RE: starting other subsystems when STRSBS QCTL

["Andy Nolen-Parkhouse" <aparkhouse@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dan,

The AS/400 comes in two default subsystem configurations and the
IBM-supplied startup program reflects this.  For smaller systems,
everything runs in QBASE (I think that that is the name).  For larger
systems, memory is broken out into QINTER, QBATCH etc.  If the
controlling subsystem is QCTL, then the program will start the other
subsystems.  If it is not QCTL, then the program assumes that QBASE is
running and will not start the others.

If you've never worked with a smaller system, then you may never have
seen an AS/400 configured for QBASE.  Most systems need to have their
startup programs modified by retrieving the CL source from the
IBM-supplied startup program and then coding in whatever subsystem
startups are required.  These could be conditional if you wanted to use
the same startup program for multiple machines, but in most cases are
not.

Basically, whatever is coded in the program specified in system value
QSTRUPPGM will happen when the controlling subsystem is started.

Regards,
Andy Nolen-Parkhouse


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> In the deep recesses of my memory banks I seem to recall that starting
> the controlling subsystem also automatically (?) starts certain other
> subsystems.
>
> Looking at the startup program for one of my systems now and see that
> neither the QCTL nor the QINTER subsystems are explicitly started in
it.
> And I seem to recall that if I use STRSBS QCTL when the system is in a
> restricted condition that it would automatically start the QINTER
> subsystem (as well as others, I believe).  In fact, as I look over the
> startup program, it shows that subsystems QINTER, QBATCH, & QCMN are
> explicitly started when the controlling subsystem (according to the
> retrieved system value) is neither QSYS/QCTL nor QGPL/QCTL.
>
> So, where's the magic here?  How does one specify that a given
subsystem
> should start whenever the controlling subsystem is started?
>
> Dan Bale
> IT - AS/400
> Handleman Company
> 248-362-4400  Ext. 4952
> D.Bale@Handleman.com
>
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