5.2 Restricting job transfer

You can restrict the reception and distribution of a job for each execution agent in either of two ways: by having the system issue an error when the agent receives a job, or by holding distribution. These two actions are described below. Event jobs can still be monitored when job transfer is restricted.

Issuing an error on job receipt

This action stops jobs from being received and ends received jobs abnormally.
Holding distribution

This action holds job transfer until the held status is released.

The following table describes the operations that occur for each job transfer restriction status at an execution agent.

Table 5‒3: Operations for each job transfer restriction status at an execution agent
Status	Status returned by the ajsagtshow command	Meaning
Effective	`Ef`	Jobs can be received. Jobs can be sent to the agent host.
Ineffective	`In`	Jobs cannot be received (they are placed in Failed to start status when executed). Jobs can be sent to the agent host.
Hold	`Hd`	Jobs can be received. Jobs cannot be sent to the agent host (they remain on JP1/AJS3 - Manager).
Blockade	`Bl`	Jobs cannot be received (they are placed in Failed to start status when executed). Jobs cannot be sent to the agent host (they remain on JP1/AJS3 - Manager).

The following table describes the job status transitions that occur for each job transfer restriction status at an execution agent.

Table 5‒4: Job status transitions for each job transfer restriction status at an execution agent
Job transfer status	Job status transition	Event job status transition
Effective	Now queuing → Now running → Ended	Now queuing → Now running → Ended (Transfer of event jobs cannot be restricted.)
Ineffective	Failed to start (Now queuing jobs have the same status as Effective.)
Hold	Now queuing
Blockade	Failed to start (Now queuing jobs have the same status as Hold.)

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