Cynthia Bridges-Fowler ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
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: I sent the following message to another list I'm on but have had little
: response from that group of users. I suspect the users on that list are
: not familiar with the many features of VESOFT other than basic security
: and maybe the menus. The majority of my users never see the colon
: prompt (unless a job blows up!) because we use VESOFT menus heavily.
: I'm posting my earlier message here to solicit your sage advice and
: input! TIA!
 
: > We have used the LOGOFF function of VESOFT's software numerous times in
: > the past when we are preparing to do maintenance. We generally do this
: > maintenance at the end of the day on a Friday (after 5pm) and use
: > LOGOFF to abort sessions on machines that have been left idle for 10+
: > minutes. Once all users are logged off, we then proceed to make the
: > system unavailable to users for the duration of the maintenance, whether
: > for installation of software, system upgrades, or whatever.
: >
 
For this part, I'd recommend using the ABORTJOB command inside of MPEX.
You can say something along the lines of:
%ABORTJOB ONLINE-LDEV=20 This will take everyone off the system except
for the console. ONLINE does not touch batch jobs, or you can say:
%ABORTJOB @-LDEV=20
 
Anyway, have a look at the help for the command, you will probably find
this a lot easier than configuring LOGOFF to achieve the same thing.
 
Charles Leader
Former VESOFT System Manager and Technical Support
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