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Managing and Viewing Spool Queues

You can manage and view the spool queues from ESMAC.

The queues are listed below:

Button Shows: Details
Input Input queue Jobs waiting to start (usually waiting for an initiator for the correct class to be available)
In Hold Held input queue Jobs that are held (HOLD on the job card, or Hold button on a job’s entry in the Input Queue)
Active Active jobs queue Jobs currently running
Output Output queue Output files waiting to be printed (usually waiting for a printer for the correct class to be available)
Out Hold Held output queue Output files that are held (Hold button on a job’s entry in the Output Queue)
Printing Print queue Output files currently being printed

A spool queue that is not empty consists of entries for each job in the queue, with a button bearing the job number at the left-hand side of the page. You can click a job number button to view more details of the job. You see the JOBnnnnn page, where nnnnn is the number of the job. This page gives you access to several more facilities. You can:

The output file details page gives you access to some facilities for controlling and viewing individual output files. You can:

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