Re: Message queue QSYS/QSYSMSG

[DrFranken <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Absolutely!!

Now let's all get together and open an RFE and vote the crap out of it 
to allow WE THE PEOPLE to mark messages that WE want to show up in 
QSYSMSG!!!


        - Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis

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On 9/27/2017 10:08 AM, Jim Hawkins wrote:
> I will second Bob's recommendation, we were not doing this and lost a drive
> and didn't realize it for several days (other than the performance was going
> downhill).
>
> We have a job that monitors this message queue and if anything appears our
> IT manager and myself get immediate notification in our email and a text to
> our phones.
>
> from: Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx>
> subject: Message queue QSYS/QSYSMSG
>
> I strongly recommend that everyone create the message queue QSYS/QSYSMSG.
> Any critical messages from QSYSOPR will be copied there.  You will not get
> the clutter like "cleanup ran" and stuff like that.
>
> And you just might want to keep an eye on QSYS/QSYSMSG and not ignore the
> messages like
>
> Date sent  . . . . . . :   07/16/14      Time sent  . . . . . . : 14:28:22
> CPPEA05  *Attention*  Contact your hardware service provider.
> Cause . . . . . :   Internal analysis of an exception indicates that data
>    protection facilities have been lost due to a permanent failure.
>
> Date sent  . . . . . . :   12/28/15      Time sent  . . . . . . : 21:22:10
> CPI1164  Hot spare disk unit not operating.
>
> Date sent  . . . . . . :   07/02/16      Time sent  . . . . . . : 19:07:28
> CPF1397  Subsystem QBASE varied off work station DSP01 for user ROB
> Cause . . . . . :   The maximum number of sign on attempts specified by
> system
>    value QMAXSIGN has been reached.  The device has been varied off for
>    security reasons.
>
> Just kinda speaking from experience...
>
>
> Rob Berendt
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