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> From:         (Robert S. Simbarker )[SMTP:(ROBERT S. SIMBARKER )]
> Sent:         Sunday, February 07, 1999 12:13:20 PM
> Subject:      Re: why do my jobs just 'wait'
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Robert,
My joblimit is set to 60 and the slimit is 60. The jobfence is 7 while
my waiting job is set to 8. My system has only 1 job running. I think
it should run but it just stats in the wait state. Any other thoughts
on what might be happening?

Thanks,
Robert



On Sun, 7 Feb 1999 13:53:36 +0100, "Jan Gerrit Kootstra"
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Robert,
>
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>If you do the showjob, you see the joblimit and session limit at the last
>line of output. If the joblimit is lower then the number of running jobs
>plus your job.
>
>This is the explanation.
>
>Ask your system manager to increase the job limit or do it yourself if you
>are allowed to do so.
>
>The command to use is limit. The command has two parameters:
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>LIMIT JOBLIMIT,SESSIONLIMIT
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>I would ommit the second parameter in this case so use:
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>Limit old_joblimit+1
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>After your starts running, do limit oldjoblimit. This to avoid trouble with
>jobs that will start after your job finished.
>
>
>Regards,
>
>
>Jan Gerrit
>
>
>Robert heeft geschreven in bericht <[log in to unmask]>...
>>I have a new HP3K and do not know MPE very well. Everytime I stream a
>>job, it gets a job number and everything looks good until I do a
>>showjob and find that it's not running but in the 'Wait' state. Why
>>doesn't the job start? Can anyone venture a guess?
>>
>>thanks,
>>Robert
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