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02021: Total 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 fixed frames as the cause of real memory
shortage.

RATIONALE:  When real memory shortages occur, they often
result from excess fixed frames.  This exception identifies
when the total number of fixed frames is the cause of real
memory shortages.  Exceptions 2016 thru 2020 should identify
in which area the excess page fixing is occurring.

DEFINITION:  This exception is detected when the total number
of fixed frames of real memory 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:

**  02021 TOTAL FIXED FRAMES EXCEEDS MAX
*;
IF PAGMXX GT fixed-frames
 THEN DO;
  EXCCODE='02021'; SEVERITY='C'; MGMTAREA='PERFORMANCE';
  EXCDESC1='TOTAL FIXED FRAMES EXCEEDS MAX';
  EXCDESC2='FIXED FRAMES=' !! PUT(PAGMXX,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 500 would appear as:

PAGMXX GT 500