Cisco Cisco Workload Automation 6.3 User Guide
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Job Activity
Job Activity Configuration Procedures
To move forward one day in the production schedule, right-click in the Job Activity pane and select Next Day from
the context menu.
the context menu.
To move to today’s date and time, right-click the Job Activity pane and select Goto Now from the context menu.
To move to a job’s graphical start location, right-click the job’s record and select Goto Job Time from the context
menu to display the job’s start time.
menu to display the job’s start time.
Pausing the Production Schedule
You can pause and then resume the production schedule at any time. You can also pause and resume job launching
without having any affect on scheduling.
without having any affect on scheduling.
When you pause a production schedule, the master service is stopped and waiting jobs are prevented from running, even
if their dependencies are met. Jobs that are already in Active status will continue to run on their respective agents;
however, their updated status (for example, Completed Normally) will not be displayed in the Job Activity pane until
the master service is restarted.
if their dependencies are met. Jobs that are already in Active status will continue to run on their respective agents;
however, their updated status (for example, Completed Normally) will not be displayed in the Job Activity pane until
the master service is restarted.
When you pause job launching, jobs can still be scheduled and calendars compiled, but jobs will not actually launch until
job launching is resumed.
job launching is resumed.
To pause the production schedule or job launching:
1.
From the Navigator pane, select Operations>Job Activity>
to display the Job Activity pane.
2.
From the Activities main menu, select Pause Scheduler or
Pause Job Launching.
Rearranging Columns in the Job Activity Pane
To rearrange columns:
1.
From the Navigator pane, select Operations>Job Activity
to display the Job Activity pane.
2.
From the View main menu, select Preferences or right-click the Navigator pane and select Preferences from the
context menu to display the Preferences dialog.
context menu to display the Preferences dialog.
3.
Click the Columns tab.
4.
Select the column and click the up or down arrows to arrange the titles into the desired order.
Recreating the Production Schedule
To recreate the production schedule:
1.
From the Navigator pane, select Operations>Job Activity
to display the Job Activity pane.
2.
From the Activities menu, select Create Schedule to display the Create Schedule dialog.
3.
Select the date range for which to create the schedule.
4.
If you want repeating jobs with no time window to start immediately, rather than after midnight, select the For today’s
repeating jobs with no time window, start repeating ASAP option.
repeating jobs with no time window, start repeating ASAP option.
5.
CWA searches for all qualified jobs to add to the production schedule for the selected dates.
Warning: All job occurrences that were added manually and all records of jobs that ran will be lost. Furthermore, the
Create Schedule recreates the schedule at the time you issue the command. This means that jobs whose dependencies
have not been met can qualify to run immediately. Use this command with caution.
Create Schedule recreates the schedule at the time you issue the command. This means that jobs whose dependencies
have not been met can qualify to run immediately. Use this command with caution.