SETOMVS command

Use the SETOMVS command to change dynamically the options that z/OS UNIX System Services currently is using. These options are originally set in the BPXPRMxx parmlib member during initial program load (IPL). For more information on the BPXPRMxx parmlib member, see z/OS UNIX System Services Planning.

Changes to all of the system-wide limits take effect immediately. When a process limit is updated, all processes that are using the system-wide process limit have their limits updated. All process limit changes take effect immediately except those processes with a user-defined process limit (defined in the OMVS segment or set with a SETOMVS PID= command). Exceptions are MAXASSIZE and MAXCPUTIME, which are not changed for active processes.
Note: If a process-level limit is lowered with the SETOMVS command, some processes may immediately hit 100% usage. Depending on the process limit specified and what the process is doing, this could cause some processes to fail.