Running the Process to Merge Archived Spool Files

You can run the process using a JCL job or using a utility from an command prompt.

Using the JCL job

The JCL job MERGESPL.JCL is located in the /opt/microfocus/EnterpriseDeveloper/cpylib directory by default. Configure the following parameters within the source code to suit your requirements, and then submit the job in the usual way:

ARCHIVE LOC

The location of a folder containing archived spool files. Use this option or the SCAN option to select the spool files to archive.

ARCHIVE LOC full-path-to-archive

SCAN LOC

A top-level directory, where each containing sub-directory is scanned for archived spool files. Use this option or the ARCHIVE option to select the spool files to archive.

SCAN LOC full-path-to-archive

MERGE LOC and MERGE SUBLOC

Both of these identify locations where archived spool files identified by one of the two previous parameters are copied. Merged versions of the JES spool control files and catalog.dat are created (all prefixed with M_), and it is the M_SPLJOB.DAT data file that you open in the Data File Editor to view the merged spool files.

Note: If a merge location already contains merged archive spool files, the existing control files (files prefixed M_) are amended to accommodate the new spool files.

MERGE LOC and MERGE SUBLOC differ as follows:

MERGE LOC

A parent folder that identifies one location into which all archived spool files are copied.

MERGE LOC full-path

MERGE SUBLOC

Identifies a sub-folder or folders of MERGE LOC where spool files are copied.

MERGE SUBLOC {INDEX|WEEK|MONTH|USERNAME user-name|MIRROR}

Important: Each JCL job takes only one parameter for MERGE SUBLOC. If you specify more than one MERGE SUBLOC parameter on a single line or you add multiple MERGE SUBLOC entries into your MERGESPL.JCL file, the job uses only the last parameter it finds.

INDEX

Spool files for the first merge archive job are stored in a sub-folder of MERGE LOC named using an index of 000000001. Subsequent runs increment that index and store spool files in a sub-folder named for the incremented index.

WEEK

Spool files are stored in a sub-folder identified by the week of the current year as follows:

merge-loc/current-year_week-num

Where week-num is a two-digit representation of the week of the year. For example:

2023_32

Represents the 32nd week of the year 2023.

MONTH

Spool files are stored in a sub-folder identified by the month of the current year as follows:

merge-loc/current-year_month-num

Where month-num is a two-digit representation of the month of the year. For example:

2023_07

Represents the 7th month of the year 2023.

USERNAME user-name

Spool files are stored in a sub-folder of the same name as the string entered as user-name.

MIRROR

Stores spool files in a sub-folder bearing the same name as the original archive folder from the spool-housekeeping archive location.For example, if the spool housekeeping archive is /home/user/Archive/20230310, the spool files are stored in a sub-folder of MERGE LOC named 20230310.

//MERGESPL JOB 'MERGE SPOOL ARCHIVES',CLASS=A,MSGCLASS=A
//**********************************************************************
//*<CR_TAG_JCL\>//*//* Copyright (C) Micro Focus 1984 - 2022 or one of its affiliates.
//* This sample code is supplied for demonstration purposes only
//* on an "as is" basis and "is for use at your own risk".
//*
//*<CR_TAG_JCL_END\>
//**********************************************************************
//* Merge a spool archive into a merged archive
//**********************************************************************
//ARCHIVE  EXEC PGM=MERGESPL//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*//SYSOUT   DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSERR   DD SYSOUT=*//* SYSIN or CONFIGI dataset contains the program parameters
//SYSIN  DD *
* --------------------------------------------------------
*   MERGED SPOOL HOUSEKEEPING CONFIGURATION FILE
* --------------------------------------------------------
*   ARCHIVE LOCATION - the archive to read
* --------------------------------------------------------
* ARCHIVE   LOC C:\ES_ERRORS\MERGED_ARCHIVES\SET_A\2018052611114975
* --------------------------------------------------------
* TOP LEVEL DIRECTORY TO SCAN  
  SCAN      LOC C:\ES_ERRORS\MERGED_ARCHIVES
* --------------------------------------------------------
*   MERGED ARCHIVE LOCATION - The location of the merged archive
* --------------------------------------------------------  
  MERGE LOC C:\ES_ERRORS\MERGED_ARCHIVES\MERGED_ARCHIVE  
* --------------------------------------------------------
*   MERGED ARCHIVE SUB-FOLDER SPEC - INDICATES TYPE OF SUB-FOLDER(S)
* --------------------------------------------------------  
  MERGE SUBLOC MONTH
/*
//

Using the command line utility

Use the following syntax from an command prompt:

MergeArchives SCAN|ARCH arch-spool-file-directory/directories directory-for-merged-spool-files

Where:

SCAN|ARCH

Use SCAN to specify a parent directory in which its sub-directories are scanned for possible spool files to merge, or use ARCH to specify a single directory in which only its contents are merged.

arch-spool-file-directory/directories

When using the SCAN parameter, specify a parent directory with sub-directories that each contain sets of archived spool files, or when using the ARCH parameter, specify a directory that contains a set of archived spool files.

directory-for-merged-spool-files

Specify the directory in which the merged spool files will reside. Merged versions of the JES spool control files are created in this location (all prefixed with M_), and it is the M_SPLJOB.DAT data file that you open in the Data File Editor to view the merged spool files.

Note: If the merge location already contains merged archive spool files, the existing control files (files prefixed M_) are amended to accommodate the new spool files.

MergeArchives ARCH C:\spl-arc\2018111211042198 MERGE