This is a bit-vector value encoding the current operating state of a queue manager, with individual bits indicating start pending, starting, running, failover, stopping, or stopped. An administrator reads this field to determine at a glance whether a queue manager is healthy and running or is in a transitional or failed state, which directly affects whether jobs submitted to its queues will be processed. For example, if the stopped bit is set on a queue manager that print and batch queues depend on, the administrator knows submitted jobs will not execute until it is restarted or a failover completes.