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13
Managing the Queue Manager and Queue
Database
Before you can create and start queues, you must set up the queue manager and
the queue database. This chapter tells how to set up and manage the queue
manager and queue database for the OpenVMS batch and print queuing system.
Information Provided in This Chapter
This chapter describes the following tasks:
Task Section
Specifying the location of the queue database Section 13.3
Displaying information about queue managers Section 13.4
Starting the queue manager and creating the queue database Section 13.5
Customizing queue manager failover Section 13.6
Stopping and restarting the queue manager Section 13.7
Using multiple queue managers Section 13.8
Saving and restoring the queue database Section 13.9
Maximizing queuing system performance Section 13.10
Solving queue manager problems Section 13.11
Reporting a queuing system problem to Compaq Section 13.12
This chapter explains the following concepts:
Concept Section
The queue manager Section 13.1
The queue database Section 13.2
Multiple queue managers Section 13.8.1
Note that this chapter contains many references to DCL commands. You can
find additional information about all DCL commands in the OpenVMS DCL
Dictionary.
13.1 Understanding the Queue Manager
To use a printer or batch processing on your system, you must use queues. The
queue manager controls queue activity. The queue database consists of a
master file as well as queue and journal files, which store information about
queues and jobs.
Before you can perform any queue operation, you must start the queue manager
and create the queue database. Section 13.5 contains instructions for doing this.
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