What is job scheduling

nandakumar · New User Joined: 05 May 2005 Posts: 50

what is job scheduling?Can any one plz explain with an example?

Thanks,
Nandakumar

priyesh.agrawal · Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 11:05 pm

To run a job on a pre define time (schedule) is job scheduling.

Guest · Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 12:40 am

Dear nanda,

on mainframes or windows or on any other platform there are some jobs which needs to run regularly, at a particular time.

Daily weekly or yearly
For example your credit card or mobile bill job will run every monthy.

These jobs can be scheduled on mainframes using schedulers like CA-7,CA-5,ESP
If u want more information let me know.

CHEERS
tvmkishore.

surya · New User Joined: 19 Feb 2005 Posts: 13

Hi,

I want to know how we run jobs on pre define time for ex daily, weekly or monthly. you told we can do by using CA7, can tell me how to do that clearly and tell me is can we do it by using JCL, I am waiting for ur valuable info.

Thanking you.

Suresh

khamarutheen · Active Member Joined: 23 Aug 2005 Posts: 677 Location: NJ

Hi frnd,
In JCL v can use this code to run on predetermined time

//*MAIN DEADLINE=(0700,B,012105)

so to run the job on Jan 21,2005 @ 7AM

mrar_160 · New User Joined: 14 Sep 2005 Posts: 48

Hi all..

khamarutheen, what is "B" meaning? (//*MAIN DEADLINE=(0700,B,012105) )

TQ

khamarutheen · Active Member Joined: 23 Aug 2005 Posts: 677 Location: NJ

Hi frnd,
B is nothing but the job class like.. i think u might have known that...right?

Rupesh.Kothari · Member of the Month Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 463

HI Surya,

We can easily schedule any job using CA7.

CA7 is job scheduller developed by CA. For schedulling job you need to contact your operation, because y can not schedul job in Ca7 as you may not have access to it.

Hope this helps

Regards
Rupesh

mrar_160 · New User Joined: 14 Sep 2005 Posts: 48

how to check whether my os/390 have CA7 scheduler or not??

khamarutheen · Active Member Joined: 23 Aug 2005 Posts: 677 Location: NJ

Hi Rupesh.Kothari,

I too heared about CA7 but i dont know the details if possible can u explain to us in brief....

khamarutheen · Active Member Joined: 23 Aug 2005 Posts: 677 Location: NJ

Hi mrar_160,

I refered in IBM site regarding CA7 and got a link.. read the content in the below link i think u may get the solution...

publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/tivihelp/v3r1/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.tivoli.itbsm.doc/bsma396.htm

Let me know if any more query regarding this...

Rupesh.Kothari · Member of the Month Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 463

Hi,

CA7 is scheduller which is use to schedule the job and run at perticular time and we can add dependencies also to run the job. for example, if u have two jobs says A and B. you want to run A job at 8 PM daily and B after A. then you schedule A at 8 PM and add dependencies on B of A

If you want more material you can search teh forum you will get lot of material.

Hope this helps

Regards
Rupesh

khamarutheen · Active Member Joined: 23 Aug 2005 Posts: 677 Location: NJ

Hi Rupesh.Kothari,
Thanks for ur info.. let me do as per u say...

mrar_160 · New User Joined: 14 Sep 2005 Posts: 48

i think my mainframe doesnt have this scheduler..
May i know it is expensive to have this scheduler??
Tq

Rupesh.Kothari · Member of the Month Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 463

HI mrar_160,

Please ask our admin which scheduler are you using in your mainframe.

Regards
Rupesh

mrar_160 · New User Joined: 14 Sep 2005 Posts: 48

khamarutheen · Active Member Joined: 23 Aug 2005 Posts: 677 Location: NJ

Hi frnd,