II10169: JES2 SPOOL OFFLOAD FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS

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• Question:
  I offloaded output from System A to System B. When I view
  the reloaded output ON System B the output is not displayed.
  .
  Answer:
  The spool offload facility is considered an NJE transmission
  and therefore uses the system node name to identify where to
  route the output. If the node name of System A is
  different then the
  node name of System B then the output that was reloaded to
  System B will be moved to the "output queue" and not the local
  queue.
  A   $L Jxxxx,all        display can be used
  to verify the node name of the reloaded output.
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  Question: I offloaded output successfully the first time but
  when I attempted the same offload again no output was offloaded.
  .
  Answer: If you have offloaded output or jobs using OFFn.JT or
  OFFn.ST these jobs will be marked as already offloaded on the
  specified device (OFFn.JT or OFFn.ST). To offload these jobs
  again with the same offload device the offload status must be
  reset for those jobs using $Tjob,OFFS=(-n) or use a different
  offloader that has not been used yet to offload the specific
  job(s).
  See JES2 Commands Manual '$T job'.
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  Question:When I did a spool offload operation
  not all of my output was offloaded.
  .
  Answer:Output will not be offloaded that is in operator
  hold status.    A    $L Jxxxx,all
  can be used to display the hold status. To release these holds
  issue the following:
     $TOJxxxx,all,rel=all
  In earlier JES2 XA releases issue the following:
     $TOJxxxx,all,S=Y
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  Question:I offloaded jobs successfully but
  I could not reload the same jobs.
  .
  Answer:JES2 will always call the Security interface for
  each job as it enters the system from any source.
  The System doing the reload must have have the offloading
  System defined as a -- Trusted node --  even if the offloading
  system was the same system doing the reload.
  The security product must recognize the node used to offload
  as a -- Trusted Node -- . Ref info APAR    II05867
  or chapter 12 of the RACF Security Administrator Guide
  for more information.
  NOTE: A Default userid of ???????? is assigned if
  no userid is defined.
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  Question:I Offloaded Sysout from a Newer Version of JES2
  and when I Reloaded the output to
  an older version of JES2 the system output was purged.
  .
  Answer: You need to install APAR -- OW00284 --
  on your older version of JES2.
  A new JES2 section was added to the spool offload header.
  Without the fix on, the receiver would not recognize this
  section type so output will be deleted.
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  Question:I Offloaded Sysout from an early release of JES2
  (pre ESA4) and I can not reload the sysout
  to my new JES2 System.
  .
  Answer:In Pre R4xx JES2 Releases, the default for work
  selection (WS) never included the output disposition.
  The new default is   WS=(Q,OUTD/)      To reload Sysout
  that was offloaded on an older JES2 release
  you must eliminate the OUTD on the work selection.
  Issue the following: $TOFF1.SR,ws=(-OUTD/)
    you may also want to drop the 'Q' to do this ...
  Issue the following: $TOFF1.SR,ws=(-Q/)
  After these commands issue a display       $D OFF1.SR
  will show ws=(/)      (select all)
  This work selection will allow all output to be
  received (reloaded).
  

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