/sys$common/syshlp/helplib.hlb DISABLE, AUTOSTART  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

    Disables the autostart feature on a node for all autostart queues
    managed by the specific queue manager. By default, this command
    uses the /QUEUES qualifier.

    Requires OPER (operator) privileges.

    Disabling autostart for queues notifies the queue manager to
    perform the following tasks on the affected node:

    o  Mark all autostart queues as "stop pending" in preparation for
       a planned shutdown.

    o  Prevent autostart queues from failing over to the node.

    o  Upon completion of any jobs currently executing on one of the
       node's autostart queues, force the queue to fail over to the
       next available node in a queue's failover list (if any) on
       which autostart is enabled. (For information on failover lists
       for autostart queues, see the /AUTOSTART_ON qualifier for the
       INITIALIZE/QUEUE command.)

    Autostart queues on the node that do not have a failover list, or
    for which no failover node is enabled for autostart, are stopped
    upon completion of any current jobs. These stopped queues remain
    activated for autostart. The queue manager will restart these
    stopped autostart queues when the ENABLE AUTOSTART command is
    entered for the affected node or a node to which the queue can
    fail over.

    By default, the command affects the node on which it is entered.
    Use the /ON_NODE qualifier to disable autostart on a different
    node. On VAX systems by default, the command affects autostart
    queues managed by the default queue manager, SYS$QUEUE_MANAGER.
    Specify the /NAME_OF_MANAGER qualifier to disable autostart of a
    different queue manager's autostart queues on the node.

    The DISABLE AUTOSTART/QUEUES command is included in the node
    shutdown command procedure SHUTDOWN.COM. If you shutdown a node
    without using SHUTDOWN.COM, and the node is running autostart
    queues, you might want to enter the DISABLE AUTOSTART/QUEUES
    command first.

    The DISABLE AUTOSTART/QUEUES command only affects autostart
    queues.

    For more information on autostart queues, refer to the chapter on
    batch and print queues in the OpenVMS System Manager's Manual.

    Format

      DISABLE AUTOSTART[/QUEUES]

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