iSeries job names

iSeries job names follow a specific naming convention.

The job name consists of three parts:

• The simple job name

• The user ID

• The job number (ascending order)

The server jobs follow several conventions:

• Job name

  • For nonprestarted jobs, the server job name is the name of the server program.

  • Prestarted jobs use the name that is defined in the prestart job entry.

  • Jobs that are started by the servers use the job description name or a given name if they are batch jobs (the file server does this).

• The user ID

  • Is always QUSER, regardless of whether prestart jobs are used.

  • The job log shows which users have used the job.

• Work management creates the job number.

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