Inconsistent queue type

[Wim Van den Wyngaert]

I have a queue G1 that is a generic queue pointing to queues Q1 and Q2.

I have a 9100 telnet symbiont queue Q1 and Q2.

I have a 9100 telnet symbiont queue Q3.

I want to do a assign/queue Q3 Q2
but I get the message "inconsistent queue type".

WHY ?

Wim

[Marc Van den Broeck]

Wim,

isn't it because Q2 is an execution queue and not a logical queue?

Rgds
Marc

[Wim Van den Wyngaert]

Btw : if I delete queue G1, it works.

VMS 7.3 but also 6.2 1h3, tcpip 5.3 eco 2.

Wim

[Wim Van den Wyngaert]

Marc,

Q2 is a printer queue just as Q3.

Wim

[Wim Van den Wyngaert]

Here are the setups.

SPVMX2/MGRWVW>set prompt ="$ "
$ sh que g1/fu
Generic printer queue G1, stopped
/GENERIC=(Q1,Q2) /OWNER=[SYSMGR,SYSTEM]
/PROTECTION=(S:M,O:D,G:R,W:S)

$ sh que q2/fu
Printer queue Q2, idle, on SPVCS2::"Q2:9100",
mounted form DEFAULT
/AUTOSTART_ON=(SPVCS2::"Q2:9100",SPVMX2::"Q2:9100)
/BASE_PRIORITY=4 /DEFAULT=(FEED,FORM=DEFAULT) /LIBRARY=TALLY Lowercase
/OWNER=[SYSMGR,SYSTEM] /PROCESSOR=TCPIP$TELNETSYM
/PROTECTION=(S:M,O:D,G:R,W:S) /RETAIN=ERROR /SCHEDULE=(NOSIZE)
/SEPARATE=(FLAG)

$ sh que q3/fu
Printer queue Q3, idle, on SPVCS2::"Q3:9100",
mounted form DEFAULT

/AUTOSTART_ON=(SPVCS2::"Q3:9100",SPVMX2::"Q3:9100)
/BASE_PRIORITY=4 /DEFAULT=(FEED,FORM=DEFAULT) /LIBRARY=TALLY Lowercase
/OWNER=[SYSMGR,SYSTEM] /PROCESSOR=TCPIP$TELNETSYM
/PROTECTION=(S:M,O:D,G:R,W:S) /RETAIN=ERROR /SCHEDULE=(NOSIZE)

[Wim Van den Wyngaert]

And a 2nd question. Why are generic queues excluded from assign/queue ?

Wim

[Camiel]

Hello Wim,

I think the following is happening:

When you assign/queue q3 q2, q2 effectively becomes a logical queue pointing to q3.

This is no problem if nothing else is pointing to q2, but because g1 is using q2, q2 is required to remain an actual output queue, because generic queues only accept "real" output queues.

As to why it was designed this way? Why generic queues can't be assigned to another queue? Beats me... You'd have to ask the VMS developers...

Camiel.

[Vladimir Fabecic]

Looks like Q2 is "locked" while in generic queue. And also looks like this is a normal behavier. It has some logic to me, expecially in cluster envirement.

[Wim Van den Wyngaert]

Logic ???

If you stop a queue you should be able to redirect ANYTHING, imo.

Wim

[Daniel Fernandez Illan]

Wim
I think that you need initialize Q3 using /NOENABLE_GENERIC qualifier.
Saludos.
Daniel.