RE: Oh where has my disk space gone? -- MIDRANGE-L

Rebecca,

THANKS for rambling...!  Gives info on how the shop runs...

RCLSTG only...  RCLRSC reclaims memory that programs temporarily use (to
over-simplify).

jt


"Have a GREAT day...!  And a BETTER ONE TOMORROW~~~:-)" (sm)


> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
> [mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Rebecca Snyder
> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 10:39 AM
> To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject: RE: Oh where has my disk space gone?
>
>
> Thanks everyone for all the suggestions. I've set RTVDSKINF to
> run tonight at 8pm. I've never run it before so I won't have
> anything to compare it to, but maybe something will stick out.
>
> We only save 4 days of performance data, which when I deleted
> 3 days worth it got me .1% of space back.
>
> We do run cleanup and keep the following:
>
> Number of days to keep:
>   User messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   15            1-366,
> *KEEP
>   System and workstation messages . . . . . . . .   15            1-366,
> *KEEP
>   Job logs and other system output  . . . . . . .   30            1-366,
> *KEEP
>   System journals and system logs . . . . . . . .   30            1-366,
> *KEEP
>   OfficeVision for AS/400 calendar items  . . . .   0             1-366,
> *KEEP
>        (we don't use office vision)
>
> Are we saving too much? What do you suggest for these options?
>
> We also do a monthly IPL. In fact we just did one this Saturday.
> I've never run RCLRSC or RCLSTG for that matter. We've had our
> AS/400 (iSeries) since June 1999, and this is our first one.
> We only use Mapics for our carbon paper business. Our steel rule
> die business still runs our home-grown system on our VAX. Our
> computer room did not implode when we put an AS/400 next to our
> VAX!! I'm planning on doing a RCLSTG on some weekend in December.
> Would it be better to do RCLRSC or RCLSTG? Or maybe both?
>
> So needless to say I was kind of thrown on the thing without any
> training (except in mapics) and everything I've learned over the
> past 2 1/2 years has been out of necessity or from reading
> the messages posted here. I did manage to get copies of "Control
> Language Programming for the AS/400" and "Mastering the AS/400",
> both which has been very helpful although I haven't had the time
> to read through either of them. I've just picked out what I've
> needed at the time I needed it. One of these days I'm going to
> see if one of our local colleges has classes that I can take
> after hours...
>
> I'll stop rambling now & thanks again for all the help!
>
> Rebecca Snyder
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:       Rebecca Snyder [SMTP:rsnyder@atlasdie.com]
> > Sent:       Thursday, November 15, 2001 4:16 PM
> > To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> > Subject:    Oh where has my disk space gone?
> >
> > In the past 2 months my disk space has gone from
> > 45% used to 75% used... and I've got 50G of space!
> >
> > How can I tell what's using up my disk space? Because
> > we couldn't possibly be selling that much carbon paper!
> >
> >
> > Rebecca Snyder
> > Atlas Companies, Inc
> > 219-295-0050 ext 242
> > mailto:rsnyder@atlasdie.com
> >
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