RE: 98% ASP Utilisation ??? -- RPG400-L

Folks:

I would appreciate it if we could take the ASP utilization discussion to 
MIDRANGE-L... it's has nothing to do with RPG programming.

Thanks!

david
rpg400-l owner / operator / despot

At 04:35 AM 11/5/99 , you wrote:
>Vijosh,
>
>Basically this is a planned IBM procedure once a certain level of
>utilisation has been exceeded. The AS/400 goes into a highly restricted
>state so that it's core functions are the only functions using disk space.
>The disk threshold monitor checks the utilisation and compares it to the
>threshold you have set using SST. The default is 90% and IMO this should be
>left as is. When this has been exceeded a message will come up on the system
>console every few minutes warning of this fact. This message must not be
>ignored because some features have already been disabled at this stage. (SNA
>distribution services etc.) At that point it is prudent to get all users off
>the machine and try to get space from somewhere (delete old files etc.) so
>that your month end can continue.
>
>Sorry, it's a bit of a long answer. The short version is..no there is
>nothing you can do short of an IPL but you should have mechanisms or
>procedures in place to prevent this from happening. You can change the
>threshold to 99% to enable to complete a few tasks but I really wouldn't
>recommend it as you may start to have failures.
>
>Hope it helps,
>
>Alistair Rooney
>Project Leader (E-Commerce)
>Tibbett & Britten SA
>alistairr@tbsa.co.za
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-rpg400-l@midrange.com [mailto:owner-rpg400-l@midrange.com]On
>Behalf Of Vijosh A
>Sent: Thursday, November 04, 1999 12:48 PM
>Subject: 98% ASP Utilisation ???
>
>
>Hi folks,
>
>Last day I faced a strange situation. During month end processing the AS400
>suddenly stopped responding. No commands would work. On further
>investigation the m/c status showed that, it was running on 98% ASP
>utilisation. Ultimately an IPL had to be done because nothing worked. After
>the IPL we could delete and clean up space. Has anybody faced such a
>problem? In such situations what needs to be done for a clean up without an
>IPL?
>
>
>Vijosh A
>Systems & Software
>SEEPZ, Bombay, INDIA.
>
>Email : <vijosha@alfuttaim.co.ae>
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