Problem:

We are exceeding the outlim for the MFALOG DD resulting in a S722 abend of the started task. Is there something we can do to limit the messages being written to the MFALOG?  

If we can't limit the logging, can we increase the OUTLIM on MFALOG?

Resolution:

Most of the MFA settings are site dependant. We cannot know what someone's defaults are for various job classes or SYSOUT settings. This is really more of a systems programmer question for host settings. But we have a few suggestions.

The standard JCL over-ride is:

   /*JOBPARM LINES=9999

    this specifies the number of lines allowed  (in thousands)

If you want to reduce some of the content, then you can turn off the SAF logging:

  MFA_SAF_HISTORY=NO

However, this compromises your support because we may ask you to turn the logging back on so we can see what is actually happening when we are helping with normal problem resolution.

The default SYSOUT class can be specified by:

  MFA_SYSOUT_CLASS=*  

If you used your normal default SYSOUT class and if it named an IEFUSO user exit,

then you could extend the limit to find an optimum value for your site.