> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL > Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 12:52 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: CA-MIM/Integrity abend. > > >They don't wanna. I can't force them. It is now a political > thing, not a technical thing. And, in any case, most seem to > regard a unused initiator as a reason to submit more jobs, > even when the CPU is at 100% > and work in crawling. I.e. "If you didn't want the job to be > running, then why is there an initiator?" > > Tell management how much you are spending on MIM, and GRS is 'free'.
That's an idea. I bounce it off my manager. I don't know how much MIM costs. We are fairly heavy into CA. And, to be honest, MIM is a good product. > > The initiator thing is just subject to analysis. > I never let my users see how many are available. > They should be complaining about lousy throughput if they are > using every init in sight. > > Why are you protecting them from their own stupidity > regarding the link edit thing? Because if I don't then __I__ must "fix" their PDS. And I don't want to be bothered. No, I can't do anything about that either. Part of my job seems to be to remove the bullets from the foot-guns when I find them. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology The information contained in this e-mail message may be privileged and/or confidential. It is for intended addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this communication is strictly prohibited and could, in certain circumstances, be a criminal offense. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by reply and delete this message without copying or disclosing it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
