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A simple tool to monitor for MSGW on your IBM i

A simple MSGW alert tool

  1. Place the source in QGPL or your tool library of choice
  2. To call add a job schedule entry of SBMJOB CMD(CALL PGM(ALERT) PARM('MSGW')) JOB(MONMSGW) JOBQ(QINTER)
/* ********************************************************************** */
/* Program . . . . . ALERT */
/* */
/* Created on . . . 04/09/2010 */
/* by . . . Mike Wills (http://mikewills.me) */
/* */
/* Description . . . */
/* */
/* CHANGE LOG: */
/* Date | Name | Description */
/* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- */
/* | | */
/* | | */
/* | | */
/* ************************************************************************/
PGM PARM(&STS)
DCL VAR(&ERROR) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(1)
DCL VAR(&STS) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(4)
DCL VAR(&TXT) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(60)
DCL VAR(&TIME) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(6)
DCL VAR(&STOPTIME) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(6) VALUE('200000')
ADDLIBLE LIB(MAILTOOL)
MONMSG MSGID(CPF0000)
START:
OVRPRTF FILE(QPDSPAJB) HOLD(*YES)
WRKACTJOB OUTPUT(*PRINT)
DLTOVR FILE(QPDSPAJB)
CHKOBJ OBJ(QTEMP/ALERTJOB) OBJTYPE(*FILE)
MONMSG MSGID(CPF9801) EXEC(DO)
CRTPF FILE(QTEMP/ALERTJOB) RCDLEN(132)
ENDDO
CPYSPLF FILE(QPDSPAJB) TOFILE(QTEMP/ALERTJOB) SPLNBR(*LAST)
DLTSPLF FILE(QPDSPAJB) SPLNBR(*LAST)
CALL PGM(QGPL/ALERTW) PARM(&STS &ERROR &TXT)
IF COND(&ERROR *EQ '1') THEN(DO)
MAILTOOL TOADDR('me@me.com') +
FROMADDR('iseries@me.com') +
SUBJECT(&TXT)
/*SNDDST TYPE(*LMSG) +
TOINTNET((me@me.com)) +
DSTD('alert') LONGMSG(B) SUBJECT(&TXT) */
SNDBRKMSG MSG(&TXT) TOMSGQ(ISPA2S1 ISPA1S1)
/*GOTO CMDLBL(END) */
ENDDO
RTVSYSVAL SYSVAL(QTIME) RTNVAR(&TIME)
IF COND(&TIME *GE &STOPTIME) THEN(GOTO CMDLBL(END))
DLYJOB DLY(180)
GOTO CMDLBL(START)
END:
ENDPGM
/* ********************************************************************** */
/* Program . . . . . ALERTW */
/* */
/* Created on . . . 04/09/2010 */
/* by . . . Mike Wills (http://mikewills.me) */
/* */
/* Description . . . */
/* */
/* CHANGE LOG: */
/* Date | Name | Description */
/* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- */
/* | | */
/* | | */
/* | | */
/* ************************************************************************/
PGM PARM(&STS &ERROR &TXT)
DCL VAR(&STS) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(4)
DCL VAR(&ERROR) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(1)
DCL VAR(&TXT) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(60)
DCLF FILE(QTEMP/ALERTJOB)
CHGVAR VAR(&ERROR) VALUE('0')
READ:
RCVF RCDFMT(ALERTJOB)
MONMSG MSGID(CPF0864) EXEC(GOTO CMDLBL(END))
IF COND(%SST(&ALERTJOB 116 4) *EQ &STS) THEN(DO)
CHGVAR VAR(&ERROR) VALUE('1')
CHGVAR VAR(&TXT) VALUE(&STS *CAT ' status : ' *CAT +
%SST(&ALERTJOB 29 6) *CAT '/' *CAT +
%SST(&ALERTJOB 17 10) *TCAT '/' *CAT +
%SST(&ALERTJOB 4 10) *TCAT '!!!')
ENDDO
GOTO READ
END:
ENDPGM
@Kurt-Anderson
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Great tool, thanks.
As a note, to compile ALERTW you'll need to do so interactively, for example calling CRTBNDCL directly, since it is expecting to find the file in QTEMP.

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