Routing Work to Subsystems

In the blog Route Db2 Requests to a Specific Subsystem, I wrote how you can use the QSYS2.SET_SERVER_SBS_ROUTING procedure to route work for database queries using the QZDASOINIT or QRWTSRVR server jobs to customized subsystems. This is a new way to route work based upon the requesting user profile that augments the other ways you can route work to subsystems. 

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Run an HTTP Server in its own Subsystem

One of the enhancements in the IBM i 7.2 release is the ability to configure an HTTP server to specify the subsystem in which it runs. Given that more and more work is driven through a Web server, I’m sure many of you will agree this is a great enhancement. The IBM i 7.2 announcement has the following:

The ability to run HTTP server jobs in a custom subsystem. Jobs are no longer tied to QHTTPSVR. This ensures HTTP server jobs have their own dedicated memory pool as needed.

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