AIX 5.2 qdaemon / spooler system

From: Wesley Joyce (wjoyce@UVI.EDU)
Date: Mon Dec 01 2003 - 09:26:41 EST


I have an issue with some print queues on a 5.2 host. It appears that when
jobs are sent too fast to the printer, the print queue goes down.

ROOT@adminen P650#:/home/root[PROD]> qchk -PACTPRN2
Queue Dev Status Job Files User PP % Blks Cp Rnk
------- ----- --------- --- ------------------ ---------- ---- -- ----- --- ---
ACTPRN2 @pser DOWN
               QUEUED 773 /banproc/gurjobs/s
gurjobs 165 1 1
               QUEUED 782
phrdcon.lis henleyj 104 1 2
               QUEUED 795 /banproc/gurjobs/r
gurjobs 35 1 3
               QUEUED 796 /banproc/gurjobs/r
gurjobs 15 1 4
               QUEUED 799 /banproc/gurjobs/r
gurjobs 1 1 5
               QUEUED 803 /banproc/gurjobs/r
gurjobs 36 1 6
               QUEUED 805 /banproc/gurjobs/r
gurjobs 15 1 7
ACTPRN2: status: idle
ACTPRN2: status: idle
ACTPRN2: status: idle
ACTPRN2: status: idle
ACTPRN2: status: idle

If I re-enable the queue, the jobs print. Is there some kind of tuning
that can be preformed to slow down the sending of jobs to the printer from
the queue? How can I diagnosis what the cause of the problem is. I do not
experience this issue with a 4.3.3 host with the same printer queue and
printer.
PS the printer queues where migrated over from the 4.3.3 to the 5.2 host.

Wesley Joyce, Systems Administrator
Information Technology
University of the Virgin Islands
#2 John Brewers Bay, St. Thomas, USVI 00802-9990
(340) 693-1469 (voice) / (340) 693-1465 (fax)
http://www.uvi.edu

"If you can't explain it simply, than you don't know it well enough. -
Unknown."


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