The subsystem is controlled by a supervisory virtual machine which dispatches and monitors other virtual machines in which the batch jobs are processed. The batch job must issue the necessary commands to gain access to any other disks which are required for execution. The batch job is an EXEC procedure which may include REXX statements. This is the easiest way for the novice user to run batch jobs. Alternatively, you can issue individual subcommands directly from the CMS environment.
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Submits a job to a batch virtual machine. These must be overridden by the above options if you need higher limits. Cancels a job any time before it completes. Name jobna-ethe name of the job to be removed. Gets detailed status information for a job.