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Workspace IBM i
Categories Core OS
Created by Guest
Created on Jul 26, 2017

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Enable Programmatic End of Batch Restricted State where an end to Batch restricted State has not been reached.

Introduce an API component that will allow for a Batch Restricted State to be terminated from within a BRS job/program without recourse to PWRDWNSYS or Option 14 of the DST Environment.


Use Case:

Where a Batch Restricted State is requested (during SAVE 21 for example) if the BRS needs to be terminated, especially if a Restricted State has not been effected in an appropriate time frame, the only recourse is to use PWRDWNSYS or Option 14 from DST. Both cases require operator intervention. Where a BRS is enacted on a Hosting LPAR, then PWRDWNSYS will not only re-cycle the Host LPAR, but cause all Client LPARS to fail, and in a very dangerous way. These methods negate any real automation for these system tasks and are not very safe or good practice. We are attempting to implement as much automation as possible, and attempt to reduce the amount of time taken for system management functions providing greater end user access, especially in relation to web applications. The current BRS cancellation methods do not achieve that goal.
Given that it would appear from the DST Option 14 method, that there are already routines in the OS that can force a BRS state to end, then it would seem appropriate to allow that process to be able to be accessed from within a BRS job/program.


Idea priority High
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    |     Oct 9, 2017

    We added a new parameter to the ENDSBS command for use by BRMS to allow jobs to be ended abnormally to get into restricted state.

    Abnormal end delay time (ABNENDDLY) - Help

    Specifies the amount of time (in minutes) that is allowed for the
    immediate subsystem end operation to complete. If this amount of time
    is exceeded and the end operation is not complete, any jobs still being
    processed in the subsystem are ended abnormally. If a job is ended
    abnormally, the next system end is marked as abnormal. The delay time
    may be extended if there are jobs with SIGTERM handlers active that have
    not ended.

    *NOLIMIT
    The amount of time in which to complete an immediate end is not
    limited.

    10-999
    Specify the number of minutes in which the immediate end operation
    is allowed to complete.

    The new parameter is available in 7.3 and 7.2.

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