Starting HCL Workload Automation for Z with an empty checkpoint data set

About this task

The checkpoint data set is empty the first time HCL Workload Automation for Z is started. It is also empty if it has been deleted and reallocated for some reason, such as if it was damaged.

When HCL Workload Automation for Z is started for the first time, the following occurs:
  1. The checkpoint data set is formatted and initial values written to it.
  2. When JTOPTS CURRPLAN(CURRENT) is specified, HCL Workload Automation for Z will issue message

       EQQN026W A NEW CURRENT PLAN (NCP) HAS BEEN REJECTED

    and stop processing.
  3. When JTOPTS CURRPLAN(NEW) is specified, HCL Workload Automation for Z carries out recovery processing using the new current plan (EQQNCPDS and EQQNCXDS) as described in Current-plan recovery processing.

    If the new current plan is empty, recovery processing ends, HCL Workload Automation for Z becomes active without a current plan, and job tracking is not started.

  4. If recovery processing with the new current plan is successful, HCL Workload Automation for Z starts normal processing.
If you start HCL Workload Automation for Z after having deleted and reallocated the checkpoint data set, and you specified JTOPTS CURRPLAN(NEW), the following occurs:
  1. HCL Workload Automation for Z carries out recovery processing with the new current plan, as described in Current-plan recovery processing.
  2. HCL Workload Automation for Z normal processing starts.
Note: When current plan recovery processing is performed after HCL Workload Automation for Z is started with an empty checkpoint data set, HCL Workload Automation for Z uses the primary data sets EQQJT01, EQQDL01, and EQQJS1DS as the active data sets. If a primary data set was not the active data set at the last shut down, copy the data from the previously active data set to the primary data set. Or events since the last current plan backup will not be applied. You can check which data sets were active by reviewing the message log or by looking for the data sets with the latest time stamp.