NonStop Operations Guide for H-Series and J-Series RVUs

14 Printers and Terminals: Monitoring and Recovery
• “When to Use This Chapter” (page 162)
• “Overview of Printers and Terminals ” (page 162)
• “Monitoring Printer and Collector Process Status” (page 162)
“Monitoring Printer Status” (page 162)◦
◦ “Monitoring Collector Process Status” (page 163)
• “Recovery Operations for Printers and Terminals” (page 163)
◦ “Recovery Operations for a Full Collector Process” (page 163)
• “Related Reading for Printers” (page 163)
When to Use This Chapter
This chapter 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 for Printers” (page 163).
Overview of Printers and Terminals
Printers and terminals are attached to the NonStop system 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 section 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:
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