January 5, 2013 \ Ananth TM dsjob return code 269 Datstage v8.5 dsjob command in V8.5 has error. if you want to revert back old functionality of dsjob – Apply APAR JR43437 and set environment variable(APAR JR43437) DSE_SLAVE_CLOSE_SOCKET_ON_EXEC=1 in $DSHOME/dsenv. Workaround – Set the DataStage Administrator Client inactivity timeout value to a number of seconds that is greater than your longest-running job Source: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21621459