remote 520 questions (more)

I was asked mor questions.

As part of the (in)famous "decommissiong", we continue to find issues. For
example, I am looking at an output that has 171423 files. There are other
queues with a large number as well, but probably not as many. Cache
battery is gone.

Since we recently had cache battery and hard drive replaced on local
system, I feel confident (maybe foolishly?) that this isn't an issue, but I
was asked. If a remote drive craps out - it is in a RAID set, is there any
potential data loss? They are keeping things in output queues because
there is no alternative.

They need to keep the content, which brings up the related question, and I
am thinking no easy answer here. Remote is v5r3. Can the spool files be
converted to PDF? I am cringing at the thought of doing this for 171423 or
even 11,736 files. But, I have to ask. Does SPOOLTOOL have this
capability?

Due to large outques and I don't know how much actual junk, if SPOOLTOOLS
could do conversion to PDF (again, on v5r3 system), could it be installed
without pushing Dasd over the edge? System is at 88.5142 of 317.1G.

I created a user profile on local 520 (v5r4) with same user name and
password as my profile ob the remote system. Still could not open a DDM
file. Same error and reason code - 17. Maybe there is an exit program
involved, but command to look at exit programs has slipped away from active
memory. Maybe it is just file authority. My login is tied to a group
profile so when I sign on, I have needed authority to access files. Maybe
whatever job provides DDM service needs that authority - if so, what
profile is that?

I deeply appreciate your patience and assistance. This whole process is
rapidly approaching the looney stage.

John McKee