This article contains is a list of other kinds of system jobs.
Qalert (alert manager)
This job performs the tasks necessary to process alerts. This includes
such activities as processing alerts received from other systems, processing
locally created alerts, and maintaining the sphere of control.
Qdcpobjx (decompress system object)
This job decompresses newly installed operating system objects as needed.
There is a storage requirement in order for these jobs to run. If the available
storage on your system drops below a certain limit, these jobs will end. The
number of decompress system object jobs is the number of processors plus one.
Qfilesys1 (files system)
This job supports the background processing of the integrated file system.
It ensures that changes to the files are written to storage and also performs
several general file system cleanup activities.
Qjobscd (job schedule)
This job controls the system's job scheduling functions. Qjobscd monitors
the timers for job schedule entries and scheduled jobs.
Qli###cl for independent disk pool group ### (library cleanup)
This job cleans up libraries on independent disk pools.
Qli###rp for independent disk pool group ### (object cleanup)
This job cleans up replaced objects on independent disk pool libraries.
Qlur (LU 6.2 resynchronization)
Qlur handles the two-phase commit resynchronization processing.
Qpfradj (performance adjustment)
This job manages changes to the storage pool sizes and activity levels.
All requests to change storage pools are processed by this job. In addition,
if Automatically adjust memory pools and activity levels (Qpfradj) system
value is set to a value of 2 or 3, this job dynamically changes the sizes
and activity levels of storage pools to improve the system performance.
Qsplmaint (system spool maintenance) and Qspmn##### for
independent disk pool group #####
This job performs system spooling functions that include:
Spooled file cleanup after an IPL or an independent disk pool group is
varied on
Moves stranded spool files of damaged user output queues in the subsystem
auxiliary storage pool or in a basic user auxiliary storage pool into the
output queue QSPRCLOUTQ in library QRCL
Clears the spool database member which contained a deleted spooled file's
data and attributes
Deletes the spool database members that have not been reused within the
time specified in Automatically clean up unused printer output storage (QRCLSPLSTG)
system value
Qsppf##### for independent disk pool group ##### (system spool
PRTQ updater)
This job performs spooled file operations for specific independent disk
pool group.
Qtaparb (tape device)
This job processes work related to tape devices including device locking
and error recovery processing.
Qnwharbxx
These system jobs handle events related to the Network Server Host Adapter
(NWSH) devices. There will always be at least one of these jobs started during
the current IPL.
Qwcpjobs
This job handles the background cleanup of permanent job structures.
Qwctjobs
This job handles the background cleanup of temporary job structures.