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- From: RMCEWEN@CCS1.BBN.COM (Regis McEwen)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
- Subject: Re: retrofitting the old VMS queue manager
- Message-ID: <01GR9DLCUL1G0005I0@ccs1.bbn.com>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 17:41:00 GMT
- Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU
- Distribution: world
- Organization: The Internet
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- Steve,
-
- > I need to return to using the old VMS queue manager (as used in VMS A5.5 and
- > previous versions) on a cluster running 5.5-1, while retaining everything
- > else the same (ie I don't want to reinstall A5.5). This is not related
- > to any problems with the new queue manager - I have other reasons for
- > doing this which I can't go into here. Anyone know how to retrofit the
- > old queue manager? Thanks,
-
- Below, is a previous response I sent INFO-VAX last August.
-
- -Regis
-
- ============================================================================
- > If you want to have a V5.4-3 compatible queman and jobcontroller, you'll
- > have to install 5.5 from the May condist and say "NO" to "do you want to
- > convert your que database?". This will leave you at VMS a5.5. Then you
- > can't upgrade to 5.5-1, if memory serves.
-
- The "hackers" way, even if you've upgraded to VMS 5.5 or have a
- Factory installed newer (4000's etc) machines with VMS 5.5, or
- whatever, is to take advantage of a little known undocumented
- "workaround":
-
- Edit SYS$STARTUP:VMS$CONFIG-050_JOBCTL.COM and define the symbol
- newjobctl = 0 before the commands to actually run the job controller:
-
- $newjobctl = 0 ! Added line
- $define/user sys$output nl: ! Old line
- $if newjobctl ! ""
- $then ! ""
- $run sys$system:jbc$job_control - ! ""
- .
- .
- .
- .
- $else ! Else, if set to 1
- $run sys$system:jobctl - ! run the "old" job controller
- .
- .
- .
-
- If 'newjobctl' is set to 0, it will run the old SYS$SYSTEM:JOBCTL.EXE
- instead of the new SYS$SYSTEM:JBC$JOB_CONTROL. Deleting the 'Added
- line' or setting newjobctl = 1 will give you back the new queue
- manager.
-
- This also allows you the ability of being able to run a cluster of
- pre-VMS 5.5 machines with your VMS 5.5 one, if necessary.
-
- (Don't forget to save a copy of the original file and restore
- *before* any VMS upgrades !)
-
-
- -Regis
-
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