ESP Started Task with Millions of JESMSGLG & JESYSMSG lines

[Gunasekaran Loganathan]

Hi All,

 

The ESP started task in our shop was recycled back in Sep'2017 without a JESLOG=(SPIN,'08:00') parameter since then the JESMSGLG and JESYSMSG have  started accumulated and we have a total of 4 Million lines combining JESMSGLG & JESYSMSG.

 

We are kind on concerned that the SP started task might abend someday due to the space issue. Just wanted to know if there is any hard limitation such as the Start task will abend when there is more than 8 Millions of line accumilated.

 

Anyways we would restart the start task with JESLOG=(SPIN,'08:00') later this month. But as mentioned above want to know the hard limitation and what are the possible issue/consequences if we continue to run with these log untill it abends. 

 

DDNAME   StepName ProcStep DsID Owner    C Dest               Rec-Cnt Page

JESJCLIN                      1 CONTROL  Z                          2    

JESMSGLG JES2                 2 CONTROL  Z                         3M    

JESJCL   JES2                 3 CONTROL  Z                         53    

JESYSMSG JES2                 4 CONTROL  Z                         1M    

$INTTEXT JES2                 5 CONTROL  A                         14    

EVENTLOG JES2                 8 CONTROL  A                          0    

CPEENQLG ESP                103 CONTROL  M                     45,500    

SYS52348 ESP                224 CONTROL  M                    199,169    

 

Thanks in advance. 

[Lucy Zhang]

Hi Guna,

 

ESP doesn't code a limit on its outputs. You may check with your ZOS system admin on the JES setting for ESP STC and/or its job class for possible consequence.

 

I did google and found following information from IBM website:

IBM Knowledge Center 

 

Hope this helps,

 

Lucy

[Gunasekaran Loganathan]

Hi Lucy,

 

Thanks for the details, our system programming notified we have a default value OUTLIM(5000000). We had recycled the ESP started task with JESLOG=(SPIN,'08:00') on 14th Jan 2018. Now the accumulated JESMSGLG & JESYSMSG logs have been cleared off. 

[Legacy User]

I spin my JESLOG with my ESP log twice a day.  I find it nice to have both with the same time periods. 

 

 

JOB SPINLOG.0559 LINK PROCESS   /* ESP SPINLOG TO $AVRS 
   RUN DAILY                                            
   DELAYSUB 05:59                                       
   ESPNOMSG OPER SPINLOG                                
   VS '$TS(ESP),SPIN'                                   
   RELEASE SPINLOG.1759                                 
ENDJOB                                                  
JOB SPINLOG.1759 LINK PROCESS   /* ESP SPINLOG TO $AVRS 
   RUN DAILY                                            
   DELAYSUB 17:59                                       
   ESPNOMSG OPER SPINLOG                                
   VS '$TS(ESP),SPIN'                                   
ENDJOB