Cleaning up user profiles

Before you upgrade to a new release, you should clean up user profiles and the objects that are owned by user profiles.

Attention: Do not delete any IBM-supplied user profiles (profiles that start with the letter Q).

To clean up user profiles, have each user sign on and do the following:

  1. On the i5/OS™ command line, type WRKOBJOWN. The Work with Objects by Owner display is shown. It lists all of the objects that are owned by the user. Use option 4 (Delete) to delete objects that are no longer needed.
  2. Type WRKSPLF to list all of the spooled files that are owned by the user. Delete spooled files that are no longer needed.

If users cannot do this, you can do clean up the user profiles as follows:

  1. Sign on as security officer (QSECOFR user profile).
  2. From the Work with Licensed programs menu (type GO LICPGM), select option 5 (Prepare for install).
  3. Select the option to work with user profiles from the Prepare for Install display. The Work with User Profiles display appears.
  4. Use option 12 (Work with objects by owner) to display the objects that are owned by a user profile.

    First, use the F21 key (F21=Select Assistance level) to change your assistance level to Intermediate and then do the following:

    • For each user profile, delete objects that are no longer needed.
    • Use the WRKSPLF SELECT(*ALL) command to delete spooled files that are no longer needed.
  5. Delete the user profiles that you no longer need.
Parent topic: Cleaning up disk storage space