Re: QRWTSRVR spool joblog files

Not so easy to search a spool file for two consecutive words, one of which
may be on one line and the other on the next line. Quite easy on the table
function.


On Wed, Apr 8, 2026 at 8:26 AM Justin Taylor <jtaylor.0ab@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Searching a spooled file text file via CTRL-F is much easier (and faster)
than writing query after query over a pending job log. It also lets you
see the searched value in the context of the messages above and below.

On Wed, Apr 8, 2026 at 7:00 AM Rob Berendt <robertowenberendt@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Jim,
I agree with using the pending feature. I changed system value

QLOGOUTPUT

over a decade ago.
However even those joblogs you need to have GO CLEANUP address them.

Yep, IDK why anyone would want to spool joblogs anymore. After all, if

you

want to query a file do you do a CPYF OUTPUT(*PRINT) and then parse that
output or do you query the file directly? Much easier to read joblogs

with

the following:

https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.5.0?topic=services-joblog-info-table-function

On Tue, Apr 7, 2026 at 7:09 PM Jim Oberholtzer <
midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

That’s one way but why create the job logs at all? Use the pending
feature


Jim Oberholtzer
Agile Technology Architects

On Apr 7, 2026, at 5:01 PM, Jerry Draper <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

wrote:

Our system has many QZDASIOINIT jobs running which are server by

profile QUSER and job QRWTSRVR.

QUSER has a jobd of QSFTJOBD and it is creating hundreds of job logs

for

normal ending filling up QEZJOBLOG.

We want to eliminate these disk suckers.

Best way?

Create new JOBD for those jobs and config JOBD not to create joblogs?

Thx,

Jerry

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