Re: Is there an API to "deactivate" an "active" service program?

When creating service program, ensure it is created in a named activation
group so any resources tied to the service program is part of the
activation group. Then when you want to "deaactivate", you can do
RCLACTGRP CL command.

I do not believe there is a notion of deactivation of service program in
IBM i.





From: Nathan Andelin <nandelin@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 05/08/2017 01:19 PM
Subject: Re: Is there an API to "deactivate" an "active" service
program?
Sent by: "MIDRANGE-L" <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

I guess the question I would have would be why would you want to

deactivate

them?

I would like to "free" resources that may have been allocated by service
programs, after a period of inactivity. Plus, as Rob questioned, a newer
version of a service program may be available.

By deactivate them, do you mean reload them? You don't have to

deactivate

them. You can just run load again.

Calling QleActBndPgm() a second time doesn't "reload" a service program
that's already active. It just returns a flag indicating that it's already
active.

Also, make sure you are using QleActBndPgmLong or you are periodically

going to get crashes.

Thanks, I'll check that out.