Re: Alert if job queue backup

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Thanks I will check these. We will be upgrading from 6 to latest in about 6
months as we are getting a new WMS.

On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 9:34 AM, Rich Loeber <rich@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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>    You might want to take a look at our iEventMonitor - [1]
> www.kisco.com/iem
>
>    It does include a feature that will watch a job queue for it getting
>    backed up.
>
>    Rich Loeber - @richloeber
>    Kisco Information Systems
>    [2]http://www.kisco.com
>
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>    On 3/31/2016 8:26 AM, Rob Berendt wrote:
>
>  There are numerous third party products out there right now.  We are
>  interested in replacing Message Plus (because it's been EOL'd).  This is
>  what we're using now.  They're pushing a replacement product from Robot.
>  In general I am wary of their products as generic beer on a champagne
>  budget but I'll take a look at it.
>  I will never buy another LXI product again so I won't look at theirs.
>
>  Using what comes with the OS:
>
>  WRKWCH is a possibility.  But that would be more for monitoring a message
>  queue.  Like QSYSOPR for a job stuck in MSGW.  (A big reason why many job
>  queues start stacking up!)
>  [3]
> http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i_72/rbam6/wchmsg.htm?lang=en
>  [4]
> http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i_72/apis/pm1c.htm?lang=en
>
>  You could roll your own with this
>  [5]
> http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i_72/apis/qusljob.htm?lang=en
>  If you're just getting started with API's you may want to look at
>  [6]http://www.amazon.com/System-APIs-Work-Bruce-Vining/dp/1583470697
>  IDK if COMMON has such a session this time.  A casual glance led me to
>  believe not.
>
>  IBM Navigator for i has some monitors.  Like for disk arm utilization and
>  whatnot but nothing elementary for job queues getting stacked up or
>  anything like that.
>  IBM Navigator for i does have a message queue monitor.  You could set up a
>  monitor for a message in qsysopr and send an email to yourself.
>
>
>  Rob Berendt
>
> References
>
>    Visible links
>    1. http://www.kisco.com/iem
>    2. http://www.kisco.com/
>    3.
> http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i_72/rbam6/wchmsg.htm?lang=en
>    4.
> http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i_72/apis/pm1c.htm?lang=en
>    5.
> http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i_72/apis/qusljob.htm?lang=en
>    6. http://www.amazon.com/System-APIs-Work-Bruce-Vining/dp/1583470697
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