job_definition_delete_job – Delete a job definition

Synopsis

Delete Job Definition.

Parameters

job (required, type: str)

The name of the job.

type (required, type: str)

The type of deletion.

Valid values are:

DELETE

Deletes a job and its associated data from the database (documentation, schedules, and so forth).DD

Same as DELETE, but deletes any data sets that this job references if the data sets have no users and

no documentation, and do not cause job triggering.

This includes all virtual resources that are connected to the job.PURGE

Same as DD, but also deletes job trigger definitions that trigger the job being deleted,

job requirement definitions that require the job being deleted;

and, if the WA Restart Option interface is active, deletes the WA Restart Option

CMT member for the job being deleted.

host (required, type: str)

Host name of the CA7 API service that is running on the mainframe system.

port (required, type: int)

Port for the CA7 API service that is running on the mainframe system.

user (required, type: str)

User name for authenticating connections to the CA7 API service that is running on the mainframe system.

password (required, type: str)

Password for authenticating connections to the CA7 API service that is running on the mainframe system.

base_path (type: str)

The base path for your Zowe API Mediation Layer instance. Specify this option to prepend the base path to all resources when making REST requests. Do not specify this option if you are not using an Zowe API Mediation Layer.

protocol (required, type: str)

Specifies protocol to use for CA7 connection (http or https).

Choices:

  • http

  • https

reject_unauthorized (type: bool, default: True)

Reject self-signed certificates.

cert_file (type: path)

The file path to a certificate file to use for authentication.

Note: The CLI does not support certificate files that require a password. For more information, search Troubleshooting PEM Certificates in Zowe Docs.

cert_key_file (type: path)

The file path to a certificate key file to use for authentication.

Examples

- name: Delete Job named JOBA
  broadcom.ca7.job_definition_delete_job:
    job: JOBA
    type: DELETE

Return Values

data (type: list, when returned data is a dictionary)

Data from the module execution (a data structure). The items of this dict are set as individual return values on the top level as well.

error (type: complex, error)

More details about why the action has failed. If the failure is when calling an API service, the response contains the connection parameters.

additional_details (type: str)

Detailed message about the failure.

msg (type: str)

Short description of the result or failure.

request (type: str, API request failed)

HTTP method used to invoke API service request.

resource (type: str, API request failed)

URI of the resource of the API service request.

failed (type: bool, always)

A boolean that indicates if the task was failed or not.

list (type: list, when returned data is a list)

Data from the module execution (a list of data structures).

msg (type: str, sometimes)

Short description of the result or failure.

rc (type: int, always)

Exit code of the module, successful exit code is 0, failure is typically 1 or higher.

stderr (type: str, error)

Details of the error.

stdout (type: str, success)

Summary of the result.

Status

  • This module is maintained by Broadcom.