Since no one has asked yet, I will. 
Is SYSTEM the appropriate level of priority for this task?
I don't have any flashcopy here, so I have no experience or even knowledge of 
all that ANTMAIN does.


Dave Gibney
Information Technology Services
Washington State University


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> On Behalf Of Graham Harris
> Sent: Monday, May 13, 2013 11:38 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: ANTMAIN takes a lot of CPU
> 
> I understand the root cause of this issue (which is essentially repetitive
> parallel execution of large numbers of SRBs within ANTMAIN when
> flashcopy eligibility/pairing checking is applied against very large
> numbers of volumes) is "recognised", and is intended to be addressed in a
> future version of z/OS.  The way to avoid ANTMAIN CPU spikes for the time
> being, appears to be to make the eligible volume target list as small as
> possible, or turn off the flashcopy 'trigger' in whatever software you are
> using (assuming you don't actually need flashcopy of course!)
> 
> 
> On 13 May 2013 16:37, John Gilmore <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > The word "excessive" is sometimes, I think, legitimate shorthand for
> > "unexpectedly large in comparison with what has been the case".
> >
> > It is important is to remember that "excess" is symptomatic.  It
> > identifies something unfortunate that has happened.  The question who
> > is be blamed for that thing, when it is meaningful at all, is a
> > different one that may, often does, have an answer that is not the
> > obvious one.
> >
> > John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA
> >
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