RE: Using QUSRJOBI -- MIDRANGE-L

Well, you've got me thinking. You could use WRKACTJOB OUTPUT(*PRINT) SEQ(*CPUPCT) at regular intervals, then CPYSPLF and read through the data. It'll be sorted in descending order by CPU%. The elapsed time will be extended at each call, unless you specify to reset. You might want to do 2 of these, the first with reset, the second 5-15 seconds later without reset. This'd give you a better chance of hitting short-term spikes.

Maybe?

Vern

At 04:25 PM 1/30/2003 -0600, you wrote:

Thank you Vern,

We are on V4R5 and not going to V5R1 for some time.  We will have to find
another way to do this monitoring, since we do not have a system operator
watching the system all day.  Maybe some other on this thread can give me
some other suggestions.

Thank you again,

Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: Vern Hamberg [mailto:vhamberg@centerfieldtechnology.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 3:23 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Using QUSRJOBI

Jim, You need to be at V5R1 to use QUSRJOBI to get CPU%. And you need to
use the QUSLJOB API first, to get a list of active jobs. Then you loop
through the list, using the QUSRJOBI API.

But the Open list of jobs API (QGYOLJOB) can give you this info in one shot
- it returns a list of entries, and you can say that you want this
information only. This API has been around since V3R7, but the CPU% info
has only been available, too, since V5R1.

QUSLJOB uses a user space, and there are programs that will help you
navigate through it. See the API Programming manual if you've not done this
before.

QUSRJOBI uses a structure to return the data for the job specified. In CL
you need to declare a variable of the length of that structure (look at
QSYSINC/H, member QUSRJOBI for the fields you need - add up the lengths).
Then you need to substring the return variable to get the info you want.
The JOBI1000 format has CPU% over a certain elapsed - this is new in V5R1.
There's a reset parameter used with that format.

At 10:12 AM 1/30/2003 -0600, you wrote:
>I am looking for an API or a way to submit a job to monitor for any jobs
>that are using over 50, 60 or more % of the system and/or a job that has
>been running for over 45 minutes.  Is anyone using the QUSRJOBI in a CL, if
>so could I see an example of your code?  If anyone is doing what we are
>trying to do, could I see the code to do it?  I am not looking to buy any
>software or utility.  I have searched the archives for something, that is
>where I got the API QUSRJOBI from.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>TIA
>Jim