RE: LAN Printers with ONLINE(*YES) not being varied on at IPL

IIRC the printers are varied on before this but when the writer for a 
printer won't start (because TCP/IP hasn't fully started yet) QWCSWTRS 
varies off the printer. So throw a DLYJOB command just before QWCSWTRS. 
I've sometimes been successful just rearranging the commands in the STRUP; 
moving the STRTCPSVR command up and the QWCSWTRS call down.

Dan




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Dan,

Where would I place this wait?  The only printer related calls in my 
startup program is one to QWCSWTRS.  I was under the impression that this 
simply started the writers; the printers had to already be varied on.

Does QWCSWTRS also handle varying on the printers?

Charles Wilt
iSeries Systems Administrator / Developer
Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America
ph: 513-573-4343
fax: 513-398-1121
 

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> Yep. I concur.
> 
> The TCP/IP features start up asynchronously. The default 
> STRUP starts to 
> vary on all the printers right after it starts firing up 
> TCP/IP and all 
> the TCP/IP features. Often the vary on's fail because the necessary 
> functions aren't ready yet. You should see entries in the job 
> log of your 
> start up job. You can modify your STRUP (startup program) to 
> pause a few 
> minutes before it starts to vary on printers. That usually cures it.
> 
> Dan
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> Hi Charles,
> 
> My answer is yes I have seen this type of difficulty
> on an old development machine at a previous employer.
> In my case, the problem was not enough memory in the
> server to boot the TCP/IP stack fast enough to have it
> functional at the step where the printer vary on
> occurs and the system tries to verify the network
> attachment.
> 
> Since it couldn't verify TCP/IP communications on the
> token ring card were active, none of the LAN attached
> printers were varied on.
> 
> The server was used in a printer testing lab so we
> used to manually vary on device descriptions as
> necessary as a workaround.
> 
> HTH
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> Best Regards,
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> /Paul
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> >date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 13:29:26 -0400
> >from: "Wilt, Charles" <CWilt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >subject: LAN Printers with ONLINE(*YES) not being
> >varied on at IPL
> >
> >Has anybody ever had a problem with LAN printers 
> >defined ONLINE(*YES) not being varied on at IPL?
> >
> >Since they don't get varied on, the writers don't get
> >started either. 
> >
> >I don't see any messages in the QSYSOPR message queue
> >or in the QHST log.
> >
> >This happens with all the LAN PJL printers on my
> >development box, note that there are no other types
> of >printers attached.
> >
> >Any thoughts as to what to look at?
> >
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Charles Wilt
> >iSeries Systems Administrator / Developer
> >Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America
> >ph: 513-573-4343
> >fax: 513-398-1121
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