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Can anyone help me out with following piece of jcl,

//DFHDUMP EXEC PGM=IEFBR14
//DFHDMPA DD DSN=ZCON000.CICS660.DFHDMPA,
// DISP=(,CATLG,DELETE),
// BLKSIZE=4096,RECFM=F,LRECL=4096,
// SPACE=(CYL,(5,5))
//DFHDMPB DD DSN=ZCON000.CICS660.DFHDMPB,
// DISP=(,CATLG,DELETE),
// BLKSIZE=4096,RECFM=F,LRECL=4096,
// SPACE=(CYL,(5,5))
//DFHAUXT DD DSN=ZCON000.CICS660.DFHAUXT,
// DISP=(,CATLG,DELETE),
// BLKSIZE=4096,RECFM=F,LRECL=4096,
// SPACE=(CYL,(5,5))
//DFHBUXT DD DSN=ZCON000.CICS660.DFHBUXT,
// DISP=(,CATLG,DELETE),
// BLKSIZE=4096,RECFM=F,LRECL=4096,
// SPACE=(CYL,(5,5))

This JCL is suppose to create datasets-DFHDUMP,DFHDMPA,DFHDMPB,DFHBUXT and DFHAUXT which are be required to create a cics region , but when I submit this job, i receive no output (*RC=0 is displayed but when I goto SDSF, I see only this jcl part, nothing more and the JOB is shown as EXECUTING).The datasets listed above are created.Can anyone help me out with this?

IEFBR14 is a do-nothing program. It does not create any output for you to view. The purpose of this program is to allow JCL allocation (etc) of data sets, so the only output your job SHOULD have is the JES output.

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So do I need to create the datasets(DFHDUMP,DFHDMPA,DFHDMPB,DFHBUXT and DFHAUXT) explicitly?These datasets are not allocated...

The JCL you posted, if executed would explicitly create the data sets. Either you have executed the JCL and the data sets exist on the system, or you have not executed the JCL and the data sets do not exist on the system.

When I check the status of this jcl in SDSF,the queue is shown as EXECUTION and status as DUP, whereas other JCL s(which has given a result), the queue is shown as PRINT...
To add the datasets are not created.

snkdbpc wrote:When I check the status of this jcl in SDSF,the queue is shown as EXECUTION and status as DUP, whereas other JCL s(which has given a result), the queue is shown as PRINT...
To add the datasets are not created.

This suggests that there is at least one other job in the system with the same name; only one such job will run at a given time.

the queue is shown as EXECUTION and status as DUP

jes2 prevents having running jobs with the same name
investigate the Your organization standards for job naming

the DUP job will run as soon as the previous has terminated

usually <personal> jobs have a jobname consisting of Your <userid> and one letter
using the above it should be easy to find out about duplicate names in the execution queue

I have executed the job several times (but no of help ) here's what the sdsf status screen displays,
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
SDSF STATUS DISPLAY ALL CLASSES LINE 1-12 (12)
NP JOBNAME JobID Owner Prty Queue C Pos SAff ASys Status
DFHDUMP JOB08429 ZCON317 6 EXECUTION A DUP
DFHDUMP JOB08607 ZCON317 6 EXECUTION A DUP
DFHDUMP JOB08621 ZCON317 6 EXECUTION A DUP
DFHDUMP JOB08628 ZCON317 6 EXECUTION A DUP
DFHDUMP JOB08705 ZCON317 6 EXECUTION A DUP
DFHDUMP JOB08706 ZCON317 6 EXECUTION A DUP
DFHDUMP JOB08755 ZCON317 6 EXECUTION A DUP
DFHDUMP JOB08779 ZCON317 6 EXECUTION A DUP
DFHDUMP JOB08816 ZCON317 6 EXECUTION A DUP
DFHDUMP JOB08862 ZCON317 6 EXECUTION A DUP
DFHDUMP JOB08898 ZCON317 6 EXECUTION A DUP
DFHDUMP JOB08907 ZCON317 6 EXECUTION A DUP

... job 5-6 times...

wiser to review Your counting skills
I see 12duplicates

until You change Your JOBNAME naming convention
and keep track of what You have submitted and is executing
You will face the same problem over and over.

and start reading the manuals Yourself
for example
z/OS V1R13.0 MVS JCL User's Guide
http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/ ... 0610095749
z/OS V1R13.0 MVS JCL Reference
http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/ ... 0814180937

but also the IBM REDBOOKS here
for example
Introduction to the New Mainframe: z/OS Basics
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg246366.html

and the series
ABCs of z/OS System Programming
( link to the first of it )
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg246981.html