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* Messages (<code>DSPMSG</code>) for the users ''QSYSOPR'', ''QTCP'', ''QPGMR''. These get purged by the system cleanup jobs eventually, but retain some messages. To keep overview about more or less important things happening, I want at least have a look at new messages appearing in ''QSYSOPR''s message queue. | * Messages (<code>DSPMSG</code>) for the users ''QSYSOPR'', ''QTCP'', ''QPGMR''. These get purged by the system cleanup jobs eventually, but retain some messages. To keep overview about more or less important things happening, I want at least have a look at new messages appearing in ''QSYSOPR''s message queue. | ||
* Alerts (<code>WRKALR</code>) are a more persistent, and visible way for the system to record possibly important messages, which might be easily overseen by just (loosely over)looking routinely over the ''QSYSOPR'' messages. | * Alerts (<code>WRKALR</code>) are a more persistent, and visible way for the system to record possibly important messages, which might be easily overseen by just (loosely over)looking routinely over the ''QSYSOPR'' messages. | ||
* Problems (<code>WRKPRB</code>) | * Problems (<code>WRKPRB</code>) are the next step to alerts. Some things on the system trigger all three: Messages, Alerts, and Problem entries. | ||
[[Category: System Administration]] | [[Category: System Administration]] | ||
Latest revision as of 17:45, 5 April 2026
OS/400 has a lot of facilities to keep your machine running smoothly without doing anything sysadmin related. I want to not only keep the machine running smoothly, but keep it clean und uncluttered by unnecessary data. Thus I sign on as QSECOFR on a daily basis and check/clean the following:
- Output queues (
WRKOUTQ), purging job logs and other output no longer relevant. - Messages (
DSPMSG) for the users QSYSOPR, QTCP, QPGMR. These get purged by the system cleanup jobs eventually, but retain some messages. To keep overview about more or less important things happening, I want at least have a look at new messages appearing in QSYSOPRs message queue. - Alerts (
WRKALR) are a more persistent, and visible way for the system to record possibly important messages, which might be easily overseen by just (loosely over)looking routinely over the QSYSOPR messages. - Problems (
WRKPRB) are the next step to alerts. Some things on the system trigger all three: Messages, Alerts, and Problem entries.