patchcompile

A few things to understand about compiling.
When Lawson "compiles" it's not only using the COBOL compiler, but it is first building a complete .cbl file from its various library code, and also updating the GEN metadata for all tables, fields, etc. used in the program. Assuming you have adequate CPUs, you can increase the number of concurrent compiles using qcontrol, e.g. to change to 8 compiles at a time:
> qcontrol -jlocal,8
I typically see on Windows servers that I can push it to two compiles per (physical) CPU.

This sometimes results in deadlocks when updating the GEN tables, which leads to part two of the equation, which is making sure you have adequate bandwidth to the database, if it's on a different server. If changing the concurrent compiles helps, you just need to make sure that you recompile any programs that create .err files due to deadlock.

BTW, qcontrol is only temporary until the next time the compile queue is started.
To make the change permanent, create queue.cfg in %LAWDIR%\system, with the entry:
local, 8

Thanks, John. I'll try qcontrol and see what happens next time I compile. I appreciate your response. Have a great weekend.

If you're still compiling, you can issue the qcontrol -jlocal,xxx command and it will take effect immediately.