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 IBM i System Limit for Maximum Number of Spooled Files

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Aldrin Dela Cruz posted Sun September 07, 2025 10:50 PM

Hi @Satid S,

What to monitor/check to know if the maximum number of spooled files on system is approaching system has reached 90% of 2.6 million spool files.

Thank you.

Best Regard,

-Aldrin

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Satid S posted Mon September 08, 2025 01:30 AM

Dear Aldrin

I did a Google search with "ibm i maximum spooled files" and found that this article by the expert Dawn May should give you the answer: Get Notified When Nearing the Maximum Number of Spooled Files at https://techchannel.com/i-can-blog/get-notified-when-nearing-the-maximum-number-of-spooled-files/.  There are also several hot links in the article for more relevant information.      

These two Technotes are also useful:

IBM i System Limit for Maximum Number of Spooled Files at https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ibm-i-system-limit-maximum-number-spooled-files.   

Alerts for IBM i System Limits at https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/alerts-ibm-i-system-limits.    Notice that you can change the % threshold for alert notification with simple SQL statement to the system's global variables. 

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