Re: Objects allocated to SNADS

[Evan Harris <auctionitis@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Pete

how big is library QDOC and what to the QRYDST command show you in
terms of distributions ?

On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 2:53 PM, Pete Helgren <pete@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Over a year ago I lit up an unused ethernet port for external telnet
> access and in the process managed to create an open relay that lasted
> about a day before a slow system and rapid loss of disk space alerted me
> to the problem.  There were tens of thousands of spool files and even
> after cleaning up I felt like there was still some lost space.  But my
> posts here and actions taken seemed to make little difference.  Since
> then I have upgraded this customer from V5R4M0 to IBM i v 7.1.  During
> that process done earlier in the summer and which took me over a
> weekend, I noticed that the IPL step that showed SNADS recovery (or
> something similarly named) took hours to complete.  I also just ran a
> RTVDSKINF and PRTDSKINF on this system and it shows the following:
>
> SNADS and object distribution   14.93%           73762.36MB
>
> 73 gig allocated to SNADS !  They don't even use SNADS and all my
> probings have failed to turn up just where this stuff hangs out.  My
> guess is that this is collateral damage from the open relay.
>
> Is there any way to find out WHERE the PRTDSKINF report pulls the
> objects from for the "SNADS and object distribution" category?  There is
> a bunch of stuff in a library or folder that I would love to finally get
> rid of!
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Pete Helgren
> Value Added Software, Inc
> www.petesworkshop.com
> GIAC Secure Software Programmer-Java