VMS / OpenVMS BATCH and QUEUE Manager for Linux and Windows
Over 100 DCL Command line options
Over 100 Command Line options implemented in SYS$SNDJBC(W) and SYS$GETQUI(W)
In Depth Commercial Queue Management including FORMS and Network Printers
If you make use of VMS's extensive batch and print queue facilities, VX/JSP can be fully integrated with VX/DCL to provide a rich set of extended functions. The job spooler environment includes support for both batch execution and printer queues, with the necessary commands to START and STOP the queues, SUBMIT and PRINT. By providing users with identical command procedure capabilities, and the same programming enhancements and system-level interaction available to VMS users.
VX/RT supports the following VMS / OpenVMS API's to communicate with the PRINT and BATCH Queue Manager
VX/JSP is currently available integrated with VX/DCL, our implementation of VMS DCL for Linux/Windows. VX/DCL provides more than 70 commands, logical names, symbols, lexical functions, command line editing, sort/merge and the ability to run existing VMS DCL command procedures. For more detailed information on our VX/DCL shell for Linux and Windows see: DCL for Linux and Windows
VX/JSP includes more than 100 option qualifiers, enabling most print routines to be seamlessly supported under Linux/Windows. VX/JSP includes support for advanced printing capabilities, normally not available at all on Linux/Windows, such as restarting a report on particular pages and rearranging entries in a queue.
Reports can be sent either directly to a Linux device connected to a printer or via the Linux spooler. Printer devices are specified in the device table, enabling VMS devices to be mapped to their Linux equivalents
PRINT devices cane either be direct connected from the PRINT symbiont or can use the Linux print queue manager. VMS / OpenVMS devices mapped in DEVMAP file such as "LPT: /dev/lpt01 19200 8 N 1" or output can be 'piped' to the Linux print manager "LPT1: -- | lp" or directly connect to a network printer
With VX/JSP you can use the DCL command SUBMIT to start jobs on a particular queue. These jobs will be a DCL command file, interpreted by VX/DCL at the time it is executed.
In order to make most efficient use of Linux/Windows, it is possible to configure the Linux/Windows priority of batch jobs to be run, as well as the time interval at which queues are scanned for new jobs.
While it does not currently provide support for generic queues, VX/JSP can simultaneously run multiple jobs on a single queue.
It is not currently possible to submit a job to a second VX/RT clustered processor, however, the ability is planned for future releases
BATCH & PRINT COMMANDS
| DEFINE |
| /DESCRIPTION |
| /LENGTH |
| /MARGIN=([BOTTOM=n],[TOP=n],[LEFT=n],[RIGHT=n]) |
| /PAGE_SETUP |
| /SETUP |
| /SHEET_FEED |
| /STOCK |
| /TRUNCATE |
| /WIDTH |
| /WRAP |
| DEFINE FORMS |
| DEFINE CHARACTERISTICS |
| DELETE /FORM |
| DELETE /ENTRY |
| DELETE /QUEUE |
| INITIALIZE/QUEUE |
| PRINT & SUBMIT |
| /AFTER [VMS SPEC] |
| /AUTOSTART_ON |
| /BASE_PRIORITY |
| /BEFORE [VMS DATE SPEC] |
| /BURST=[ALL,ONE] |
| /COPIES=[number of copies] |
| /DEFAULT=(FORM=[FORM NAME]) |
| /DEFAULT=[NO]FEED |
| /DEFAULT=[NO]FLAG[=ALL,ONE]} |
| /DEFAULT=[NO]TRAILER[=ALL,ONE] |
| /[NO]DELETE /DESCRIPTION=XXXXXX |
| /DEVICE=PRINTER /DEVICE=SERVER |
| /DEVICE=TERMNAL /FEED [NO] /FORM=XXXXXX |
| /FLAG=ONE /DEFAULT=[NO]FLAG[=ALL,ONE]} |
BATCH & PRINT COMMANDS Cont.
| PRINT & SUBMIT Cont |
| /DEFAULT=[NO]TRAILER[=ALL,ONE] |
| /[NO]DELETE /DESCRIPTION=XXXXXX |
| /DEVICE=PRINTER /DEVICE=SERVER |
| /DEVICE=TERMNAL |
| /FEED [NO] |
| /FORM=XXXXXX |
| /FLAG=ONE |
| /GENERIC |
| /IDENTIFY |
| /[NO]HOLD |
| /IMMEDIATELY |
| /JOB_LIMIT |
| /KEEP |
| /LENGTH=[FORM_LENGTH] |
| /LIB=[SYS$LIBRARY:SYSDEVCTL.TLB] (Defaults) |
| /LOG_FILE[=specifications] |
| /MARGIN=([BOTTOM=n],[TOP=n],[LEFT=n],[RIGHT=n]) |
| /NAME= [JOB_NAME] |
| /NAME_OF_MANAGER=SYS$QUEUE_MANAGER (DEFAULT) |
| /NEW_VERSION |
| /NEXT |
| /[NO]NOTE |
| /[NO]NOTIFY |
| /ON=[node::]device[:] for printer queue |
| /ON=dns.name.com:port for remote printer queue |
| /ON=node:: for batch queue |
| /OWNER= [OWNER] |
| /PAGE_SETUP=[SETUP_NAME] |
| /PASSALL |
| /[NO]PRINTER[=queue] |
| /PRIORITY |
| /[NO]PROCESSOR[=tcpip$telnetsym] |
BATCH & PRINT COMMANDS Cont.
| PRINT & SUBMIT Cont |
| /PROTECTION=(S:M,O:D,G:R,W:S) |
| /QUEUE |
| /RELEASE |
| /REQUEUE |
| /RESET |
| /[NO]RETAIN=[ALL,ERROR] |
| /SCHEDULE=(SIZE | NOSIZE) |
| /SEPARATE=BURST,FLAG,TRAILER,(RESET=(PORTRAIT)) |
| /SETUP=[SETUP_NAME] |
| /[NO]START |
| /STOCK=[STOCK_NAME] |
| /[NO]TRAILER[=ALL,ONE] |
| /[NO]TRUNCATE |
| /USER=[USER] |
| /WIDTH=[NUMBER] |
| /[NO]WRAP |
| /WSEXTENT=[SIZE] (IGNORED) |
| SET ENTRY |
| SET QUEUE /ENTRY |
| SHOW QUEUE {ALL_JOBS}{BATCH}{GENERIC}{FULL} |
| START/QUEUE {[/MANAGER],{[QUEUE QNAME]} |
| STOP/QUEUE {[/MANAGER],{[QUEUE QNAME]} |
| START/QUEUE QNAME |
| STOP/QUEUE/MANAGER |
| STOP/QUEUE QNAME |
| STOP/ENTRY ENTRY_NUMBER |
| SYNCHRONIZE [name] [/ENTRY] [/QUEUE] [/TIME_OUT] |