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Is there a way to automatically start a spill when my LXX reaches either the initial warning percentage or at 100%?  Could there be a startup option or possibly an exit that could be instituted to accomplish this?

  • 1.  Is there a way to automatically start a spill when my LXX reaches either the initial warning percentage or at 100%?  Could there be a startup option or possibly an exit that could be instituted to accomplish this?

    Posted Dec 21, 2016 12:02 PM

    We have a batch routine now which executes every so many minutes to see what the LXX percentage is, then submits a spill if it is over a certain value.  In production, with a large LXX, this is not a problem, but in test with a much smaller LXX, we have run into a scenario where the LXX has filled rapidly since the last check, so we can now no longer get the response from MUF to tell us to spill ... a proverbial catch 22.



  • 2.  Re: Is there a way to automatically start a spill when my LXX reaches either the initial warning percentage or at 100%?  Could there be a startup option or possibly an exit that could be instituted to accomplish this?

    Posted Dec 21, 2016 12:17 PM

    Steve,

     

    We use something as simple as our automated operations product initiating a started task to do the spill at the appropriate threshold. If you don’t have a tool to intercept console messages and issue console commands, maybe z/OS has such a feature itself?

     

    Clyde



  • 3.  Re: Is there a way to automatically start a spill when my LXX reaches either the initial warning percentage or at 100%?  Could there be a startup option or possibly an exit that could be instituted to accomplish this?

    Posted Dec 23, 2016 01:07 PM

    Thanks all.  We do not have an automation package, but one of our techs went looking around and found a pretty slick looking MPF exit which we might very well implement.  One of its functions is exactly what we were looking for.

     

    Steve Roy

    Database Administrator

    Fedex Trade Networks, Inc.

    TEL 1-716-879-1369

    CEL 1-716-444-0495



  • 4.  Re: Is there a way to automatically start a spill when my LXX reaches either the initial warning percentage or at 100%?  Could there be a startup option or possibly an exit that could be instituted to accomplish this?

    Posted Dec 21, 2016 12:31 PM

    We also use our automation to trigger a started task to do the spill.  We set the threshold message to appear on the console.  When that message appears, the spill is initiated.  The LOGSPILL startup option lets you specify the % full to use to issue the console message, in our test MUF's we use a fairly low number because a batch job can fill a small LXX quickly.  As Clyde indicated, you do need a a tool to intercept the console message and issue the console command to start the spill task.

    Kathy



  • 5.  Re: Is there a way to automatically start a spill when my LXX reaches either the initial warning percentage or at 100%?  Could there be a startup option or possibly an exit that could be instituted to accomplish this?

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted Dec 21, 2016 01:05 PM

    Hi Steve, it looks like Clyde and Kathy have put you on the right track here. If you use an Internet search engine, you could search for "automation spill lxx datacom" and among other entries you would find one called "Knowledge Base Articles" that addresses this.

    There are actually two Knowledge Base articles I would like to recommend, accessible via these links if you are logged into CA Support Online:

    TEC465144, titled "Can I use automation routines to manage my CA Datacom Log file spills on a z/OS system?"

    TEC608179, titled "While running my CA Datacom DBUTLTY SPILL job, I received an error DB13074E - ACTIVE JOB jjjjjjjj PREVENTING SPILL. What is causing this?"

    Many clients have found these to be helpful, and I hope that you do, too. 

    If you have a problem or a more detailed question about your configuration that might not be able to be answered here in the community, please feel free to open a support case and we will dig into this further with you. However, if you want other opinions on how different companies handle this, you are in the right place.