RE: Spool Files

Ahh. I see.  The PTF coverletter said:

"... was processing ineligible deleted spooled file database members 
unnecessarily."
By reading between the lines, I take this to mean the process is looping.

It went on to say that you could circumvent the problem by either
1.) CHGSYSVAL SYSVAL(QRCLSPLSTG) VALUE(*NONE)
2.) RCLSPLSTG DAYS(*NONE)

We've tried both to no avail at this point, and applied the PTF delayed for a 
Saturday IPL

Regards,
Rich

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Rich Duzenbury
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
> [mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Pete Massiello
> Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 1998 7:17 AM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: Spool Files
> 
> 
> Its really not an un used spool file, its actually a spool file 
> that has been deleted, and its member
> (where the spool file is stored, in library QSPL, in these funny 
> named files) is empty.  This also happens
> at IPL.  You want to have a few unused spool files, so that the 
> AS/400 does not need to create a member
> each time a new spool file is required.  Creating an empty spool 
> file (or actually a member) is expensive
> from a performance standpoint, so you want to keep a few empty 
> spool members for performance, but also not
> keep too many as it will result in a waste of DASD.
> 
> HTH
> 
> Pete Massiello
> 
> Rich Duzenbury wrote:
> 
> > >
> > > That job cleans up unused spool files.
> > >
> > Thanks for the reply.  What is an 'unused' spool file?  One 
> that isn't printed, but the job completes?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Rich
> >
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