[Info-vax] Are queue manager updates written to disk immediately ?

[AEF]

On Apr 19, 10:40 am, Johnny Billquist <b... at softjar.se> wrote:
> On 2013-04-19 16:35, AEF wrote:
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> > On Apr 18, 11:37 am, Paul Sture <nos... at sture.ch> wrote:
> >> In article <kkoss5$ij... at Iltempo.Update.UU.SE>,
> >>   Johnny Billquist <b... at softjar.se> wrote:
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> >>> Simon can correct me if I understood things wrong, but this is my
> >>> understanding:
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> >>> Job X ran.
> >>> Job X submitted job Y for running tomorrow.
> >>> System crash
> >>> Job X ran again.
> >>> Job X submitted job Z for running tomorrow.
> >>> Job X finished
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> >>> Job Y disappeared. Job Z exists as expected. Job X got two log files
> >>> from the two runs. Job X would appear to have completed both times.
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> >>> My guess is that job X was rerun because it didn't finish, but that is
> >>> perhaps not a good enough explanation for the rerun.
> >>> There is no obvious explanation at all for job Y not being around.
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> >>> The "best" explanation might just be that the quemanager work file was
> >>> not updated at all, so job X would appear to not have run at all. Thus
> >>> the run after the reboot again, and also the loss of job Y.
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> >> As I understand it, the queue manager file wasn't even updated to
> >> reflect that job X had started, let alone finished.  According to the
> >> document I quoted up thread, running jobs should be aborted when the
> >> machine comes back
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> >> Paul Sture
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> > Thanks!
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> > Just one more:
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> > X - entry number not in accounting
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> Entry number for X have not been given in any of the posts, as far as I
> know. But I'm sure it could be provided, if we really think we need it.
> (Can't say I think it makes any difference if I manage to put an
> explicit value to X.) But I fail to see any connection to any
> accounting. These are queue job numbers.
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> > Y - entry number 3927
> > Z - entry number 3923
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> > Is this right? If so -- fascinating.
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> Yes...
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>         Johnny

Entry numbers are recorded in ACCOUNTING records.

Also, regards job X, was _that_ recorded in ACCOUNTNG.DAT?

AEF