RE: 98% ASP Utilisation ???

[Vijosh A <VijoshA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Folks,
Thanks to all of you  for all the messages. Sorry David, I will be careful
next time.

Thanking you all once again

Vijosh A 
Systems & Software
SEEPZ, Bombay, INDIA.
Email : <vijosha@alfuttaim.co.ae>

        -----Original Message-----
        From:   David Gibbs [SMTP:david@midrange.com]
        Sent:   Friday, November 05, 1999 4:19 PM
        To:     RPG400-L@midrange.com
        Subject:        RE: 98% ASP Utilisation ???

        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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