RE: RUNPTY

[Krys Theodore <ktheodore@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We will rearrange priorities when needed, but our users have no rights to these 
commands.

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From:   DAsmussen@aol.com[SMTP:DAsmussen@aol.com]
Reply To:       MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Sent:   Saturday, October 24, 1998 2:54 PM
To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject:        Re: RUNPTY

Kenneth,

In a message dated 98-10-23 13:06:50 EDT, you write:

<<snip>>
> 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..

It is _VERY_ poor systems' management.  Why do users have *JOBCTL authority in
the first place?  All you need is one person with a runaway query to change
its' priority to 10 (or lower), hoping to achieve completion, and you could
bring your production box to its' _KNEES_!  IMO, revoke *JOBCTL from the
users, and there'll be no discussion to be had...

JMHO,

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

"The greatest pleasure in life is doing things people say you cannot do." --
Walter Bagehot
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