Thanks much.

Okay, I confirmed that MSGCLASS=Z will make output magically disappear.

Here is the proc as it exists today:

//*--------------------------------------------------------------------
//IEFPROC   EXEC   PGM=IEFIIC,DPRTY=12,PARM=',,&GETWORK,BPXPRJRW'      
//********************************************************************/
//*                                                                  */
//*01* PROCEDURE NAME : BPXAS                                        */
//*                                                                  */
//*01* FUNCTION: Used to start the MVS initiator                     */
//*                                                                  */
//*01* COMPONENT: SC1B6 (Initiator)                                  */
//*                                                                  */
//*01* DISTRIBUTION LIBRARY: SYS1.PROCLIB                            */
//********************************************************************/

If I add the following as the first line of the proc is it likely to work, or 
at the very least, not make things worse?

//BPXAS    JOB MSGLEVEL=1,MSGCLASS=Z

Charles

On Mon, 10 Apr 2023 17:51:33 -0400, Steve Smith <[email protected]> wrote:

>Those are OMVS "initiators", and as far as I can tell, there is no way to
>control them.  OMVS starts as many as needed to run processes (at which
>point they temporarily change their name - which is why you don't see all
>of them in DA).  Once they're idle for 30 minutes or so, they quit;
>resulting in a big heap of dead BPXAS laying around.
>
>My solution was to make BPXAS a "started job", with the simple addition of
>MSGCLASS=Z (which is purged immediately at my shop).

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