VMS Help 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]

1 - Qualifiers

 1.1 - /NAME_OF_MANAGER

       /NAME_OF_MANAGER=name

    Specifies the name of the queue manager controlling the autostart
    queues you want to disable. The qualifier allows the autostart
    feature to be used differently for different sets of queues.

    If the /NAME_OF_MANAGER qualifier is omitted, the default queue
    manager name SYS$QUEUE_MANAGER is used. For more information on
    multiple queue managers, refer to the OpenVMS System Manager's
    Manual.

 1.2 - /ON_NODE

       /ON_NODE=nodename

    Specifies a node in an OpenVMS Cluster system. Use this qualifier
    to disable autostart on a node other than the one from which you
    enter the command.

 1.3 - /QUEUES

    Specifies that autostart is to be disabled for queues. (This
    qualifier is used by default.)

2 - Examples

    1.$ INITIALIZE/QUEUE/BATCH/START/AUTOSTART_ON=SATURN:: BATCH_1
      $ ENABLE AUTOSTART/QUEUES
         .
         .
         .
      $ DISABLE AUTOSTART/QUEUES

      In this example, the INITIALIZE/QUEUE command creates an
      autostart queue BATCH_1, capable of executing on node SATURN.
      The /START qualifier activates the queue for autostart. The
      ENABLE AUTOSTART/QUEUES command (executed on node SATURN)
      enables autostart on the node, causing the queue (and any other
      active autostart queues on the node) to begin executing jobs.

      The DISABLE AUTOSTART command (executed on node SATURN) stops
      autostart queues on the node, and prevents any queues from
      failing over to the node.

      This command only affects queues managed by the default
      queue manager SYS$QUEUE_MANAGER because the /NAME_OF_MANAGER
      qualifier is not specified.

      Because BATCH_1 is set up to run only on one node, the queue
      cannot fail over to another node and therefore is stopped;
      however, the queue remains active for autostart and will
      be started when the ENABLE AUTOSTART command is entered for
      node SATURN. No START/QUEUE command is needed to restart
      BATCH_1 unless autostart of the queue is deactivated with the
      STOP/QUEUE/NEXT or STOP/QUEUE/RESET command.

    2.$ DISABLE AUTOSTART/QUEUES/ON_NODE=JADE

      The DISABLE AUTOSTART/QUEUES command in this example disables
      autostart on the OpenVMS Cluster node JADE. This command can be
      entered from any node in the cluster.