Spooler Utilities Reference Manual

Migration Considerations for Pre-D41 Spooler
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H-6
D48 New Product Version of Spooler
the DP2 BUFFERSIZE to 4096 or to the minimum value that can contain the average
size job collected.
A collector configuration is valid only if the unit size is a whole multiple of
BUFFERSIZE. BUFFERSIZE must be at least 2 K bytes or a multiple of 2 K bytes.This
is illustrated in Table H-2.
D48 New Product Version of Spooler
This D48 product version includes the following files:
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EMS Template file ZSPLTMPL
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EMS Token definition files ZSPLC, ZSPLCOB, ZSPLDDL, ZSPLPAS, ZSPLTACL,
and ZSPLTAL
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EMS Template source file SSPLTMPL
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ZSPLSEGF Segment file that contains TACL default segment
This product version of Spooler uses the control file version 5 and the current control
file format, SPL 3.
Although this product version is similar in structure to D41 and D46 product versions,
before upgrading to a new release or applying any new software product version
(SPR), always back up the control files before loading the new release or applying the
SPRs.
Older-Version Collector Files Required to Access Older-Version
Jobs
The collector data files of the older-version spooler used in the warm start of a D41
spooler must be retained (not moved or renamed) if they contain jobs. When retained,
these jobs are accessible to users immediately after warm start and may be perused,
printed, deleted or moved to a new collector.
Table H-2. Rcommended BUFFERSIZE Settings
DP2
BUFFER-
SIZE(K) Unit Size Comment/Recommendation
2 Even All even values of unit size are valid. For best perfor-
mance, set BUFFERSIZE to 4K if unit size is also a whole
multiple of 4.
4 2 This is valid. BUFFERSIZE could be set to 2 with no effect
on performance. Consider increasing the unit size to 4 for
best performance.
4 n*4 Valid for all values of n.
4 Other All other values of unit size (for example, 5 or 6) are
invalid.