Setting Up Xi-Batch Network Connectivity
The network licence, service entries, batch-hosts format, and why a connection that fails at startup is never retried
Knowledege base
Searchable database of information to support the use of our products
Backing Up and Restoring an Xi-Batch Configuration
The four conversion tools and what each really writes, what the export silently leaves behind, and the restore order
Integrating Xi-Batch With Other Systems
The interfaces that exist - commands, exit code, variables, remote submission, the C API - and what only looks like one
The Xi-Batch Diagnostic Helper Functions
What the xib- shell library does, how to point it at your spool and job log, and where its output can mislead
Stopping and Starting All Xi-Text Printers at Once
The pattern form that halts or starts every printer in one command, and the four things a restart does not bring back
Identifying and Removing Redundant Xi-Text Jobs and Printers
What the queue deletes by itself, why a printer's state is no evidence of disuse, and the two-stage removal
Identifying and Removing Redundant Xi-Batch Jobs
What the scheduler records about a job's last run, and why a repeating job in Err or Abrt is a fault to fix
Determining When an Xi-Text Printer Was Last Used
Xi-Text records no last-used time, so the only evidence is the optional per-printer log - what it holds and omits
Why an Xi-Batch Job Will Not Start When CLOAD Is Below LOADLEVEL
The nine tests the scheduler applies before starting a job, and the per-user total load level no command reports
What Travels Between Machines, and What Does Not
Why the saved state is bound to one machine, and why moving a system is always a re-licensing event
Migrating Xi-Batch to Another System
Exporting the schedule, variables, interpreters and users, the restore order, and the holidays gap
Migrating Xi-Text to Another System
Exporting the print queue, printers and users with xt-backup, and restoring them on a newly licensed machine