AIX

Hi,

I'm at following old machine:

Code:

@rs6000:/:> uname -a
AIX rs6000 2 4 007016224C00

We are facing some problems with print queues, whenever a print queue gets stuck we cannot cancel it, we don't have any other option except restarting the machine, we have following queues:

Code:

@rs6000:/etc:> lpstat
Queue   Dev   Status    Job Files              User         PP %   Blks  Cp Rnk
------- ----- --------- --- ------------------ ---------- ---- -- ----- --- ---
qlp8    lp8   READY
qlp7    dummy UNKNOWN
mainpri lp0   READY
qlp1    lp1   READY
qlp2    lp2   READY
qlp3    lp3   READY
qlp4    lp4   READY
qlp5    hp@le READY
qw6     @qw7  READY

Suppose qlp3 goes to WAIT or BUSY state, we cannot cancel it using cancel qlp3 command.

Sometimes errpt displays Asynchronous Adapter failed message, in that case we must restart machine as well, is there any way to solve these problems without restarting the machine?

One last question, we have to explicitly run command every time system restarts:

Code:

startsrc -s qdaemon

I was looking for /etc/rc.d directory where I can create some startup script file and run this command automatically but I don't find any rc.d directory, how can I put above command in my system's startup?

Your help would be highly appreciated.

Did you try the smit printing spool commands or the enq -x (man enq) on command line for example to cancel the jobs?
You can also try to refresh the qdaemon and maybe then try to cancel if still necessary.

For starting the qdaemon, make an appropriate entry into /etc/rc.tcpip.

Thanks for your reply. I'll check the manual for enq command, but can you please tell me how to refresh qdaemon? Any idea about asynchronous adapter failing? how to resolve that issue without restarting the server?

I'll check /etc/rc.tcpip file as well for starting qdaemon automatically. Thanks.

Code:

refresh -s qdaemon

For the "asynchronous adapter failing" best see if you get an error number or something and check IBM documentation or simply google with it.

You might want to explore the "qadm" command (man qadm). The spooled printer files reside in "/var/spool/lpd/*" (have a look there, its pretty intuitive) and /var/spool/qdaemon respectively.

You will find your queue definitions (as well as the queue device definitions) in the file "/etc/qconfig".

I hope this helps.

bakunin

Thanks a lot for your replies. I'll check all those options and report back.

When I issue command like lpstat or enq -A, I have to press ctrl+Z to come out of this which will generate this message

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[1] + Stopped (SIGTSTP)        enq -A
@rs6000:/:> exit
There are stopped jobs.

Is it okay or I have to adopt some other way to come out of lpstat?

I doubt that this is normal behaviour. If it works and after that everything is continuing as normal, you maybe just get used to it.
Do you have the latest ML (Maintenance Level) installed for your OS version?
Is there anything about the printing queue etc. in the errpt?
Maybe it is an option to write down the setting for the old queues and to drop them out of the system, and reconfigure them or something like that. Not sure if you even can reinstall the packages.