RE: When do new QPADEV* devices get created

["Paul Nelson" <nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'll second that. All my customers have a scheduled job that variews all of
the QPA devices off then deletes them.

Paul Nelson
Cell 708-670-6978
Office 512-392-2577
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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Graap, Kenneth
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 2:26 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: When do new QPADEV* devices get created

I'd recommend deleting them all each day and letting them recreate as
needed... 

Having several hundred QPADEV* virtual devices around can significantly
affect how long it takes QINTER to start.

By deleting all these virtual devices daily, I was able to shave 15
minutes off a system restart. This was the time saved by having a
quicker startup of the QINTER subsystem.

Kenneth
 
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iSeries Multiple System Administrator
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-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Metz, Zak
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 11:55 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: When do new QPADEV* devices get created

Varied Off is not normal. Vary them back on and they'll start waiting
for new sessions. They can get varied off for a variety of reasons, but
the most common I've seen is from users mistyping passwords,
simultaneously disabling their profile and varying off the device.