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Managing the Queue Manager and Queue Database
13.5 Starting the Queue Manager and Creating a Queue Database
where:
/NEW_VERSION Specifies that new queue database files are to be created:
Master file
Queue file
Journal file
Specify the /NEW_VERSION qualifier only if you want to create new
database files. If your queuing system is already functioning, creating
new database files is not necessary.
/ON=(node,...) Allows you to customize failover of the queue manager. For more
information, see Section 13.6.
dirspec Specifies the location of the queue and journal files, as explained in
Section 13.3.2. Use this parameter if you are creating the queue and
journal files in a location other than the default.
Caution
Specify the /NEW_VERSION qualifier only if you do not have a currently
functioning queue database. If you specify this qualifier and you already
have queue database files, the system overwrites your current queue
database files.
You normally perform this task only once because when you enter the command,
the system stores it, along with any qualifier or parameter you enter, in the
queue database.
The job controller automatically starts the queue manager during reboot unless
you enter a STOP/QUEUE/MANAGER/CLUSTER command. For this reason,
including START/QUEUE/MANAGER in your startup command procedure is
unnecessary.
Note
This section describes how to start the queue manager and create the
queue database files on systems and clusters with a single system disk.
For systems in a cluster with multiple system disks, including mixed-
architecture OpenVMS Cluster systems, you must prepare a shared
environment, as described in Chapter 5 of OpenVMS Cluster Systems.
How to Perform This Task
1. Make sure the values of the system address parameters SCSNODE and
SCSSYSTEMID match the DECnet for OpenVMS node name and node ID.
These values must be correctly defined for the queuing system to operate
correctly:
• The PARAMETERS SHOW command of the System Management utility
(SYSMAN) determines the value of the system address parameters
SCSNODE and SCSSYSTEMID.
• The Network Control Program (NCP) SHOW EXECUTOR SUMMARY
command shows the DECnet for OpenVMS node name and node ID. For
more specific instructions, see the second example in Section 13.11.5.1.
2. To create queue database files in the default location,
SYS$COMMON:[SYSEXE], go to step 3.
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