IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> wrote on 
01/05/2015 12:09:35 PM:

> From: Phil Smith <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Date: 01/05/2015 12:10 PM
> Subject: Full z/OS SPOOL
> Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]>
> 
> We have an open-source STC which, if not shut down cleanly, has a 
> tendency to fill SPOOL. Obviously we need to hunt down the problem 
> and kill it. In the meantime, when it happens, and our system gets 
> IPLed (second-level guest, at IBM Dallas), we wind up unable to 
> logon. Starting the guest gets:
> 
> *$HASP050 JES2 RESOURCE SHORTAGE OF BUFX - 100% UTILIZATION REACHED
>           A TOTAL OF 49 BUFX ARE CURRENTLY DEFINED, OF WHICH:
>              49 (100%) ARE IN USE
>              40 (81%) ARE BEING WAITED FOR
>              0 PROCESSORS REQUESTED BUFX BUT DID NOT WAIT
>              THE LARGEST UNFULFILLED REQUEST WAS FOR 0 BUFX
>           A MINIMUM OF 89 BUFX IS REQUIRED TO SATISFY CURRENT DEMAND
> 
> Issuing commands like VINPUT VMSG $POJOBQ,ALL,PROTECTED,DAYS>0 seems
> to purge a bunch of stuff (we get messages that suggest this is 
> true, and repeating the command gets "HASP003 RC=(52),PO JOBQ  - NO 
> SELECTABLE ENTRIES FOUND MATCHING") but doesn't seem to actually help.
> 
> So...from a SECUSERed VM logon, how can we clear SPOOL? A cold start
> would suffice, although of course knowing how to do so without a 
> cold start would be even better (for those times when it's full but 
> not yet down).
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> And yes, I've Googled and Googled 'til my Googler is sore; there 
> must be something I haven't thought of before... (with apologies to 
> Mr. Geisel)

You might see if the local fix in

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1OA26484

still works.

Bob

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