G06.25 Software Installation and Upgrade Guide

Overview of Installing G06.25
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Spooler (G06.00 through G06.19)
Checking Current Version
To find out which version of the spooler you are currently running, enter a VPROC
command for $SYSTEM.SYSTEM.SPOOLCOM. The following example shows that a
D48 product version of the spooler is running:
$USER0 PRS 5> vproc $system.system.spoolcom
VPROC - T9617G03 - (30 AUG 2002) SYSTEM \IGATE Date 08 JUL 2003,
21:16:17 Copyright Compaq Computer Corporation 1986 - 2002
$SYSTEM.SYSTEM.SPOOLCOM
Binder timestamp: 08JUN2003 21:24:34
Version procedure: T9101D48^08AUG2003^IPM^T9101AEZ
Target CPU: UNSPECIFIED
Backing Up the Spooler Environment
Before backing up the spooler environment, use the SPOOLCOM;SPOOLER,DRAIN
command to perform an orderly shutdown of the spooler. This strategy ensures that all
spooler control files and collector data files are closed. Failure to drain the spooler
before backing up the control file and collection files could cause problems while
attempting to recover the spooler environment.
Before executing the SPOOLCOM;SPOOLER,DRAIN command:
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Use the SPOOLCOM;COLLECT $collector-process, LISTOPENS command
to identify processes that currently have jobs open.
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Use the SPOOLCOM;JOB (STATE PRINT) command to determine which jobs are
currently printing.
Take the appropriate action to ensure that these jobs either terminate when finished or
are stopped.
Upon receipt of the SPOOLER DRAIN command, the supervisor stops accepting jobs
for collection or printing (new opens are rejected with a file-system error 66—device
downed). Each collector stops when it has no more open jobs. Each print process
finishes printing active jobs and then stops.
After all collectors and print processes have stopped, the supervisor process stops
itself. The spooler enters the dormant state, ready to be warm started.
An example of backing up the spooler control files:
BACKUP/OUTSPLBKUP/$TAPE,($SYSTEM.SPOOLER.*,$DATA01.SPOOLER.DATA),LISTALL
See Support Notes S97057 (T9101D41 Spooler Collector Data Files Have Changed
Format) and S99086 (NSK Spooler—Migration and Draining Instructions) for more
information.
Caution. To maintain the integrity of the spooler environment, wait until the spooler has
finished draining rather than stop any spooler processes by using the TACL STOP command.
The control file can be corrupted during the next warm start or rebuild.