An FDDRL job describes the processing parameters for each save entity. FDDRL jobs are defined from an FDDRL request. One FDDRL job is created per disk and DISK-SET.
FDDRL jobs are also created by the //CREATE-JOBS statement. The created jobs are output to SYSOUT or SYSLST in the “REQUESTED FDDRL JOBS” table (see chapter "Output of the FDDRL jobs").
The //START-JOBS statement enters the FDDRL requests in the request file with the ACCEPTED status. It then starts the FDDRL jobs, setting the status of the requests to STARTED.
Displaying the job status
If the FDDRL jobs are executed under subtasks, the status of the own jobs can be displayed under the main task. The STATUS-OUTPUT-PERIOD parameter can be used to define an output interval for this purpose.
The FDDRL statement //SHOW-FDDRL-STATUS enables foreign FDDRL jobs (in the same system) to be displayed. In comparison to //SHOW-REQUESTS, the current processing progress of each FDDRL job at disk level can also be displayed here.
This also allows the system administration to monitor FDDRL jobs which were started in batch mode or by other FDDRL users.
//SHOW-FDDRL-STATUS only displays requests which are running. Completed requests are displayed using the //SHOW-REQUESTS statement.