RUNPTY

["Graap, Ken" <keg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello -

Some of the users on our system like to adjust the RUNPTY of their batch
jobs with the reasoning that their job is more important than anyone
else's...

When they get impatient they change the RUNPTY from 50 to 30...

It is my understanding that it is best if you leave the RUNPTY's equal
for all the batch jobs running in the same subsystem and memory pool and
to let the system allocate resources as needed. 

I've always believed that raising the priority of one job in the
pool/subsystem is poor system management....

Would anyone care to comment on this?

I want to discuss this practice with our users, but if lowering RUNPTY's
isn't a big deal then I won't pursue it..

thanx in advance...

Kenneth

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        Kenneth E. Graap
  AS/400 Systems Administrator
    NW Natural - Information Services
             System Services
          503 226 4211 X5537
           FAX  503 721 2521
        keg@nwnatural.com
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