Best restart step

The scheduler suggests the best restart step in the job, depending on how the job ended in the previous run. Determining the best restart step summarizes how the scheduler selects the best restart step.
Table 1. Determining the best restart step
How the Job Ended Best Restart Step
The job terminated in error with an abend or JCL error for non-syntactical reasons. Last restartable step
There was a sequence of consecutive, flushed steps. Last restartable step
The last run was a stand-alone cleanup action performed according to the IMMEDLOGIC(FIRSTSTEP) parameter. First restartable step
All other situations. First restartable step