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Is it necessary to have downtime if you want to delete a users spool files

We have a production system(as400) running 24/7 and one of our systems for a specified user is generating allot of spool files.

The issue has been resolved but we are stuck with allot of spoolfiles that I want to delete. Using the following command on the green screen.

DLTSPLF FILE(*SELECT) SELECT(THE USER)

My question is will we need downtime if I want to run the command or can I do it while the users are busy?

Solution

  • Spool files are meant for output, the only impact is if the user wanted to print it out. We delete old spool files daily.