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Status Future consideration
Workspace z/OS
Categories JES2
Created by Guest
Created on Apr 24, 2020

Provide ability to dynamically increase JES2 initiators

Increasing the number of JES2 initiators requires a change to INITDEF PARTNUM, and then a JES2 warmstart. This is extremely disruptive and creates an outage. JES2 should provide a means to dynamically increase PARTNUM without requiring a JES2 warmstart.

SUBMITTER COMMENTS
Tom Conley
Posted: Mar 17, 2017 04:58 AM
Provide ability to dynamically increase JES2 initiators[https://www.share.org/p/us/sn/uid=5161](Profile) [mailto:pinncons@rochester.rr.com](Email)

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Increasing the number of JES2 initiators requires a change to INITDEF PARTNUM, and then a JES2 warmstart. This is extremely disruptive and creates an outage. JES2 should provide a means to dynamically increase PARTNUM without requiring a JES2 warmstart

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Tim Hare
Posted: May 08, 2017 05:01 PM
Provide ability to dynamically increase JES2 initiators[https://www.share.org/p/us/sn/uid=26702](Profile) [mailto:HareSystemsSupport@comcast.net](Email)

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I'm no expert on WLM initiators - but does WLM add more initiators based on the size of the input queue (either in total, or by class)? If not, then I would prefer to see a range (min, max) specified for the number of initiators, and let JES2 dynamically add and remove initiators based on the queue sizes, priority of job classes, and some threshold value before increases are made. Perhaps with a command to override those numbers.

Spikes by definition happen suddenly, I would rather have the software respond rather than waiting on an operator to notice (or receive a phone call).

Idea priority Low
  • Guest
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    Apr 24, 2020

    Hello,
    Why not implementing WLM managed initiators ?
    Limits are in$T JOBCLASS
    Regards