The folks that told you that were NOT entirely correct...

See http://www.3k.com in the HPFAQ for a definitive answer on what counts as
"sessions"...

The console doesn't count.

Logged on users count, and hung devices count (try a :SHOWDEV and look for
terminal devices UNAVAIL SYS #n ). Opening a terminal device (port) will
count against the session limit, even before a session actually completely
logs on to the device. An :ABORTIO on the device (if it's been in that state
for a long time) will usually free it up, though the default logon timeout
(about 2-3 minutes?) will usually kick in and free the device up without
"assistance".

It used to be fairly common for serial connected terminals/emulators to
occasionally hang up a port and count as an active session...

HTH,
  Chris Bartram

-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Yantis [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 8:02 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [HP3000-L] Which jobs have opened ports?


Our HP3000/937 has a hard user limit of 64 and the past few days the limit
is being reached which results in would-be users being denied a connection.
Upon checking we found that the number of sessions was only in the high
fifties, so I called HP and asked what was being counted towards the user
limit. They told me that, in addition to sessions, the console counts as
one and that each time a job opens a port it counts as one. They were
unable to tell me if there is any way find out which jobs/programs have
ports open. Some of the jobs running continuously are from third party
vendors and/or HP, so I don't have the program source to look at.

Does anyone know how to find out if a running program has opened ports? Is
there a variable in MPEX that can accomplish this?

TIA,
Phil

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