First off, I highly recommend userlog data sets. Implemented here nearly 20 years ago. Solved the problem of SYS1.BRODCAST filling up. You get to choose the name. I somewhat regret setting 'BRODCAST.userid'. It makes them very easy to find, but users have no clue that they exist. Not all bad.
As for clearing out a full SYS1.BRODCAST, you can use the SYNC command to reformat it. You lose all undelivered messages. There are also some tools on CBT to clean it out with a finer blade. The problem with SYS1.BRODCAST is that every message gets stored there even for a defunct userid that will never see the message. A userlog, whatever you call it, is created automatically by the user when logging on or issuing LISTBC. Hence a defunct userid never creates a userlog. You can set up userlogs in IKJTSOXX such that a transition takes place: SYS1.BRODCAST is checked for messages before userlog, so that old messages are not lost. . . . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 626-302-7535 Office 323-715-0595 Mobile jo.skip.robin...@sce.com -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Steve Thompson Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2015 1:46 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Notify for XMIT On 05/13/2015 10:13 AM, Steve Thompson wrote: <SNIPPAGE> > Per z/OS JES2 Init & tun Ref V2R1 SA32-0992-00, the default is > MAILMSG=NO. > I was just asked a question about SYS1.BRODCAST, and I've been pouring through the ABCs of sysprog and the TSO (z/OS 2.1) manuals that I have in PDF format on my laptop. Here is the question: What happens if SYS1.BRODCAST fills up? In our case we are running a SYSPLEX with multiple LPARs and CFs. So, anyone know what to expect if SYS1.BRODCAST gets full when it is shared in a SYSPLEX? How many (willing to say) are using logfile.USERID in place of SYS1.BRODCAST? How difficult was this to implement? And could it solve that problem for us? Regards, Steve Thompson ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
