Cisco Cisco Workload Automation 6.3 User Guide
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Job Activity
Job Details Dialog
Time Dependencies
Time dependencies are displayed with a time icon, and indicate the time when the time dependency will be met.
Variable Dependencies
Variable dependencies are defined in the job’s definition dialog and are displayed with a variable icon, the variable’s
name, its dependency expression and its present value in parentheses.
name, its dependency expression and its present value in parentheses.
Job Details - Resources Tab
The Resources tab of the Job Details dialog displays information about any resources assigned to a job. The current
and required system resource values, with a column showing the status of the resource, displays on this tab. In the case
of a job that uses an agent list and has not yet been assigned an agent from the list, the current and status columns are
grayed out.
and required system resource values, with a column showing the status of the resource, displays on this tab. In the case
of a job that uses an agent list and has not yet been assigned an agent from the list, the current and status columns are
grayed out.
The possible statuses for the resource are:
Available – The resource is available. The job cannot use the resource until all of its needed resources are available
at the same time.
at the same time.
Unavailable – The resource is unavailable.
Waiting – The resource is not available because another job is using the resource.
Locked – The job is running. All of the listed resources will display the Locked status. A job cannot run until all of its
assigned resources are simultaneously available. When the resources do become available to the job, the job locks
up its share of each resource until the job completes and the resource is released for use by other jobs.
assigned resources are simultaneously available. When the resources do become available to the job, the job locks
up its share of each resource until the job completes and the resource is released for use by other jobs.
A resource in a Locked status cannot be overridden to release it but a user could modify the resource's definition
to temporarily increase its limit and make more of the resource available to other jobs.
to temporarily increase its limit and make more of the resource available to other jobs.
Note: Resources cannot be assigned to a job group. If this is a job group definition, then the Resources tab is not
displayed.
displayed.
The Resources tab contains the following elements:.
Resource Consumption
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Type – The kind of resource that is being used, Virtual or Agent.
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Resource Name – Displays the name of the resource associated with the job.
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Amount Used – The amount of the resource's specified limit that the job uses. This number cannot exceed the
number shown in the Amount Available column.
number shown in the Amount Available column.
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Amount Available – The amount of the resource that is available to be used. This number is derived by
subtracting the amount of the resource currently in use from the limit specified in the resource’s definition.
subtracting the amount of the resource currently in use from the limit specified in the resource’s definition.
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Status – Denotes the status of a resource assigned to the job. There are three possible statuses:
Available – The resource is available for the job.
Waiting – The resource is not currently available. The job is unable to run until the specified amount (shown in the
Amount Needed column) of the resource is available.
Amount Needed column) of the resource is available.
Locked – The resource is being used by job. The amount of the resource being used by the job (shown in the Amount
Used column) is unavailable to any other job until this job completes. If multiple resources are required for the job,
then an all or nothing approach is used. No resource is locked up until all of the required resources are available and
can be locked simultaneously.
Used column) is unavailable to any other job until this job completes. If multiple resources are required for the job,
then an all or nothing approach is used. No resource is locked up until all of the required resources are available and
can be locked simultaneously.