PSF/AIX tape-to-print function and operator functions.

ITEM: RTA000097991

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ABSTRACT:     PSF/AIX tape-to-print function and operator functions.            
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I'm not very familiar with the tape-to-print function of PSF/AIX                
and I'm traveling so don't have access to the books.  A customer                
is considering using the tape-to-print function to replace                      
their current system used on MVS.  One of the questions they                    
had was the operations, that is, while processing/printing from                 
tape, will they be able to interrupt and resume and backspace?                  
                                                                                
Thanks.                                                                         
                                                                               
                                                                                
A:                                                                              
For tape-to-print processing, you can interrupt a job on an input device        
(e.g., interrupt the tape device, unmount the tape, run other jobs) and         
later resume the job through the smit panels.  If you interrupt the             
input of a job that is also printing on an output device, the output            
device will stop printing when it reaches the point where you                   
interrupted the input for the job.  If this happens, you can:                   
                                                                                
  - Resume the interrupted job if you want to continue printing the             
    interrupted job.  Before resuming the job, make sure the correct            
    tape is loaded in the tape drive.                                           
  - Interrupt the output device or cancel the job at the output device          
    if you want to print the next job in the queue.                             
                                                                               
You can also interrupt a job on an output device (printer) and later            
resume via smit.                                                                
                                                                                
You can backspace (or restart) jobs currently printing on an output             
device.  If the job you need to reprint is no longer printing, you              
can rerun a job.                                                                
                                                                                
Note that the customer will require sufficient disk space for the               
Input Manager workarea for the above functions.  The space required             
will depend on the size of the customer's jobs and their retention              
requirements.                                                                   
                                                                                
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Thank you for the response. One more question ... upon resuming                 
a job, can you resume printing on a different printer?                         
                                                                                
Thanks.                                                                         
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For resuming a job, if you go through the smit panels you can only              
resume it on the same printer.  If you use the command line (the                
enq command), you can resume it on a different printer, but you must            
be sure to issue the same flags on the enq command as you did when you          
first submitted the job (like formdef, respath, etc.) or your results           
will not be what you expect.                                                    
                                                                                
Thanks for using ASKQ.                                                          
                                                                                
S e a r c h - k e y w o r d s:                                                  
AIX PSF PSF/6000 TAPE PRINT INTERRUPT RESUME BACKSPACE PSF/AIX                  
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Dated: 08/1998 Category: XPSF6000

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