Basic Maintenance for a noob.

[RonH]

Hi, My name is Ron and I am a noob.

I am assuming that these machines don't run without certain
maintenance tasks performed at regular intervals..
Backups, 'Printing' built up MF/1 reports

For example on the console today I see a message:
$HASP050 RESOURCE SHORTAGE CODE=JQES

also some of my printers are 'halted' according to
$DU is that bad?

Thanks.

Ron the noob

[scott]

Hello Ron,

By maintenance, it depends what you have or is setup. In the case of
MF/1, it does generate output which can fill up spool as you are
probably seeing. Shut it down by issuing the command "P MF1" (which
should work for you).
Backups can be done, and probably the best, outside of the OS by
using what you got with Linux or Windows.
The JES2 spool has various queues and the JQE (Job Queue Element) is
one such. You can either print what you have in spool or purge it.
The halting of the printer means, under Hercules, that a printer is
not setup properly or it has not been directed to a host file on Windows
or Linux.

Scott

Post by RonH
Hi, My name is Ron and I am a noob.
I am assuming that these machines don't run without certain
maintenance tasks performed at regular intervals..
Backups, 'Printing' built up MF/1 reports
$HASP050 RESOURCE SHORTAGE CODE=JQES
also some of my printers are 'halted' according to
$DU is that bad?
Thanks.
Ron the noob

[Ron Hudson]

Thanks for the helpful reply Scott.

I would like to run this as much like a real production machine as I can,
for experience sake, I found something that said to

$Sprinter1
$Sprinter2

Will I have to do that at each ipl?


And when I did that a stream of pent up printing jobs went to the printers
(And then to host system files I hope)

Is MF/1 used in production? would my "boss" expect to see it?

Thanks again
Ron the -slightly- less noobish

Post by scott
Hello Ron,
By maintenance, it depends what you have or is setup. In the case of
MF/1, it does generate output which can fill up spool as you are
probably seeing. Shut it down by issuing the command "P MF1" (which
should work for you).
Backups can be done, and probably the best, outside of the OS by
using what you got with Linux or Windows.
The JES2 spool has various queues and the JQE (Job Queue Element) is
one such. You can either print what you have in spool or purge it.
The halting of the printer means, under Hercules, that a printer is
not setup properly or it has not been directed to a host file on Windows
or Linux.
Scott

[scott]

OK, you get learning what it was is like.
Yes unless you change the JES2 initialization parameters.
You should be able to open the output file and see what is there. I
can do so while the OS running under Hercules.
MF/1 was the precursor to RMF (Resource Management Facility) and the
performance analyst would tailor what MF/1 or RMF would output and how
often. They would then make adjustments to the system based on the
results. Your boss seeing such output would not be likely.

Scott

Post by Ron Hudson
Thanks for the helpful reply Scott.
I would like to run this as much like a real production machine as I can,
for experience sake, I found something that said to
$Sprinter1
$Sprinter2
Will I have to do that at each ipl?
And when I did that a stream of pent up printing jobs went to the printers
(And then to host system files I hope)
Is MF/1 used in production? would my "boss" expect to see it?
Thanks again
Ron the -slightly- less noobish
Hello Ron,
By maintenance, it depends what you have or is setup. In the case of
MF/1, it does generate output which can fill up spool as you are
probably seeing. Shut it down by issuing the command "P MF1" (which
should work for you).
Backups can be done, and probably the best, outside of the OS by
using what you got with Linux or Windows.
The JES2 spool has various queues and the JQE (Job Queue Element) is
one such. You can either print what you have in spool or purge it.
The halting of the printer means, under Hercules, that a printer is
not setup properly or it has not been directed to a host file on Windows
or Linux.
Scott

[cedarlakebuzzards]

Hi Ron

It definitely is possible to look at the "printer" files. I have a
program called QScan that will allow you to view a job's output on the
"printer". More info at the QScan webpage
<http://hercules.clemporium.com/qscan1/index.php>

Ed

Post by scott
OK, you get learning what it was is like.
Yes unless you change the JES2 initialization parameters.
You should be able to open the output file and see what is there. I
can do so while the OS running under Hercules.
MF/1 was the precursor to RMF (Resource Management Facility) and the
performance analyst would tailor what MF/1 or RMF would output and how
often. They would then make adjustments to the system based on the
results. Your boss seeing such output would not be likely.
Scott

Post by Ron Hudson
Thanks for the helpful reply Scott.
I would like to run this as much like a real production machine as I can,
for experience sake, I found something that said to
$Sprinter1
$Sprinter2
Will I have to do that at each ipl?
And when I did that a stream of pent up printing jobs went to the printers
(And then to host system files I hope)
Is MF/1 used in production? would my "boss" expect to see it?
Thanks again
Ron the -slightly- less noobish
Hello Ron,
By maintenance, it depends what you have or is setup. In the case of
MF/1, it does generate output which can fill up spool as you are
probably seeing. Shut it down by issuing the command "P MF1" (which
should work for you).
Backups can be done, and probably the best, outside of the OS by
using what you got with Linux or Windows.
The JES2 spool has various queues and the JQE (Job Queue

Element) is

Post by scott

Post by Ron Hudson
one such. You can either print what you have in spool or purge it.
The halting of the printer means, under Hercules, that a printer is
not setup properly or it has not been directed to a host file on Windows
or Linux.
Scott