Handling message floods

A MSGFLDxx parmlib member can specify the criteria required to recognize that a message flooding situation is occurring and the actions to be taken to handle the message flood. The message flood automation policy can prevent flood messages from being:

Messages are written to the SYSLOG or OPERLOG identifying the job or specific message that is causing the message flood; messages are also written to the logs when action is taken against specific messages or messages from that job.