[Info-vax] queue errors

[Tom Adams]

On Oct 16, 1:11 pm, Stephen Hoffman <seaoh... at hoffmanlabs.invalid>
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> On 2012-10-16 16:41:36 +0000, Tom Adams said:
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> > We get some queue errors at a low rate.  Any idea how to troubleshoot
> > these? These are small files printing to a logger. It says the files
> > were retained, but I cannot locate them when I search the entire
> > disk.  I wonder why that is?
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> >  235  FOR010          NETNONPRIV        1  Retained on error
> >        %PSM-E-WRITEERR, error writing !AS
> >        -LAT-F-NOMSG, Message number 01769FCC
> >          Submitted 28-JAN-2012 15:30:22.40 /FORM=ERROR /PRIORITY=100
> >          File: _DSA0:[]FOR010.DAT; /DELETE
> >          Completed 28-JAN-2012 15:30:34.48 on queue EESLOG1
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> >     619  FOR010          NETNONPRIV        1  Retained on error
> >        %SYSTEM-F-ABORT, abort
> >          Submitted  1-JUN-2012 09:23:46.28 /FORM=ERROR /PRIORITY=100
> >          File: _DSA0:[]FOR010.DAT; /DELETE
> >          Completed  1-JUN-2012 17:52:52.91 on queue EESLOG1
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> It looks like some Fortran program might possibly be printing directly
> to a spooled LAT device, based solely on that filename.
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> Most folks just delete these entries.  There are procedures around that
> can periodically delete that stuff, too.
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> The files are hidden in the file structure.  ANALYZE /DISK [/REPAIR]
> will pick up any scrap files that are left around.
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> If you want to troubleshoot this, start looking for network or
> DECserver errors and glitches.  And look at the printing-related logic
> in the Fortran code; even if you don't switch that to the $sndjbc call,
> you can look at the diagnostics and logging from that code.
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> As will be the usual recommendations here, also upgrade the unmentioned
> (and probably fossil-vintage) version of VMS and apply patches, too;
> make sure your patches are current, and you're running on the LAT print
> symbiont, and get your VMS version to (somewhat) newer.  There's little
> sense in chasing old bugs, after all.  And there have been some bugs
> here over the years, including one that left these hidden files "lost"
> in the file system, undeleted, and requiring an ANALYZE /DISK /REPAIR
> to clean them out.  That bug was patched some years ago.
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It's VMS 7.3-2 running on a Alpha. The patches are a bit out of date.

Probably not realistic to upgrade to a newer version.