You can submit DFSMShsm commands for processing in batch mode by using JCL. Because you are processing in batch mode, DFSMShsm cannot issue a message to your terminal but notes any exception in its log.

If you are logged onto TSO when you submit a batch job, ALL ERROR messages are sent to your terminal. If you are not logged onto TSO, the DFSMShsm messages are lost.

If RACF® is installed and you are processing RACF-protected data sets, you must supply the USER= and PASSWORD= parameters on the job statement.