Comments on: In iSeries, System job tables nearing capacity. – How to reduce http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/in-iseries-system-job-tables-nearing-capacity-how-to-reduce/ Wed, 22 May 2013 05:05:11 +0000 hourly 1 By: hmssl2k http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/in-iseries-system-job-tables-nearing-capacity-how-to-reduce/#comment-86727 hmssl2k Tue, 18 Jan 2011 21:53:30 +0000 #comment-86727 This this Redpaper: Best Practices for Managing IBM i Jobs and output(and a few other special tips)

]]> By: tomliotta http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/in-iseries-system-job-tables-nearing-capacity-how-to-reduce/#comment-86542 tomliotta Thu, 13 Jan 2011 21:54:10 +0000 #comment-86542 The two IT Jungle articles mostly cover what can cover here if we get a little more info on where the excessive jobs are coming from.

There is a third article in the series — Admin Alert: When System Job Tables Attack, Part III. And that article links to a useful IBM Redpiece — Best Practices for Managing IBM i Jobs and Output (and a few other special tips).

We can provide sample code for some cleanup work if we are told what needs to be cleaned up. E.g., a utility to clear away “pending” joblogs might be appropriate.

Tom

]]> By: ejfan http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/in-iseries-system-job-tables-nearing-capacity-how-to-reduce/#comment-86514 ejfan Thu, 13 Jan 2011 12:45:57 +0000 #comment-86514 There’s a good 2-part article on this on the 400 Guru website:

Part one: http://www.itjungle.com/fhg/fhg092408-story03.html

Part two: http://www.itjungle.com/fhg/fhg100108-story03.html

Good luck!

]]> By: pdraebel http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/in-iseries-system-job-tables-nearing-capacity-how-to-reduce/#comment-86509 pdraebel Thu, 13 Jan 2011 09:48:43 +0000 #comment-86509 Apart from this do you regularly schedule IPL’s ?

]]> By: abbo http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/in-iseries-system-job-tables-nearing-capacity-how-to-reduce/#comment-86508 abbo Thu, 13 Jan 2011 09:35:36 +0000 #comment-86508 Enter command WRKUSRJOB QSECOFR if you find the job below

SRVMON0001 QSECOFR BATCH JOBLOG PENDING

The job number ranges 0001 to 0076, and there can be hundreds of them in joblog pending, simply delete them with option LOGLMT(0)

]]> By: tomliotta http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/in-iseries-system-job-tables-nearing-capacity-how-to-reduce/#comment-86476 tomliotta Wed, 12 Jan 2011 21:56:01 +0000 #comment-86476 For background, run DSPJOBTBL. Then review the <help> text for Initial, Additional and Available job structures. The <help> text describes the relationships between those values and different system values that you might want to adjust.

Also, press ‘F11=In-use entries’ to see if ‘Pending’ joblogs might be a source of rising numbers of jobs.

How many jobs show in your system? What OS version/release are you running?

Tom

]]> By: hmssl2k http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/in-iseries-system-job-tables-nearing-capacity-how-to-reduce/#comment-86471 hmssl2k Wed, 12 Jan 2011 21:32:40 +0000 #comment-86471 Save your QUTQ’s to tape with their spooled files. Deleted Old Spooled files from the system. Delete job logs.

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