IV73246: A ZCENTRIC JOB(VBS SCRIPT) GETS TIMEOUT AFTER 60 SECONDS IF JOBUSR() AND JOBPWD() ARE MISSING IN JOBREC STATEMENT

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• A VBS script which is scheduled to be run on a zCentric agent
  and does a sleep of 180, goes in timeout after 60 seconds.
  This timeout condition of 60 seconds occurs if the JOBREC
  statement of the affected script does not contain the
  JOBUSR() and JOBPWD(YES) even when the parameter
  "RequireUserName = false" is defined in the
  Jobmanager.ini which meams that the coding of JOBUSR
  and JOBPWD is not mandatory.
  The error is occurring becasue the user profile is not
  loaded under the circumstances mentioned above.
  
  When the user specify
  JOBUSR (account under which job manager is running)
  JOBPWD(YES) usermem contains password,
  the TWS will load the "user profile environment" on Windows
  and this allow the CScript to work as desired.
  When instead the JOBREC does NOT specify the
  the JOBUSR, the load of user profile environment is not
  done because of the definition "RequireUserName = false"
  and in that case the Cscript is closing after 60 seconds.
  
  That means that the "user profile" has to be loaded at the
  time of running the Cscript so that the script can run
  correctly.
  
  As a workaround for the actual behavior, adding:
  <<<<<<<<<<<<
  INTRACTV(YES)
  <<<<<<<<<<<<<
  to the JOBREC statement of the affected job will solve
  the problem.
  This APAR has been opened to address this code defect
  

Local fix

Problem summary

•  See apar description
  

Problem conclusion

•  It is working as design.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  TIV WKLD SCHDL

• Fixed component ID

  5698WKB86

Applicable component levels

• R8A6 PSY

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