Are you having trouble managing spooled files on your iSeries system? Do you find the number of spooled files on your system growing to a point where the performance of spooling operations is suffering? This presentation will provide the audience with some insight on how i5/ OS spooled file operations and setup can impact iSeries application performance and user (operator) productivity. The audience will learn how to effectively use the existing i5/ OS spooled file management interfaces to manage the number of spooled files. Information will be provided on the new and updated spooled file management interfaces coming in the next release of i5/ OS, which will make it easier to manage spooled files.

By the end of this session, attendees will:
1. Understand how spooled file operations can impact application performance.
2. Use the new spooled file interfaces to manage the number of spooled files on an iSeries.