NonStop NS-Series Operations Guide (H06.12+)

12 Printers and Terminals: Monitoring and Recovery
• “When to Use This Section” (page 143)
• “Overview of Printers and Terminals ” (page 143)
• “Monitoring Printer and Collector Process Status” (page 143)
— “Monitoring Printer Status” (page 143)
— “Monitoring Collector Process Status” (page 144)
• “Recovery Operations for Printers and Terminals” (page 144)
— “Recovery Operations for a Full Collector Process” (page 144)
• “Related Reading” (page 144)
When to Use This Section
This section provides a brief overview about monitoring and recovery for printers and terminals.
Monitoring printers and terminals, and using the SPOOLCOM utility is discussed more fully in
other manuals. Refer to “Related Reading” (page 144).
Overview of Printers and Terminals
Printers and terminals are attached to the Integrity NonStop server using one of these methods:
• An asynchronous connection provided by the asynchronous wide area network (AWAN)
access server for either a terminal or a printer
• An asynchronous connection provided by the ServerNet wide area network (SWAN)
concentrator for either a terminal or a printer
• A LAN connection provided by an adapter for a printer
Monitoring Printer and Collector Process Status
This subsection explains how to list the printers on your system and determine their status. It
also explains how to check the status of the spooler subsystem collector processes, which accept
output from applications and store the output on a disk.
Monitoring Printer Status
To check the status of all printers on your system with the SPOOLCOM utility:
> SPOOLCOM DEV
A listing similar to this output is sent to your home terminal:
DEVICE STATE FLAGS PROC FORM
\SAGE.$S1 WAITING H $SPLX
\SAGE.$S2 WAITING H $SPLX
\AMBER.$S WAITING H $SPLP
\AMBER.$S2 WAITING H $SPLX
The value WAITING in the STATE column indicates that the printer is available to print user
jobs.
To check the status of the printer $LASER with the SPOOLCOM DEV command:
> SPOOLCOM DEV $LASER
A listing such as the following is sent to your home terminal:
DEVICE STATE FLAGS PROC FORM
$LASER WAITING H $SPLP
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