CICS BAC batch request utility job step

A CICS BAC batch request utility job step requires the following statements in the JCL:

The sample JCL in Figure 9 illustrates a CICS BAC batch request utility job step.

Figure 9. Sample JCL for a CICS BAC batch request utility job step
//CBKBTCH  EXEC PGM=CBKBMAIN
//STEPLIB  DD DISP=SHR,DSN=hlq.SCBKLOAD
//         DD DISP=SHR,DSN=hlq.SDFHEXCI
//CBKPARMS DD DISP=SHR,DSN=hlq.CBKPARMS
//CBKGROUP DD DISP=SHR,DSN=your.cicsgrps.dataset
//SYSABEND DD SYSOUT=*
//*****************************************************************
//* Un-comment the following DD statement if you need to add a     
//* SYSMDUMP DD statement. You might need to modify this statement 
//* to meet your installation's requirements.                      
//*****************************************************************
//*SYSMDUMP DD DISP=(,CATLG),DSN=hlq.sysmdump.dataset,
//*         UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(CYL,(50,25)), 
//*         DCB=(DSORG=PS,RECFM=FBS,LRECL=4160, 
//*         BLKSIZE=24960 
//CBKPRINT  DD SYSOUT=*//CBKIN     DD *
DEFAULT CICS(CICSHUR1),NOTACTIVE(TERMINATE)
SET FILE(FILEA),OPENSTATUS(CLOSED),ENABLESTATUS(DISABLE)
Notes:
  1. Change the characters hlq to the high-level qualifiers for these data sets:
    • SCBKLOAD is the name of the CICS BAC load library
    • SDFHEXCI is the name of the CICS TS EXCI load library
    • CBKPARMS is the name of your CICS BAC parmlib.
  2. Also change hlq.sysmdump.dataset to the name of your own dump data set.
  3. If you put the CBKCFTBL member and the optional CBKBATCH parameter member in the MVS logical parmlib concatenation, authorize the batch request utility to have READ access to all the data sets in the MVS logical parmlib concatenation.
  4. See The CBKPARMS data set for information about defining the CBKPARMS data set.
  5. The CBKGROUP DD statement is optional. See CICS group and alias function for more information.

There is some sample JCL for a batch request utility job step shown in member CBKSAMP1, which you can find in the SCBKSAMP library. You can copy this and modify it for your own use.