Verifying scheduler startup

If the MFA Server holder has successfully started it will also have started your scheduler. You can now verify that the scheduler has started correctly.

In addition to the regular JESx DD statements and SYSTSPRT/ZCOTSPRT, the job log of a running scheduler address space should contain the following DD names:

DD Name Function
MAINTASK (LE) Messages from MAINTASK.
LISTENER (LE) Listener for client requests.
CMDTASK (LE) Messages from CMDTASK; contains command output.
SRVTASK (LE) Messages from SRVTASK.
MSGTASK (LE) Task to queue messages to a USS message queue.
T000000x, x=1..NUMTCB (LE) Messages from T000000x, the worker tasks.
MAILBOX If email notification is configured.

A number of messages reference these DD statements as "LE message files".

A scheduler address space has started successfully when the hardcopy log shows:

+TAU0067I  zServer startup completed for TAURISPF  for JESx and ASID nnnn

To verify that the scheduler is responding to work requests you can customize and submit the verification job hlq.ZSERVER.JCL(IVPVERI):

//TAURHLQ  SET TAURHLQ=hlq.ZSERVER                                      
//JOBLIB   DD DISP=SHR,DSN=&TAURHLQ..LOADLIB                           
//*-----------------------------------------------------------------*  
//*- Install Verification Job                                      -*  
//*-                                                               -*  
//*- Valid Selects                                                 -*  
//*- ===========================================================   -*  
//*- 1                    EXEC REXX IVPREXXE  (echo rexx)          -*  
//*-----------------------------------------------------------------*  
//TAURIVP  EXEC PGM=TAURIVP                                            
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*                                                 
//SYSUDUMP DD SYSOUT=*                                                 
//SYSOUT   DD SYSOUT=*                                                 
//SYSIN    DD *                                                        
IVP_SELECT = 1                                                         
IVP_Server = 'nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn'                                          
IVP_Port   = 1200; 
IVP_COMPAT = 2        
IVP_IPNAME = 'TCPIP'  
;                     
/*                                                                    
You need to do the following to customize hlq.ZSERVER.JCL(IVPVERI):
  • Add a valid job card.
  • Specify the data set prefix defined (TAURHLQ).
  • Specify the correct IP address of the host system (IVP_Server).
  • Specify the port the scheduler address space is listening on (IVP_Port).
  • Specify the name of the IP stack used (IVP_IPNAME).

The IVPVERI output should look like this:

IVP0002I Selection code for IVP was :   1                           
         EXEC IVPREXXI (echo REXX)                                  
IVP0003I call to zServer ended with  RC :       0                   
=================================================================== 
Answer from zServer is       203 Bytes long.                        
=================================================================== 
00000000   000000CB 4CD4E2C7 40C6C1C3 C9C47E7F   *    <MSG FACID="* 
00000010   D3C9C37F 40D4E2C7 D5D67E7F F0F0F1F0   *LIC" MSGNO="0010* 
00000020   7F40E2C5 E5C5D9C9 E3E87E7F C57F6E40   *" SEVERITY="E"> * 
00000030   F0F97AF4 F87AF3F7 4BF0F8F9 40D38983   *09:48:37.089 Lic* 
00000040   85958385 40A58996 9381A389 96957A40   *ence violation: * 
00000050   E38889A2 40A28599 A5859940 83819540   *This server can * 
00000060   969593A8 40828540 A4A28584 40A38899   *only be used thr* 
00000070   96A48788 40819540 E3C1E4D9 E4E24083   *ough a licenced * 
00000080   93898595 A34B4040 40404040 40404040   *client.         * 
00000090   40404040 40404040 40404040 40404040   *                * 
000000A0   40404040 40404040 40404040 40404040   *                * 
000000B0   40404040 40404040 40404040 40404040   *                * 
000000C0   40404040 404C61D4 E2C76E00 00000000   *     </MSG>     *

If you receive a return code of 49 in message IVP0003I, check if numbering was inadvertently turned on in the member from which this job was submitted. If it was, turn off numbering.