Cannot Delete a Queue, get INVPARLEN Error, Please Help.

J_Scott_L — Fri, 26 Sep 2014 15:25:44 GMT

I have these queues that I was able to create, however when attempting to delete them I get an error see below...

$SHO QUE TURBOX6ADGEN_MAC*

Batch queue TURBOX6ADGEN_MAC1, stopped, autostart inactive, on node1::

Batch queue TURBOX6ADGEN_MAC2, stopped, autostart inactive, on node1::

Batch queue TURBOX6ADGEN_MAC3, stopped, autostart inactive, on node1::

Batch queue TURBOX6ADGEN_MAC4, stopped, autostart inactive, on node1::

$ DEL/QUE TURBOX6ADGEN_MAC1

%DELETE-E-NOTDELETED, error deleting TURBOX6ADGEN_MAC1
-JBC-F-INVPARLEN, invalid parameter length

These are new queues, and have not been used, and there are no jobs in them. I don't understand how I was able to create them, and cannot delete them. I need some type of help/workaround...(like could I rename the queue and then delete it with a shorter name perhaps....?????)

I even tried to give you what the FULL Info is for the queue and get this....

$SHO QUE TURBOX6ADGEN_MAC1/FU

%JBC-F-INVPARLEN, invalid parameter length

And what completely blows me away is I was able to create a longer named GENERIC Batch Queue and it was able to DELETE that one fine, that name was TURBOX6ADGEN_GENERIC

Thank you all for any help you can give....

(I replaced my Nodename with a generic name for security concerns....FYI).

Re: Cannot Delete a Queue, get INVPARLEN Error, Please Help.

David R. Lennon — Fri, 26 Sep 2014 15:32:39 GMT

Hi,

Are you sure you don't have a logical name with the same name as the queue name?

I.E. $ SHOW LOGICAL TURBOX6ADGEN_MAC1

A trick to bypass any logical names when dealing with queues is to put a colon after the queue name, for example:

$ SHOW QUEUE/FULL TURBOX6ADGEN_MAC1:

- Dave

Re: Cannot Delete a Queue, get INVPARLEN Error, Please Help.

J_Scott_L — Fri, 26 Sep 2014 15:53:52 GMT

That was it exactly! Thank you so much for the answer....I had never encountered this before and it was causing other issues, as well....you are a Gentleman and a Scholar!

Again Thank you.

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