Re: [Security400] QINACTITV does not appear to be working

[Chuck Lewis <clewis@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Oh, and on the pools, I have ours as:

Pool        Storage     Activity
 ID        Size (K)      Level
  1           *BASE
  2       *INTERACT


"Bale, Dan" wrote:

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> Ya know, I was just getting ready to ask that question.  End QINTER, but
> still allow me access to sign on.
>
> Evan, could you detail both the subsystem and jobqueue you use for
> backup, as well as second subsystem with the "workstation entries" (?)
> and "routing entry" (?).  This appears to be exactly what I need/want to
> do in our situation.
>
> Dan Bale
> IT - AS/400
> Handleman Company
> 248-362-4400  Ext. 4952
> D.Bale@Handleman.com
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Evan Harris [SMTP:spanner@ihug.co.nz]
> > Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 2:18 PM
> > To:   security400@midrange.com
> > Subject:      Re: [Security400] QINACTITV does not appear to be
> > working
> >
> > We do the same here. I run the backup jobs in batch through a specific
> > dedicated subsystem and jobqueue so there is no possibility of a job
> > clash
> > (well, OK a much reduced possibility :)
> >
> > To enable access to particular individuals during the backup I starts
> > a
> > second subsystem that has workstation entries included in it and only
> > allow
> > people with a particular routing entry to sign on.
> >
> > Hope this helps
> >
> > >Dan,
> > >
> > >We only have one system here and I notice that some devices get
> > knocked of
> > >(we use 90)
> > >and yet others, which have had no activity for HOURS are still on.
> > The
> > >common thread
> > >seems to be they are PC's connected via TCP/IP and not the dumb
> > terminals (?).
> > >
> > >We DEFINITELY end QINTER for backups and the backup job runs in
> > QBATCH so
> > >no user
> > >submitted jobs can run against it...
> > >
> > >Chuck
> > >
> > >"Bale, Dan" wrote:
> > >
> > > > System value QINACTITV is set to 60 minutes on all of our
> > production
> > > > systems.  However, the system seems to recognize this setting on
> > only
> > > > two of these five boxes.  One one system, it takes up to six hours
> > for
> > > > the system to finally boot me off.  Another system takes about
> > three
> > > > hours.
> > > >
> > > > Yesterday, our backup failed because one user's workstation had
> > not been
> > > > signed off, objects were locked, and the backup "failed".  This
> > was
> > > > quickly elevated to "resolve this now" by our auditing team.
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