Re: 5250 sessions killing the system

[Evan Harris <auctionitis@xxxxxxxxx>]

Is it not possible to control the Workstation settings via a Window Policy
Setting ?

On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 8:19 AM Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Switching 5250 is not on the plate.  Again, I'd rather have something I
> can control at the server to stop this.
> Technically auto-reconnect has it's uses.  For example when you do a
> switch to your HA solution.  Training users how to manually do a reconnect
> can be done but I'd rather not.  Again, I'd rather figure out how to limit
> this at the server.
>
> Rob Berendt
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> Hmm. The emulator we use internally (and which we bundle with our CRM
> product), which I helped write, does not even *have* auto-reconnect
> (I've never even heard of such a thing until now), and if it has a
> "device in use" collision when connecting, it (1) increments the counter
> in the device name, if you specify a device name, and (2) stops trying
> and puts up a dialog after a set number of failed attempts to connect.
>
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