"Peter Smithson" <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message
news:MPG.1b17eafd9e30383d9897b8@News.Individual.NET...
> Hello,
>
> I've just about got the hang of using JCL and intrinsics and now
I've
> got to do some sysadmin!
>
> We've got an MPE 7.0 system which is used by, at most, 5 people.
All of
> a sudden, only one person can log in.  The rest get the message
"Can't
> initiate new sessions now".
>
> I used my years of experience with UNIX and Windows and thought a
reboot
> would help but it didn't. By the way, after reading about "shutdown"
I
> did "shutdown system;restart", it displayed some messages about
stopping
> things and then just sat there.  I'm not sure if it's supposed to
say
> something like "I've finished now - you can turn me off" but I
> eventually powered it off and on.  So the "restart" bit didn't work
or
> it's just not shutting down cleanly - maybe it's related.
>
> Anyway, back to the main problem.  What can I do about it?  I've
done a
> few searches but have not found anything of use.  There was stuff
about
> reconfiguring (which I couldn't get to work anyway) but it's not a
> config problem - it used to work.
>
> Thanks
>
> Peter
> --

Do a :SHOWVAR HPUSER@ and look at the values for HPUSERCOUNT &
HPUSERLIMIT. HPUSERCOUNT is the number of users currently logged on
and HPUSERLIMIT is the maximum allowed on your system. We've seen
HPUSERCOUNT get corrupted a few times but a re-boot usually clears it.
What sort of START did you do? I think you'll need to do a >START
NORECOVERY.

HTH

Mark

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