RE: Retrieving active controlling subsystem

Though not exactly a documented behavior, you may find that the List 
Active Subsytems (QWCLASBS) API returns the list in reverse order of when 
the subsystems were started.  So the last entry returned would represent 
the first subsystem started -- which would be the controlling subsystem. 
This behavior is not likely to change in any immediate future.

And I wouldn't be surprised if in the future there was a more clean cut 
(and documented) way of determining the active controlling subsystem.

Bruce Vining




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Scott,

 So far, that's the best suggestion I've received.  Now I'd like to take
this a step further. 

 We have a condition we call "partially restricted." In order to make our
save-while-active backups less complicated, we shut down all subsystems
that might lock objects in our nightly backup.  Once the ENDSBS command 
has
run it might take a little while for the subsystems to end.  So I'm 
writing
a utility to see if any subsystems are active that are not in a special
"exempt list" and returning an "active" flag, so that the calling 
procedure
can wait and try again a little later.

 The controlling subsystem should not need to be in the exempt list, since
it's always exempt. My problem is, if the active controlling subsystem 
does
not match the QCTLSBSD value I will not have a way to determine that it's
OK to skip it.

 Since the ENDSBS knows to send CPF1053, the status must be somewhere. Any
ideas?

 -mark

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From: Ingvaldson, Scott SIngvaldson@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 08:12:31 -0500
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Retrieving active controlling subsystem


I'm not sure that you can end the controlling subsystem by itself.  When
I do an ENDSBS SBS(QCTL) I get message CPF1053 -    Ending controlling
subsystem QCTL not allowed.

So if you RTVSYSVAL QCTLSBSD then an ENDSBS for the QCTLSBSD value you
can monitor for CPF1053.  I'm not sure you even need to go that far, you
can probably just start ending active subsystems and monitor for the
CPF1053.

Regards,
 
Scott Ingvaldson
iSeries System Administrator
GuideOne Insurance Group


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date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 17:37:50 -0400
from: "mlazarus@xxxxxxxx" <mlazarus@xxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: Retrieving active controlling subsystem

Mark,

 I'm looking for the "current active" controlling subsystem.  If I do a
CHGSYSVAL QCTLSBSD, then I believe that the retrieve will not give me
which one is currently active, rather which one *will* be active.

 -mark

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From: Mark S. Waterbury mark.s.waterbury@xxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 17:03:52 -0400
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Retrieving active controlling subsystem


RTVSYSVAL QCTLSBSD ?

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> From: <mlazarus@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 4:36 PM
> Subject: Re: Retrieving active controlling subsystem
>

> Michael,
>
> That code works (with modifications) to get the complete list of 
> subsystems.  It does not tell me which one is the controlling
subsystem.
>
> -mark
>
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From:  Michael_Schutte@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 16:14:27 -0400
> To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Retrieving active controlling subsystem
>
>
> Does this help?
>
> http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l/200304/msg00127.html
>
> You can specify the job name by replacing the
>
> '*ALL      *ALL      *ALL      '
>
> With what you want to look for.
>
> Michael Schutte
> Work 614-492-7419
> email  michael_schutte@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> ----------------
>
> How would I go about retrieving the *active* controlling subsystem? 
> If the QCTLSBSD system value is changed, retrieving that value won't 
> reflect the current reality.
>
> I'm looking for this info becuase I want to automate an orderly 
> shutdown of active subsystems, but do not want to end the controlling
*SBS.  TIA.
>
> -mark


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