Re: jobs in the system count-update

[rob@xxxxxxxxx]

I think the underlying situation is to find out why your jobs are ending 
this way.  You stated device errors and spool file errors was a cause. 
Fact or hypothesis?

Here's something else.  Instead of WRKSYSSTS, try DSPSYSSTS.  Make sure 
that you use F21 to select Basic mode.  If you still have any of these 
phantom jobs, where do they appear?

On my system, 
DSPSYSSTS ASTLVL(*INTERMED) shows
Jobs in system . . . . . :      41370
DSPSYSSTS ASTLVL(*BASIC) shows
Users: 
  Signed on  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :       330
  Temporarily signed off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :         0
  Suspended by system request or group jobs  . . . . . . . :         1
  Signed off with printer output waiting to print  . . . . :      3622
 
Batch jobs: 
  Waiting for messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :         0
  Running  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :       729
  Held while running . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :         0
  Ending . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :         0
  Waiting to run/Scheduled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :         1
  Held on job queue  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :         0
  Waiting on held job queue  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :         0
  Waiting on not assigned job queue  . . . . . . . . . . . :         0
  Ended with printer output waiting to print . . . . . . . :     35658

I too, would like to know if I have these phantom jobs.  We purge any 
spool file over 90 days old - no exceptions.

Rob Berendt