RE: IBM On-Demand

We support a very large installation of OnDemand and have used it
extensively, averaging archiving about 25,000 reports a day, so I have seen
most problems.  When a report stops storing and you have verified that the
report format has not changed and the definition is correct then it could be
several issues, first store the report manually using the command STRCDSRDAR
and view the joblog for why it failed.  It could be anything from a restart
indicator flag set to "Y" in the QARLRSRT file, to a STMF file in an IFS
directory partial stored(a stub), or a user space for that definition is
pseudo active, etc.  Email me the joblog and maybe I have seen it before.



Bob Marion
perotsystems
Phone:  972/461-3186
Fax:  972/461-3010
EMail:  bob.marion@ps.net


-----Original Message-----
From: Evan Harris [mailto:spanner@ihug.co.nz]
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 3:54 PM
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject: IBM On-Demand


Anyone out there using IBM's On-Demand product ?

I've hit a few "wrinkles" in the product and wondered if anyone had used 
this beastie extensively. I'm especially interested (at the moment) in the 
spool file archival capabilities  - I have it working but it appears 
inconsistent at best.

Spool files fail to index on one pass, then index on a second pass. Other 
spool files fail to index at all for no apparent reason - they have the 
same report definition and use the same layout as other spool files that 
index successfully.

The indexing/storage job, initiated by the STRMONRDAR command, seems to be 
rather flaky and constantly stops indexing files claiming it has too many 
spool files open.

Any thoughts or suggestions on-line or off are welcome.

Regards
Evan Harris

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