On 20 January 2011 21:31, John Eells <[email protected]> wrote: > Erik Janssen wrote: >> >> We use EXEC PGM=IEFBR15, but the funny thing was when I used EXEC >> PGM=KABOOM or something like that (because obviously it doesn't matter what >> you use as long as the program doesn't exist), some incident manager >> informed me that the standard to force an S806 abend was to use program >> IEFBR15 and that I should not start using my own programs :-) > > <snip> > > A Long Time Ago, In A...well, you get the idea...there was an IBM > recommendation from ITSO or WSC (I don't recall which) to run one IEFBR15 > per CP in a unique reporting performance group (RPGN), and subtract the time > spent in that RPGN from 100% to find true CPU busy on systems that might > have low utilization effects. > > A later dispatcher update made this unnecessary, but there might still be > copies of that program lying around here and there with that name. BR15 is, > of course, a very efficient loop. It's probably worth a quick check on your > system to make sure it's not there, just in case, in these days of VWLC. > > Just a thought.
At all the places I've worked, IEFBR15 caused either an S322 or an S222 abend, depending on how on-the-ball the operators were. So it's not entirely wrong to say that IEFBR15 may cause an abend, but it can be an expensive way of doing it. Tony H. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
