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02018: LPA Fixed Frames Exceeds Max

FILE: Paging Activity File
SAS FILE NAME: DAYS.SCPPAG01
SOURCE LOCATION: prefix.MICS.USER.SOURCE(DYRMFEXC)

SEVERITY: Critical             (SEVERITY='C')
MANAGEMENT AREA: Performance   (MGMTAREA='PERFORMANCE')

PURPOSE:  Identifies type of excess fixed frames.

RATIONALE:  When real memory shortages occur, they often
result from excess fixed frames.  This exception identifies
when the number of fixed frames in LPA is the cause of real
memory shortages.

DEFINITION:  This exception is raised when the number of
frames of real memory fixed in LPA exceeds the installation-
defined maximum.

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:

**  02018 LPA FIXED FRAMES EXCEEDS MAX
*;
IF PAGMXLF GT fixed-frames
 THEN DO;
  EXCCODE='02018'; SEVERITY='C'; MGMTAREA='PERFORMANCE';
  EXCDESC1='LPA FIXED FRAMES EXCEEDS MAX';
  EXCDESC2='FIXED FRAMES=' !! PUT(PAGMXLF,6.);
  LINK HIT;
END;

THRESHOLD MODIFICATION:  The user should modify the
fixed-frames value according to the following conventions:

fixed-frames - The maximum number of fixed frames is
specified.  A frame count of 15 threshold would appear as:

PAGMXLF GT 15