Re: Increase Member Size while active

[Vinay Gavankar <vinaygav@xxxxxxxxx>]

This might be useful to manage triggers without exclusive locks:

http://archive.ibmsystemsmag.com/blogs/i-can/august-2017/manage-trigger-programs-in-productions/


On Tue, Oct 13, 2020 at 8:37 AM Arnie Flangehead <arnie.flangehead@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Hi
>
> I waited a bit because I thought you would prefer a direct answer to your
> question and I hoped someone might have one.
>
> Until I read your question I assumed data files always squeal in QSYSOPR
> when full and can be incremented by responding to the message, but that
> must just be a feature of the systems I've worked on.
>
> So I don't know. But I do have some experience of accessing constantly in
> use files to attach triggers, and this is how I do it:
>
> I use Robot, but the built-in scheduler might work as well if you can get
> your timing right. The backup shuts down all access and removes all locks,
> and so when it completes I have a program react to that completion. It runs
> every single day but usually does nothing because the CL command in it is
> commented out. When I need to attach a trigger I edit the command
> accordingly and uncomment it, and also send a message (an email in my case
> but could be just a system message) to remind me to check that the trigger
> has attached and comment out the CL so it doesn't run the following night.
>
> Perhaps you could do something similar with your CHGPF.
>
> Arnie
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