Re: Full database files

[Denis Robitaille <denisr@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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 define all our files with *nomax size.
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