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Re: RUN AWAY JOB
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John Clogg <[log in to unmask]>
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John Clogg <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 23 Jun 2005 09:56:35 -0700
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Kim Borgman wrote:

> Had a job last nite with displays run away and cause system to lock,
>causing us to do a restart.  Like 800,000,000 lines.

The problem you had was almost certainly the result of filling up your
system volume set with the spooled output from this job.  I would
recommend placing a file space limit on the OUT.HPSPOOL group.  If that
fills up, it will shut down your spooler, but it won't hang the system.

John Clogg

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