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  • Subject: Re: Full database files
  • From: Paul Dods <pauldods@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 16:16:53 -0500


>
>At 05:07 PM 6/27/97, Matthias Oertli wrote:
>>As everybody knows, every time a database file becomes full, the
>>system sends a message to QSYSOPR asking to increase the
>>file's size. You choose ignore, and that's that.
>>
>>While the system is waiting for the 'file-full' message to be answered,
>>the job is on hold, obviously. If it happens to be an interactive job,
>>the user/workstation is on hold until the message is answered.
>>
>>I would like to know how you people handle this situation. Do you
>>let the users do Sysreq 6 and answer the message? Do you add 
>>the 'file-full' message to the system reply list and change all jobs to
>>use it? Is there an ever-present operator standing by to answer these
>>messages?
>>

We have full time 7x24 operators, plus I run a job once a week that looks at
all the PF's on the system, and if the number of records is within 10% of
capacity I bump it up 20%.  I run this early on a Sunday morning when most
of not all of the files are available.  Let me know if you want the code...

Paul Dods                               
AS/400 Systems Programmer
Michael's Stores, Inc.          
Dallas, Texas

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