Information Systems:Releasing QBATCH when the BRMS backup does not complete

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When the backup runs successfully, BRMS issues a command to start the system back up. Part of this routine releases the QBATCH job queue, which is where 90% of the system's batch jobs are run. When the backup does not run successfully i.e. the batch restricted state timer trips, the system will interrupt BRMS and start itself up to prevent a hung system due to a long backup. One consequence of this is that QBATCH does not get released.

To fix:

  • Sign on to a green-screen session
  • WRKJOBQ QBA*. This shows you all the job queues matching that wildcard search.
  • Verify that the status for QBATCH is *HLD and that there are jobs waiting to be run.
  • Issue a 6 - Release beside QBATCH.
  • F5 to refresh, the number of jobs should begin to decrease.