JR43437: BEHAVIOR OF DSJOB CHANGED BETWEEN DATASTAGE 7.5.3 AND INFORMATION SERVER 8.5 REQUEST ORIGINAL BEHAVIOR BE RESTORED.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Behavior of dsjob -wait or -jobstatus has changed between
  DataStage 7.5.3 and Information Server 8.5.  If the Inactivity
  timeout is reached while the job is still running, dsjob now
  returns to the script or UNIX prompt immediately instead of when
  the job finishes.  This is at least partially related to the
  performance change introduced with APAR JR32406 where these
  options now only use one dscd/dsapi_slave pair.
  
  Request original behavior where dsjob returns to the script or
  Unix prompt when the job finishes.
  

Local fix

• There are two options.  The first is to set an Inactivity
  timeout to a value greater than the longest job run.  The second
  option is remove the -wait or -jobstatus, and loop on dsjob
  -jobinfo instead.
  

Problem summary

• Request to get original behavior where dsjob -wait returns to
  the script or UNIX prompt when the job finishes (not when the
  Inactivity timeout is reached).
  

Problem conclusion

• Set the environment variable, DSE_SLAVE_CLOSE_SOCKET_ON_EXEC, to
  1 in $DSHOME/dsenv.
  

Temporary fix

• Set Inactivity timeout to a value greater than longest running
  job.
  

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  INFO SRVR PLATF

• Fixed component ID

  5724Q3612

Applicable component levels

• R850 PSY

     UP

• R870 PSY

     UP