WinSpool/400 Performance Improvements

 

AS/400 PC Support can become quite slow when the system utilization reaches 80-100%. This typically means your main processor is overloaded with jobs. On most AS/400's, a PC Support job runs at priority level 50. This can cause problems when using WinSpool/400 or other interactive PC Support jobs which typically need to run at priority level 20. Fortunately there is a way to change your PC Support jobs so they can compete effectively for processor time. Listed below are some suggested performance improvement settings. They may not be appropriate for your AS/400 environment. Please check with your system administrator before changing these values.

1. At any command line, type CHGCLS and press F4 to prompt the command. Listed below are the suggested settings for the PC Support subsystem class:

 

Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   QWCPCSUP
Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :     QGPL
Run priority  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   20
Time slice in milliseconds  . . . . . . . . . . . :   2000
Eligible for purge  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   *NO
Default wait time in seconds  . . . . . . . . . . :   30
Maximum CPU time in milliseconds  . . . . . . . . :   *NOMAX                  
Maximum temporary storage in K bytes  . . . . . . :   *NOMAX
Text  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   PC SUPPORT CLASS        
Changing the PC Support subsystem class will cause all PC Support jobs to run at priority level 20, thus improving performance on a heavily utilized system processor.

1. At any command line, type CHGRTGE and press F4 to prompt the command. Listed below are the suggested settings for the communications program evoke routing entry in subsystem QCMN:

              

Subsystem description:   QCMN           Status:   ACTIVE

Routing entry sequence number . . . . . . . :   300
Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   *RTGDTA
Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :
Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   QINTER
Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :     QSYS                        
Maximum active routing steps  . . . . . . . :   *NOMAX
Pool identifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   2
Compare value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   'PGMEVOKE'
Compare start position  . . . . . . . . . . :   29

Changing this routing entry will cause PC Support and other communications jobs to be started quicker because they will now compete with other interactive priority level 20 jobs.