DSXchange

First, if your getting excessive locking, "job designed not found", "can't save DS OBJECTS" and all of those weird messages then its more than likely pointing towards a Job design issue. An issue where there are more locks being generated than being released. For example, if you ...

Actually authenticating is not prevented, but "logging in" is. Since DataStage does not, you are not prevented from authenticating to the system.

You have orpha processes locked which you now must unlock. The very very best way is to do this via Administrator which yes means dsadm rights. Never kill the Unix process thats a falacy! Do this..... 1. Ask the person (login Id) having the issue to get out of DataStage all together.... 2. In Admini...