  Large (batch or print) queue entry number values? 
 The Question is:
 
ENTRY NUMBER IN QUEUES JUMPED TO SEVEN DIGITS.
 
We are running OpenVMS 6.2 on our VMSCluster of
Four VAXes. There are hundereds of print and
Batch queues running on these VAXes.
The problem is:
After Entry number 9999, the Queue Manager has
started generating Entry number in seven digits
like 1000nnn. There are no entries in Five or
SIX digits. Even after rebooting all the VAXes
the entry are generated in either seven digits
or some times these are in two to four digits.
We Cannot start Queue Manager with /new_version
because of hundereds of jobs always submitted.
The Question is can we initialize the Entry
number without creating new version of Queues
Database.
 
Any suggessions other than initialization of
Queues Database.
 
Thanks
 
M. AJMAL MINHAS
KFH RIYADH
 
 
 
 The Answer is:
 
  The OpenVMS queue entry number is an opaque longword value, the behaviour
  you report is entirely normal and expected for the current (undocumented)
  algorithm used to generate entry numbers.
 
  If you have a layered product or application that has assumptions on the
  size or format of a queue entry number, please contact the vendor or
  support organization.
 
  If you wish to start over with smaller entry numbers, you must recreate
  the entire queue database.  Also please realize that the queue entry
  numbers may well (eventually or immediately) reach the current values
  again after the queue database is recreated.
 
