Re: Help on recovery -- MIDRANGE-L

Pete Massiello wrote:
> 
> Sanjeev Gopal wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > We work on remote AS/400s through international satellite links. There
> > are frequent cases of link failure (3 to 4 times a day), and in those
> > cases, we lose all unsaved work. We are not able to get back to where we
> > were when the link comes up again. This is true even in the case of a
> > power failure in any of the local workstations.
> <<SNIP>>
> > Is there any way of getting over this problem. I strongly feel that we
> > have overlooked certain factors when setting up the link as well as the
> > remote AS/400.
> >
> > We look forward to an early and positive reply.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Sanjeev Gopal
> > DSQ Software Limited
> > Madras, INDIA.
> 
> Try setting the System Value QDEVRCYACN to *DSCMSG.  If it is currently
> at *ENDJOB or *ENDJOBNOLIST everytime there is a device error on the
> device (ie when the link drops), your session will be signed off.  With
> the value changed to *DSCMSG, your session will be disconnected.  To
> reconnect, all you need to do is sign back on at the SAME workstation
> with the SAME userid, and your session will be as you left it.
> 
>  You might also want to make sure that the value of QDSCJOBITV is set
> to  a value other than *NONE (perhaps 120 minutes), so if you don't sign
> back after 2 hours the job is ended.

The only problem would be if they were using a connection that used
virtual devices (QPADEVxxxx) - in which case you never know what device
you would get on a reconnect attempt.
Also if you happen to be connected via a server job (eg. CA/400 for
Win/95 via TCP/IP) then you can't disconnect a job.  If you try it via
the DSCJOB command you will get:
                                                                             
Message ID . . . . . . :   CPF1358       Severity . . . . . :   40  
Message type . . . . . :   Diagnostic                                  
Date sent  . . . . . . :   06/13/97      Time sent  . . . . :  
12:32:42                                                                        
 
Message . . . . :   DSCJOB not allowed for Server jobs.                 
Cause . . . . . :   Job 233471/NEIL/QPADEV0010 is either a server job,
or a client job with a server job active at the device.                 
Recovery  . . . :   Do the following:                                   
    -- From the server job, select the option to display the System
Request menu on the client job.                                         
    -- Select the option to disconnect the client job.                  
    When you use the DSCJOB command, the connection between the client
and server jobs is
dropped.                                                               
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