Job Scheduler Groups

This feature allows you to see combined data from two or more production Job Schedulers, in 4 AbatWebConsole views.

 

When you connect to a Job Scheduler, the connection and information retrieved is specific to the connected Job Scheduler. This is true, even when you connect to multiple schedulers using a single session of Web Console. Each Scheduler connection in Web Console displays information only for the currently selected Scheduler.

 

ActiveBatch also provides the ability to group Job Schedulers such that the information provided is aggregated for the group of connected Job Schedulers. This means that data (for specific views only) is combined from two or more Schedulers. If you choose to use this feature, the Scheduler group should be created for the same type of Scheduler environment, which would typically be two or more production Job Schedulers. You should not create a group to combine Test Scheduler data with Production Scheduler data (or similar heterogeneous environments).

 

This data aggregation can be very useful when you are using Job Schedulers for scalability purposes and/or to maintain high availability. The aggregation of data provides a single consolidated view into what is essentially a grouping of Job Schedulers. There are 4 views that support aggregated data.

 

• Daily Activity

• Operations

• Notifications

• Alerts Pane

 

To create a Group, launch the Connection Manager (press F4). Click on the New Group icon on the toolbar, which is second from the left.

 

Note: If the “New Group…” command is grayed out and disabled then your ActiveBatch Administrator has prevented you from creating your own groups. In addition, as you read this section, if the management-type operations are grayed out, this means that your ActiveBatch Administrator has prevented you from making changes to groups.

 

On the left-hand side of the window, you will see “New Group” appear, and on the right, you will see a Display Name field. Enter the Display Name for the Group. Next, right click on the updated name on the left (matches your Display Name entry) and select Add Member. Members of a group are one or more Job Schedulers and/or Virtual Root specifications (while the minimum is one; at least two are required for any real aggregation of information). After selecting Add Member, connection information that looks the same as a Job Scheduler connection will appear. Enter the first member’s (Job Scheduler) information, as described in Connecting to the Job Scheduler. Add additional Job Scheduler connections in the same manner. When you are done, you can click on the Connection Manager’s Save icon in the toolbar.

 

When you click on the Group name on the left side of the Connection Manager window, you will see something like what is depicted in the image below.

 

Click on the Connect button.

 

 

The Navigation pane depicted below shows a group with connected members.

 

 

Aggregated (or consolidated) views allows you to see all connected systems in a single view. See the example below that depicts the Aggregated Daily Activity view. The Job Scheduler column is added to the view so you can identify which member of the group the data is coming from. You can also filter by member. To do so, click on the ellipsis to the right of “All Connected Schedulers in Machine Group” to select the system(s) you wish to see data for. Click the refresh button after setting the filter.

 

 

To manage your existing Group, launch the Connection Manager. Click on the group name on the left to manage the group members, or to delete the Group Connection.

 

Note: When performing a Group connect, only the consolidated views are shown. To obtain Navigation for each connected Job Scheduler, you must connect to each Job Scheduler directly.