Changing communication entries

You can change the attributes of an existing communications entry in an existing subsystem description by using the IBM Navigator for i interface or the character-based interface.

When the Job description (JOBD) or Default user profile (DFTUSR) parameters are changed, the communications entry also changes; however, the values of these parameters are not changed for any jobs that are active at the time.
If the value of the Maximum active jobs (MAXACT) parameter is reduced to a number less than the total number of jobs that are active through the communications entry, no new program start requests are processed. Active jobs continue to run; but no additional program start requests are processed until the number of active jobs is less than the value specified for the MAXACT parameter.

IBM Navigator for i

Expand Work Management > Subsystem Descriptions.
Select the Properies action for the desired subsystem description.
Click on the Communication Entries tab, then click on the entry you want to change and select the Change action from the Actions drop-down.

Character-based interface

Command: Change Communications Entry (CHGCMNE)

Example: This example changes the communications entry (in the subsystem description QGPL/BAKER) for the device A12 and mode *ANY. The maximum activity level is changed to *NOMAX which means that the communications entry puts no restrictions on the number of program start requests that might be active at the same time. However, the MAXJOBS value in the subsystem description BAKER limits the total number of jobs that can be active in the subsystem. This includes those created by program start requests. There is also a limit that the user can specify on the number of active jobs that can be routed through any particular routing entry (MAXACT). The limit specified in the routing entry can control the number of jobs using a particular pool or the recursion level of a particular program. In all cases, none of these limits can be exceeded as a result of processing a program start request.

CHGCMNE   SBSD(QGPL/BAKER)  DEV(A12)  MAXACT(*NOMAX)