Re: large number jobs in system-wrksyssts

[Jim Franz <franz9000@xxxxxxxxx>]

and our pending job logs is tiny


On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 3:19 PM, Jim Franz <franz9000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> but for this to be true
> Jobs in system . . . . . :      96417
> % perm addresses . . . . :       .016
> % temp addresses . . . . :       .495
>
> Users:
> Signed off with printer output waiting to print  . . . . :       393
> Batch jobs:
> Ended with printer output waiting to print . . . . . . . :     15600
>
> Perhaps a reclaim spool storage RCLSPLSTG?
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> Jim
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> On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 2:55 PM, Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > <snip>
> > What else could contribute to this number.
> > </snip>
> >
> > To infinity and beyond!
> >
> > We changed the system value QLOGOUTPUT to *PND.  Little to anything ever
> > hits QEZJOBLOG.  Basically you have to tell it DSPJOBLOG JOB(...)
> > OUTPUT(*PRINT) if you want a spooled joblog.  But, even if the job is
> > ended you can still do DSPJOBLOG of the job.
> >
> > We also delete all spool files over 90 days old.  No exceptions.  People
> > adapt.
> >
> > Like you, we only IPL once a quarter.
> >
> > DSPSYSSTS ASTLVL(*BASIC)
> >
> > Disk space:
> >   System storage (in 1,000,000 bytes)  . . . . . . . . . . :   5741538
> >   System storage used  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :     80.68%
> >
> > Users:
> >   Signed on  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :       460
> >   Temporarily signed off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :         0
> >   Suspended by system request or group jobs  . . . . . . . :         4
> >   Signed off with printer output waiting to print  . . . . :     14973
> >
> > Batch jobs:
> >   Waiting for messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :         0
> >   Running  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :       349
> >   Held while running . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :         0
> >   Ending . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :         0
> >   Waiting to run/Scheduled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :         2
> >   Held on job queue  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :         0
> >   Waiting on held job queue  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :         0
> >   Waiting on not assigned job queue  . . . . . . . . . . . :         0
> >   Ended with printer output waiting to print . . . . . . . :     41361
> >
> >
> > Rob Berendt
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> > From:   Jim Franz <franz9000@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To:     Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date:   10/24/2016 02:40 PM
> > Subject:        large number jobs in system-wrksyssts
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> >
> >
> > Jobs in system . . . . . :      96417
> > % perm addresses . . . . :       .016
> > % temp addresses . . . . :       .495
> >
> >
> > Normally the #jobs in the system seemed related to ended jobs with job
> > logs
> > or other spools still existing. There are perhaps 15,000 spooled files
> > from
> > various jobs.
> >
> > What else could contribute to this number.
> > System is restarted once a qtr (full system backup).
> >
> > Jim Franz
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