4. EXCEPTIONS › 4.3 Detailed Exception Descriptions › 03005: Job Device Allocation Time Exceeded Limit

03005: Job Device Allocation Time Exceeded Limit

FILE:             Batch User Job  Activity
SAS FILE NAME:    DETAIL.BATPGM01
SOURCE LOCATION:  prefix.MICS.USER.SOURCE(DYSMFEXC)

SEVERITY:  Impacting            (SEVERITY='I')
MANAGEMENT AREA:  Performance   (MGMTAREA='PERFORMANCE')

PURPOSE:  Identifies jobs delayed in device allocation
scheduling.

RATIONALE:  The identification of jobs waiting a substantial
amount of time in device allocation may be key to the
analysis of poor job turnaround.  Reasons for device
scheduling delays include volume mounting, label processing
problems, space allocation delays, and the availability of
devices.  Improvements may have a direct bearing on reduced
turnaround.

DEFINITION:  This exception is detected when a job's device
allocation time exceeds the installation-defined time limit
for the specified job group.

EXCEPTION STATEMENTS:  The SAS statements identifying the
exception situation and describing the condition are stored
in the source member named in SOURCE LOCATION and are
described below.

*
**  03005
**  JOB DEVICE ALLOCATION TIME EXCEEDED LIMIT
*;
IF (JOBGROUP=jobgroup AND JOBALCTM > device-allocation-time)
OR (JOBGROUP=jobgroup AND JOBALCTM > device-allocation-time)
OR (JOBGROUP=jobgroup AND JOBALCTM > device-allocation-time)
 THEN DO;
  EXCCODE='03005'; SEVERITY='I'; MGMTAREA='PERFORMANCE';
  EXCDESC1=
  'JOB DEVICE ALLOCATION TIME EXCEEDED LIMIT';
  EXCDESC2='JOBGROUP=' || PUT(JOBGROUP,3.)
           || ' DEVICE ALLOCATION TIME(H:M:S)='
           || PUT(JOBALCTM,TIME.);
  LINK HIT;
END;

THRESHOLD MODIFICATION:  Modify the values used for jobgroup
and device-allocation-time as follows:

    jobgroup - The numeric value identifying the selected job
       category.  Group 10 appears as:

          JOBGROUP=10

    device-allocation-time - The amount of device allocation
       time, described as hours, minutes, and seconds.  A
       threshold of 5 minutes appears as:

         JOBALCTM > HMS(00,05.00)