Re: Job holds large number of locks.

["Neil Palmer"<NeilP@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I used to get the same problem with my nightly backups (after a release upgrade, but I can't recall to what release) when using save while active.
I do have a lot of source on my system, and some source files with a LOT of members (especially one called PTFCOVER where I keep  - yep, PTF cover letters).

There is an old informational APAR on this topic from around 1996  - II09173.
(Available through IBM AS/400 website, or SNDPTFORD II09173).


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Chuck Lewis <clewis@iquest.net> Sent by: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com 2000/10/20 09:07 Please respond to MIDRANGE-L

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Hi Folks,

Any idea WHY I am getting this message ?

CPI1466 - Job holds large number of locks.

It is being logged to QSYSOPR while our backup job is running and with
virtually NOTHING else running at the time.

The low level stuff says:

 The job nnnnnn/xxxxxxxxxx/xxxxxxxxxx has 30000 locks.  30000 is a
suspiciously large number of locks, and it indicates that an application
may be leaving locks behind.

(I would HATE to think of locks getting left behind; do I need to order
more bagels ?)

And goes on to explain how to look for the causes but this is running at
12:30 a.m.

I get the message when the job FIRST starts and RIGHT before it ends an
hour latter...

Thanks !

Chuck