include all restart options, criteria matching, and directives that were used to select the set of job steps to be re-run. z/OS auto-restart audit records show up as audit type z/OS Auto-Restart from source Task Instance.