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Job Processing States
Jobs can pass through several processing states, but sessions pass
through only three: EXEC (executing), EXEC*, and INTRO. Job processing
states are described in Table 3-1, below. Not all jobs pass through the
same states.
Table 3-1. Job Processing States
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| INTRO | Jobs and sessions introduced to the system and are being initialized. |
| | This state just precedes the EXEC* state (see below). |
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| WAIT | Jobs that have not yet started due to a high jobfence. |
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| WAIT:nn | Job is waiting, because the maximum number of jobs allowed to run has |
| | been reached or system resources are not available. |
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| DEFERRED | Jobs whose input priority is less than or equal to the current |
| | jobfence. |
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| EXEC | Jobs and/or sessions that are currently executing. |
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| EXEC* | Jobs and/or sessions that are being initialized. |
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| SUSP | Jobs that were executing, but are now suspended. |
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| SCHED | Batch jobs scheduled to execute on the system at a future time |
| | specified by the user. |
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The system keeps track of introduced, executing, suspended, waiting, and
scheduled jobs. All processing states are displayed unless a particular
state is specified in the command syntax. For example: SHOWJOB WAIT. If
no jobs are waiting, the message NO SUCH JOBS will appear on the user's
terminal. The same message also appears if the user requested status on
a job that has already finished or passed through the processing state
requested.