According to Guy Smith:
>
> First, let me say that I would like to see each Workload Manager group
> obtain JLIMITs.  Having the two functions (management of resource use and
> threading of concurent jobs) based on the same abstraction (queue) is
> highly desirable from an administration standpoint.
>
I agree.
My prior comments about the Workload Manager were intended toward the
use and administration of the functions, not the implementation.
 
As an aside, I don't know if this has been done, but the Performance
Collection software's definition of a workgroup should also be derived from
the Workload Manager.
 
Controlling the numbers of related jobs that could run simultaneously
and the resources they could consume is a very attractive idea. Along
with the existing scheduling controls, this is very very useful.
 
My own view is that the Workload Manager and the multiple stream queue
functionality should be part of FOS. This would enhance the "value-added"
character of MPE vs Unix and it would better complete with OS/400 and VMS.
 
 
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