Exempting some users should be part of the options/tuning knobs. If a shop would prefer to lose the entire system that should be their cal l (no action required - they'll get an easily referenced ABEND code).
Personally, I would rather lose my most critical virtual machine rather than my most critical virtual machine plus all the others too. Your mileage may vary. Brian Nielsen On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 14:31:44 -0700, Schuh, Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrot e: >Any virtual machine would not work at most shops; any but the ones in an exempt list might be OK. > >Regards, >Richard Schuh > > -----Original Message----- >From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Nielsen >Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 1:32 PM >To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU >Subject: Re: Paging Space Question > >Instead of a CP ABEND when PAGE space runs out CP could terminate a >virtual machine to free up memory/PAGE space. I would much rather see = > >*any* virtual machine terminate than have CP ABEND and terminate them al l= >. > >There are lots of potential options/tuning knobs that could be devised t o= > >aid CP in prioritizing/determining which virtual machine(s) to terminate .= > > >Brian Nielsen > >On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 16:09:04 -0400, Alan Altmark <[EMAIL PROTECTED] m= >> >wrote: >>CP will keep absorbing more work until you thrash the system to death o r= > >>he runs out of paging space. FYI, we are looking at various ways to >>eliminate configuration-related abends altogther. Maybe generate a >>marquee of "The Sysprog is a Dope" on the tape drive displays.... :-) >> >>Until then you can SET MAXUSERS at the point you feel the system can't >>tolerate any more users, based on performance data or some sort of >>transaction monitor to gauge response times. >> >>Alan Altmark >>z/VM Development >>IBM Endicott >>======================== = >======================== == >========================
