Releasing job reservations on an independent disk pool
If jobs are currently using an independent disk pool, you cannot make the disk pool unavailable (vary off). In order to make the independent disk pool unavailable, all the jobs using the disk pool need to release their reservation on the disk pool. To determine how to handle this situation, first view the jobs.
To view the jobs using an independent disk pool:
After you have identified the jobs using an independent disk pool that you want to make unavailable, you have several options for each job:
- In iSeries™ Navigator, expand My Connections (or your active environment).
- Expand the System i™ you want to examine,Configuration and Service > Hardware > Disk Units > Disk Pools.
- Right-click the disk pool and select Jobs.
- End the job. Be sure to consider the affect this action may have before ending a job. This may not be a good idea in some cases. See Ending a job for details.
- Let the job run to completion. If the job appears to be processing normally, you can wait until the job runs to completion.
- Diagnose and recover a poorly performing or hung job. If the job does not appear to be running, determine if the job is hung or is performing slowly. See the Work management troubleshooting topic for tips on diagnosing and handling problematic jobs.
- Release held jobs or threads.
Use the Work with ASP Jobs (WRKASPJOB) command when an independent disk pool is unavailable to identify any jobs that hold locks on objects in the disk pool.
Parent topic:
Managing independent disk poolsRelated tasks
Making a disk pool unavailable