Thank you to everybody who responded to my post.  Unfortunately, the only
solution is to do a reboot.  Sigh.  Thanks also to Orbit, whose excellent
technical staff quickly diagnosed the problem and responded immediately.

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> From:         Ramaglia, Jennifer
> Sent:         Monday, November 20, 2000 1:17 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Orbit restore job not budging...
>
> Hi Everybody!
>
> I have an Orbit restore job that is hung on the system.  I cannot abort or
> suspend the job using ABORTJOB or BREAKJOB.  I am unable to change the
> queue that the job is running in.  There are no messages to reply to.  The
> job has released the tape drive and has been verifying the restore for
> about 4 hours now.  HP's advice is to wait it out or do a reboot.  This
> job is utilizing CPU and interfering with production.  A reboot is not a
> possibility.  Any advice on how to kill this job?
>
> I have a 996/400 running MPE/iX 5.506.
>
> Thank you in advance,
>
> Jennifer Ramaglia
>