4.13 Starting the Queue Manager
VMS Version 5.5 contains a new batch and print queuing
system. To start the queue manager and create a queue
database, enter:
$ START/QUEUE/MANAGER/NEW_VERSION
Once you execute the START/QUEUE/MANAGER command
the first time, it is stored in the queue database, and is
automatically executed each time the system is rebooted.
For more information on the START/QUEUE/MANAGER
command, see DCL HELP or the chapter on batch and print
operations in the Guide to Maintaining a VMS System .
4.13.1 Standalone Queue Manager Upgrade
Before attempting a queue manager upgrade, you should
make sure that IPC is running and that SYSGEN
parameters SCSNODE and SCSSYSTEMID are defined
correctly. To determine whether IPC is running, enter the
SHOW SYSTEM command. If IPC is running, a process
named IPCACP is shown in the resulting display.
If IPC is not running, it is probably because SCSNODE was
not equal to the DECnet node name or SCSSYSTEMID
was not defined correctly, as described in step 14 of
Section 6.5. To check and, if necessary, modify SCSNODE
and SCSSYSTEMID, run SYSGEN as described in step 14
of Section 6.5. Then edit SYS$SYSTEM:MODPARAMS.DAT
and add the following lines if SCSNODE and SYSSTEMID
are not properly defined:
SCSNODE= "decnet_node_name"
SCSSYSTEMID= systemid
After correctly defining SCSNODE and SCSSYSTEMID, shut
down the system and reboot to start IPC.
To start the new queuing system after a standalone upgrade,
perform the following steps:
1. You must upgrade the old V5.4 queuing system to the new
queuing system. Execute the following queue-upgrade
command procedure from the SYSTEM account:
$ @SYS$UPDATE:VMS$UPGRADE_A55_V55
This procedure will prompt you for the location of your
old queue file (JBCSYSQUE.DAT), and for the location
of the new master file QMAN$MASTER.DAT, and will
then convert your old queue file of V5.4 into the new file
of V5.5. (Note that your old V5.4 queue file is still saved at
this point.)
2. To invoke and start the new system, enter:
$ START/QUEUE/MANAGER
Once you execute the START/QUEUE/MANAGER
command the first time, it is stored in the queue database
and is automatically executed each time the system
is rebooted. Edit your site-specific startup procedure
SYSTARTUP_V5.COM and remove the START/QUEUE
/MANAGER command.
For more information on the START/QUEUE
/MANAGER command, see DCL HELP or the chapter on
batch and print operations in the Guide to Maintaining a
VMS System .