Technical data

Batch jobs (cont’d)
changing scheduling priority, Vo l 1 , 14–35
completing before using VMSINSTAL.COM
command procedure, Vo l 1 , 3–3
controlling, Vo l 1, 14–63
deleting, Vo l 1, 14–67
distributing system work load, Vo l 2 , 17–3
executing, Vo l 1 , 14–3
holding and releasing, Vo l 1 , 14–65
job card, Vo l 1 , 8–39
modifying, Vo l 1, 14–65
monitoring, Vo l 1 , 14–63
requeuing
executing, Vo l 1, 14–66
pending, Vo l 1, 14–67
retaining in a queue, Vo l 1 , 14–29
scheduling, Vo l 1, 14–35
status
See Job status
submitting at startup, Vo l 1 , 5–14
Batch mode
as execution mode for a startup procedure, Vo l
1, 5–20
Batch processing environment
See also Batch jobs; Batch queues
generic queues in an OpenVMS Cluster
environment, Vo l 1, 14–6
on a standalone workstation, Vo l 1 , 14–5
sample configurations, Vo l 1 , 14–5 to 14–7
steps for setting up, Vo l 1 , 14–13
with specialized queues, Vo l 1 , 14–5
Batch queues
See also Batch jobs; Batch processing
environment
allowing jobs to complete before stopping, Vo l
1, 14–61
commands for managing, Vo l 1 , 14–55
creating, Vo l 1, 14–15
deleting, Vo l 1, 14–63
for memory constrained systems, Vo l 1, 14–35
on standalone workstations, Vo l 1 , 14–5
optimizing for Sort/Merge utility, Vo l 1 , 14–35
options, Vo l 1, 14–20
controlling job performance and resources,
Vo l 1 , 14–32
qualifiers for specifying, Vo l 1, 14–20 to
14–21
restricting access, Vo l 1 , 14–23
retaining jobs, Vo l 1 , 14–27
pausing, Vo l 1, 14–59
setting up for vector processing, Vo l 2, 28–7
starting, Vo l 1, 14–15
status, Vo l 1, 14–57
stopping, Vo l 1, 14–60, 14–61
before shutting down a node, Vo l 1, 14–61
Battery-Backed Watch
setting time using, Vo l 1 , 6–17
Binary Error Log Translation utility
in DECevent kit, Vo l 2 , 20–2
Binding volumes into a volume set, Vo l 1, 9–29
BIOLM process limit, Vo l 1 , 7–44
value for efficient backups, Vo l 1 , 11–11
BITMAP.SYS file
See Storage bitmap file
Bitmaps
index file, Vo l 1 , 9–5
storage, Vo l 1 , 9–5
Blocks
disk
definition, Vo l 1, 9–3
erasing, Vo l 1, 9–73
Files–11
definition, Vo l 2, A–1
tape
definition, Vo l 1, 9–10
Boot block
definition, Vo l 1 , 4–19
in index file, Vo l 2 , A–6
processors using, Vo l 1 , 4–19
role in boot process, Vo l 1 , 4–2
writing with Writeboot utility, Vo l 1, 4–19
Booting
automatically after shutting down, Vo l 1 , 4–23
bootstrap image
Alpha, Vo l 1, 4–20
in index file, Vo l 2 , A–6
VAX, Vo l 1 , 4–19
conversationally
See Conversational boot
cross-architecture, Vo l 2 , 24–26
definition, Vo l 1 , 4–2
displaying startup commands, Vo l 1 , 4–16
from an alternate system disk, Vo l 1, 4–4
in a multiprocessing system, Vo l 2, 28–2
in an emergency
with default system parameters, Vo l 1, 4–9
without startup and login procedures, Vol
1, 4–10
without the user authorization file, Vol 1 ,
4–11
installation of page and swap files, Vo l 2 , 16–6
loading VVIEF code, Vo l 2 , 28–5
location of computer-specific instructions, Vo l 1 ,
4–2
message
See Boot messages
nonstop, Vo l 1, 4–4
problems
fixing by booting with default parameter
values, Vo l 1 , 4–9
fixing by booting with minimum startup,
Vo l 1 , 4–15
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