"Mark Zelden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:09:52 -0600, Dave Kopischke > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 11:22:56 -0600, Staller, Allan wrote: > > > >> > >>I am generally opposed to resource groups, however, they do have their > >>uses. I find them useful for your purpose (guaranteeing a minimum amount > >>of service). I do not find them useful for "capping" a workload. > >> > <snip> > > > > >We had similar issues. Test and development JOBs sitting in an initiator > getting > >no service for hours. Tying up an initiator that could be used for production > >JOBs. And when they stack up, taking up more and more initiators, what do > >you do ??? > > > > Separate initiators between production / test job classes, add more > initiators or > convert to WLM controlled initiators for some, most or all the job classes. > > Unless you are *really* storage constrained (I don't know who is these > days), there is no harm in an idle address space taking up an initiator. Unless > of course it has a resource (ENQ) on something a production job needs... > but that is a completely different issue. > > Mark
....which is solved by the Blocked Workload Support in z/OS 1.9 with PTFs available for 1.8 and 1.7. See Flash10609, http://www-03.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/FLASH10609 Kees. ********************************************************************** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered number 33014286 ********************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
