Sets the action to take when an error occurs. (QDEVRCYACN)
Action to take when a device error occurs on the workstation, also known as QDEVRCYACN, is a member of the devices category of i5/OS™ system values. You can use this system value to set the action to take when an error occurs. To learn more, keep reading.
| Quick reference | |
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| Location | In iSeries™ Navigator, select your system, |
| Special authority | All object (*ALLOBJ) and security administrator (*SECADM) |
| Default value | Disconnect job, and send message to user's application after reconnecting |
| Changes take effect | Immediately |
| Lockable | Yes Lock function of security-related system values (Click for details) |
What can I do with this system value?
You may specify the action to take when an input/output (I/O) error occurs for an interactive job's workstation.
The device recovery action is not performed until the next I/O operation is performed by the job. In a LAN or WAN environment, this may allow one device to disconnect and another to connect, using the same device description, before the next I/O operations for the job occurs. The job may recover from the I/O error message and continue running to the second device. To avoid this, a device recovery action of Disconnect job, and return to previous request level after reconnecting or End the job and send message to QHST log should be specified. These device recovery actions are performed immediately when an I/O error, such as a power off operation, occurs.
You may select from the following options:
- Send error message to user's application (*MSG)
Sends the I/O error message to the user's application program. The application program performs error recovery.
- Disconnect job, and send message to user's application after
reconnecting (*DSCMSG)
Disconnects the job. When the user signs on again, an error message is sent to the application program.
- Disconnect job, and return to previous request level after
reconnecting (*DSCENDRQS)
Disconnects the job. When the user signs on again, a cancel request function is performed to return control of the job back to the last request level.
- End the job and send message to QHST log (*ENDJOBNOLIST)
Ends the job. A message is sent to the QHST log indicating that the job ended because of the device error. To minimize the performance impact of the ending job, the job's priority is lowered by 10, the time slice is set to 100 milliseconds and the purge attribute is set to yes.
Select Produce a job log (*ENDJOB), if you want the message sent to the job log and the QHST log.
Where can I get more information about this system value?
To learn more, go to the devices system values overview topic. If you are looking for a specific system value or category of system values, try using the i5/OS system value finder.