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Setting Up and Maintaining Queues
14.2 Designing Queue Environments
Figure 14–9 Queue Configuration with Spooled Devices
ZK−3817A−GE
Line Printer
LPA0:
Spooled Line Printer
LPB0:
SYS$DISK
TTA3:
LN03_PRINT
LPA0 LPB0
G = Generic Queue
E = Execution Queue
SYS$PRINT
Spooled
LN03 Printer
G
E E
SYS$DISK
E
Application A Application B
Legend:
For more information about spooling printers, see Section 8.8.2.1.
14.2.2.8 Distributing Printing
The OpenVMS batch and print queuing system enables users to print files on
output devices attached to the local system or OpenVMS Cluster system.
The Distributed Queuing Service (DQS) layered product extends the printing
capabilities of the OpenVMS queuing system to a distributed environment. DQS
enables users to print files on output devices attached to remote nodes in your
network.
For more information, refer to the DQS documentation or your Compaq support
representative.
14.3 Planning Your Queue Setup
You must create queues for users to submit jobs; you must start the queues so
that jobs can begin processing. To set up and start queues, follow these steps:
Step Task
For More
Information
1 Make sure you have started the queue manager and created the
queue database.
Section 13.5
2 If your configuration includes output queues, set up output devices
and create a command procedure to set up the devices on reboot.
Section 14.3.1
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