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Setting Up and Maintaining Queues
14.7 Maintaining Queues
Use one of the following methods:
Timing Method
Before executing
SHUTDOWN.COM
Define the logical name SHUTDOWN$DISABLE_AUTOSTART to be the number of
minutes in the following format:
DEFINE/SYSTEM/EXECUTIVE_MODE SHUTDOWN$DISABLE_AUTOSTART number-of-minutes
While executing
SHUTDOWN.COM
Specify the number of minutes as a shutdown option as follows:
Shutdown options [NONE]:DISABLE_AUTOSTART=number-of-minutes
Determine an appropriate number of minutes for your configuration, based on the
number and type of jobs in the autostart queues.
If you shut down a node without using SHUTDOWN.COM, you might want to
enter DISABLE AUTOSTART/QUEUES and wait a few minutes to allow jobs
on autostart queues to finish processing before you enter STOP/QUEUES/ON_
NODE.
14.7.1.10 Assigning a Logical Queue
When a problem occurs with a print device, you can reroute the queue associated
with that device to another queue associated with a functioning device. You do
this by creating a logical queue. Use the following procedure to create a logical
queue that redirects its jobs to another queue:
1. Stop the queue associated with the malfunctioning print device by entering a
command in the following format:
STOP/QUEUE/NEXT queue-name[:]
This command inhibits new jobs from processing but lets the current job
finish processing, unless the print device is not operating at all. If the device
is inoperable, use STOP/QUEUE/RESET to halt the queue and immediately
cancel all output from the device.
2. Take the device off line.
3. Reroute existing jobs from the malfunctioning print device to another print
device by entering a command in the following format:
ASSIGN/QUEUE queue-name[:] logical-queue-name[:]
Ensure that the options of the new print device are appropriate for processing
the new jobs.
How to Deassign a Logical Queue
To deassign the logical queue, enter a command in the following format:
DEASSIGN/QUEUE logical-queue-name[:]
14.7.1.11 Moving All Jobs from One Queue to Another
Before you delete a queue, you might want to requeue all jobs in the queue to
another queue. To do so, enter a command in the following format:
ASSIGN/MERGE target-queue source-queue
where target-queue is the queue to which you are moving the jobs; source-queue is
the queue to be deleted.
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