Home > Ask the AS/400 Experts > iSeries i5/OS and OS/400 Questions & Answers > Error message within the printer file
Ask The iSeries 400 Expert: Questions & Answers
EMAIL THIS

Error message within the printer file

Ken Graap EXPERT RESPONSE FROM: Ken Graap

Pose a Question
Other iSeries 400 Categories
Meet all iSeries 400 Experts
Become an Expert for this site


Digg This!    StumbleUpon Toolbar StumbleUpon    Bookmark with Delicious Del.icio.us   


>
QUESTION POSED ON: 20 May 2005
I have iSeries V5R3, and I'm using BRMS. I have a CL in a control group that does all my printing. For some reason in my last three backups, with two different control groups I'm getting the message, "Reached Maximum number of spooled records for file QPDSPMSG in library QSYS" and it hangs the backup. I have called IBM support and they just tell me how to change the setting in my CL to answer the message with a "NOMAX" response or put a monitor in the CL for that message. They never tried to find what the cause was. Any advice would be appreciated.

>

The default values for printer file QSYS/QPDSPMSG is:

Spooling description

                                           
  Spooled output queue  . . . . . . . . . . . : OUTQ       *JOB      
  Max spooled output records  . . . . . . . . : MAXRCDS        100000
  Spooled output schedule . . . . . . . . . . : SCHEDULE   *FILEEND  
  Copies  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : COPIES       1  
Apparently the number of records being processed by this printer file within your backup process is more that 100,000. This is why you have been getting the error. If you changed this printer file as follows, the error message you have been getting won't occur anymore:

CHGPRTF FILE(QPDSPMSG) MAXRCDS(*NOMAX)

The "danger" in doing this is that a job could theoretically encounter programming problems resulting in it getting into a "loop" while printing to QPDSPMSG. If this happens with the *NOMAX setting, it will continue to create output until system storage is completely used up. This is not good, because your system would shut down! If this is a concern, then you may want to just increase the size value for MAXRCDS to something like 1,000,000 instead of using *NOMAX.

==================================
MORE INFORMATION ON THIS TOPIC
==================================

Visit the ITKnowledge Exchange and get answers to your backup & recovery questions fast.

Search400.com's targeted search engine: Get relevant information on backup & recovery.

Check out this Search400.com Featured Topic on 30 backup/recovery tips in 30 minutes .


Digg This!    StumbleUpon Toolbar StumbleUpon    Bookmark with Delicious Del.icio.us   



RELATED CONTENT
iSeries i5/OS and OS/400
Will overloaded discs impact iSeries performance?
Error CWBCO1049 on AS/400
Recovering from DST QSECOFR password disablement on V5R4
Enrolling a user profile in the i5/OS system distribution directory
How to resolve a CPI93B8 error message: LIC problem data has been logged for #MSTRTNS
Checking if a local port is used by another job on AS/400
Restricting specific user command line access
Print private authorities (PRTPVTAUT) command for user objects in a library with *public exclude
Getting modules to adopt authorities from the main program
Copying a physical file back to a spool file

Past Releases
iSeries i5/OS: Top 10 Q&As
iSeries i5/OS: Top 10 Q&As
How often are message queues cleared?
Connect the dots: Get your iSeries servers talking to one another
Embedding SQL into RPG LE programs
In search of a table that shows system & O/S release compatibility
V5R3 view disk IOA cache battery expiration
New option within the WRKSYSACT command
See the users with *change or *all authority
Copy a spoolfile (report) into the IFS as a .txt file

RELATED GLOSSARY TERMS
Terms from Whatis.com − the technology online dictionary
AS/400  (Search400.com)
i5/OS  (Search400.com)
iSeries  (Search400.com)
OS/400  (Search400.com)

RELATED RESOURCES
2020software.com, trial software downloads for accounting software, ERP software, CRM software and business software systems
Search Bitpipe.com for the latest white papers and business webcasts
Whatis.com, the online computer dictionary



Search and Browse the Expert Answer Center
Search and browse more than 25,000 question and answer pairs from more than 250 TechTarget industry experts.
Browse our Expert Advice



iSeries Networking - Printing, Remote Access, TCP/IP
HomeNewsTopicsITKnowledge ExchangeTipsBlogsAsk the ExpertsMultimediaWhite PapersProducts
About Us  |  Contact Us  |  For Advertisers  |  For Business Partners  |  Site Index  |  RSS
SEARCH 
TechTarget provides technology professionals with the information they need to perform their jobs - from developing strategy, to making cost-effective purchase decisions and managing their organizations' technology projects - with its network of technology-specific websites, events and online magazines.

TechTarget Corporate Web Site  |  Media Kits  |  Site Map




All Rights Reserved, Copyright 1999 - 2009, TechTarget | Read our Privacy Policy
  TechTarget - The IT Media ROI Experts