Connect with Control-M: Job Scheduling Techniques

Introduction

• Presenter: Ruben Villa, Control-M Support for distributed systems in America.
• Panelists: Richard Talbert and Roni Cabrera.
• Focus: Scheduling jobs without a calendar, using confirmation calendars, adjusting rerun settings.

Agenda

1. Schedule Options
2. Rerun Settings for Cyclic Jobs
3. Confirmation Calendars
4. Time From and Until
5. Q&A Session

Schedule Options

• Found in Job Properties under the Scheduling tab.
• Options include:
  • Running jobs every day, on specific days, or based on advanced scheduling.

Rerun Settings for Cyclic Jobs

• Three main options:
  1. Rerun Every: Specifies job rerun intervals (e.g., every 2 minutes/hours/days).
  2. Interval Sequence: More specific timings (e.g., every 1 day, 8 hours, 52 minutes).
  3. Specific Times: Manually enter specific times. Includes a tolerance setting.
• Post-Processing: Allows actions based on failure count or wrong count (e.g., send an email).
• Interval Options:
  • Start: Changes interval if a start is delayed.
  • End: Changes interval based on job end time.
  • Target: Maintains the original interval regardless of delays.

Confirmation Calendars

• Used to adjust working days for scheduling.
• Useful for shifting jobs from weekends to the next working day.
• Options include ordering jobs on the next or previous confirmed day, or not ordering at all.

Time From and Until

• Defines the time window for job submissions.
• End of Day Option: Extends job run capability to the next day.
• Allow Submission Past Next Day: Allows jobs to continue running past the next day threshold.

Demonstration

• Examples of cyclic job setups and confirmation calendars.
• Cyclic Job Example:
  • Properties setup with rerun every 50 minutes.
  • Options for minutes, hours, days.
• Interval Sequence Example:
  • Run every 7 hours and 15 minutes.
• Specific Times Example:
  • Manual timing with tolerance settings.

Scheduling Examples

• Last Sunday of the Month:
  • Use of specific scheduling features for last Sunday selection.
• Exclude Rule-Based Calendar:
  • Exclude specific days like weekdays from job runs.
• Payroll Job Example:
  • Run on specific dates (15th, 28th) with confirmation calendar adjustments for weekends.

Resources

• Knowledge articles available for complex scheduling scenarios.

Conclusion

• Encouragement to provide feedback via survey.
• Follow on social media and access past webinars on BMC Communities, YouTube, iTunes.
• Next webinar: Promoting jobs between environments on September 28.

Q&A Session

• Attendees encouraged to post questions in Q&A panel.