Specifies the action to take when an inactive job reaches time-out. (QINACTMSGQ)
When a job reaches time-out, also known as QINACTMSGQ, is a member of the jobs category of i5/OS™ system values. You can use this system value to specify the action for the system to take when a job reaches the specified time-out interval. To learn more, keep reading.
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| Location | In iSeries™ Navigator, select your system, |
| Special authority | All object (*ALLOBJ) and security administrator (*SECADM) |
| Default value | End job |
| 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 the system takes when an interactive job has been inactive for a specified interval of time. The interactive job can be ended, disconnected, or a message can be sent to the message queue you specify.
The following are possible options:
- End job (*ENDJOB)
The interactive job is ended, along with any secondary job and any group jobs associated with it. If there are many inactive jobs in a subsystem that are to be ended at once, the interactive response time of that subsystem may be slowed. To minimize this effect, the system changes several job attributes for each job to be ended. The job priority is lowered by 10, the time slice is set to 100 milliseconds, and the purge attribute is set to yes.
- Disconnect job (*DSCJOB)
The interactive job is disconnected, as is any secondary or group jobs associated with it. If the action is specified, and if the job cannot be disconnected, End job will be used.
- Send a message
The message CPI 1126 is sent to the specified message queue. If the specified message queue does not exist or is damaged, the messages are sent to the system operator message queue.
All messages in the message queue specified by this system value are cleared during a restart. If you assign a user's message queue to this system value, the user loses all messages in the user's message queue during each restart of the system.
The message queue must exist in the system disk pool (also known as auxiliary storage pool) or in a basic user disk pool.
Where can I get more information about this system value?
To learn more, go to the jobs 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.