Autosys Learning

    Autosys Work-Flow • Event Server (or Autosys Database) o Data Repository that stores Autosys system information,events and job definitions. o The Autosys Db is termed ‘Data Server’ which describes a server instance • Event Processor o Interprets and processes all the events it reads from the Autosys Database o A program that actually runs Autosys o Scans the database for processing events. Checks if the events satisfy the starting conditions of the job and the determines the actions • Remote Agent o Temporary process started by the event processor to perform a specific task on a remote machine o It starts the command specified for a given job, sends running and completion information about a task to the Event Server • Step1: The Event Processor scans the Event Server for the next event to processor.If no event is ready,the Event Processor scans again in 5 seconds. • Step2: The Event Processor reads from the Event Server that an event is r...

Introduction to Autosys Autosys is an automated job control system for scheduling, monitoring, and reporting. These jobs can reside on any Autosys-configured machine that is attached to a network. An AutoSys job is any single command, executable, script, or Windows batch file. Each AutoSys job definition contains a variety of qualifying attributes, including the conditions specifying when and where a job should be run. Defining Jobs : There are the two methods you can use to create job definitions: ¦ Using the AutoSys Graphical User Interface (GUI). ¦ Using the AutoSys Job Information Language (JIL) through a command-line interface. Autosys Jobs: Job Types and Structure : There are three types of jobs: command, file watcher, and box. As their names imply, command jobs execute commands, box jobs are containers that hold other jobs (including other boxes), and file watcher jobs watch for the arrival of a specif...