Re: Inventory Month End Close

Ben,

In a message dated 2/1/00 5:53:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
bcollett@tokheim.com writes:

> We are using version 6.1, client server, on an AS400.  Every month when I 
try to
>  run the inventory month end close program (INV903) it does not successfully
>  complete.  When I ask out MIS manager why, he tells me that there probably 
is
>  someone on the system.  I have asked him to shut down the system to all 
users
>  except myself while this program is run but for some reason he can't 
figure out
>  how to do that.  I'm not a techie but there must be a way that I can run 
this
>  program on a regular monthly basis and be assured that it will successfully
>  complete.  Does anyone else out there have this problem and how can it be
>  solved?  Please answer in language that an idiot like me can understand so 
I can
>  relay it to MIS.

To put it in simple terms and assuming an AS/400 (which can get much more 
complicated than this example if you have an MIS Manager smarter than yours, 
or if his predecessor was much smarter), your system console should be 
running out of subsystem QCTL.  Find it.  Sign onto the console running out 
of QCTL with proper authority, get a command line, and issue an ENDSYS 
command -- this should end all interactive and batch jobs other than yours.  
Get into BPCS and run INV903 interactively from the console.  When INV903 is 
complete, issue a PWRDWNSYS OPTION(*IMMED) RESTART(*YES) to bring all the 
subsystems back on line.

There are more painless options than this, but this is the simplest that I 
can think of without more specific information on your configuration.

EEEEEk!  Just reread and realized that you are full client.  You're going to 
need some help from either a trusted third party or SSA itself -- the latter 
example is only good for mixed mode.  You _really_ need a new MIS manager.  
Without a complete layout of your current system (portions of which should 
_NOT_ be publicized here), it would be impossible to advise you on how to 
rectify this situation.  Worst case, the MIS manager _SHOULD_ be able to 
monitor the system and terminate any new jobs against BPCS...

JMHO,

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com

"The brain is a wonderful organ.  It starts the moment you get up, and 
doesn't stop until you get to the office." -- Robert Frost
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