Hi Randy, Welcome to the wonderful world of z/VM! I think you'll be pleasantly surprised by the level and quality of help and interaction here.
The CP PURGE command is used to delete spool files. There are a variety of operands on the PURGE command, allowing you to delete individual files, sets of files, or even all the files in spool. Take care to check that the 83% you see is the summary line, not an individual extent. What your "full" threshold should be is a matter of preference, but I think most would consider 83% to be too close to full. z/VM does not automatically purge spool files, and you do need to monitor spool to ensure that it does not fill up. z/VM will continue to run if spool is full, but you'll be unable to create any new spool files. There are several solutions to the spool monitoring/filling issue, ranging from freeware utilities to commercial offerings. To answer your specific question, you can clear all spool files with several very broad PURGE commands: PURGE SYSTEM RDR ALL PURGE SYSTEM PRT ALL PURGE SYSTEM PUN ALL When you start deleting spool files, take care to preserve the NSS files. NSS files contain executable program materials. For example, when you "IPL CMS", CMS comes from an NSS file. Luckily, the PURGE command requires you to be pretty specifc with NSS files, so you shouldn't accidentally delete something you require. I'd be lax if I didn't recommend that you take a backup of spool, just in case. In particular, I always keep a backup of our NSS files, in case I delete one or accidentally foul up the spool area. z/VM has a very useful tool for this called SPXTAPE, which allows you to dump spool files (or just NSS files) to tape or restore them from tape. Note that the above PURGE commands will not affect your NSS files. z/VM has one of the best help facilities I've ever used, and is a wonderful way to learn about the various commands available. Here are a few HELP commands that you might find useful: HELP CP Q ALLOC HELP CP PURGE HELP CPQUERY MENU HELP CPQUERY RDR HELP SPXTAPE To see all of the z/VM CP commands: HELP CP MENU To see all of the z/VM CMS commands: HELP CMS MENU Good luck! John -- John Hall (+1) 727-397-6373 Safe Software, Inc. JohnHall (at) SafeSoftware.Com http://www.SafeSoftware.Com JohnBeachFL (at) gmail.com On 11/5/05, Randy Dray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > First, No or minimal experience with VM, any help > would be great. > > I issued Q ALLOC SPOOL command at my vm console, > > I got 83% > > I think this is the amount of spool area or file that > is full. > > How do I reduce it? > > In a VSE (my main hat) I would issue a L LST,ALL and > this would delete ALL of my Spool Entries. What is > the VM equ.?? > > If this fills up, will this cause a problem, or will > it just overright itself?? > > Normally does someone monitor this and delete spool > files accordingly?? > > > Lastly, I plan on taking the z/v systems programmer > class from CPRSystems.com with David May. Can anyone > point me to a manual or a how to guide to help me out > until then?? > > Thanks in advance. > > Randy- >
