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02020: Private 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 private fixed frames is the cause of real
memory shortages.

DEFINITION:  This exception is raised when the number of
private frames of real memory fixed exceeds the installation-
defined threshold.

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:

**  02020 PRIVATE FIXED FRAMES EXCEEDS MAX
*;
IF PAGMXR GT fixed-frames
 THEN DO;
  EXCCODE='02020'; SEVERITY='C'; MGMTAREA='PERFORMANCE';
  EXCDESC1='PRIVATE FIXED FRAMES EXCEEDS MAX';
  EXCDESC2='FIXED FRAMES=' !! PUT(PAGMXR,6.);
  LINK HIT;
END;

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

fixed-frames - The maximum number of fixed frames is
specified.  A threshold frame count of 300 would appear as:

PAGMXR GT 300