Cisco Cisco Workload Automation 6.3 User Guide
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Introduction
CWA Components
Security
CWA supports a secured, configurable working model through security policies and per-agent passwords. You can
subdivide scheduling tasks among various types of users based on their scheduling responsibilities. Agents can be
restricted to specific users. Scheduling activity can be filtered for a production environment that is safe and customized
to accommodate your expanding business.
subdivide scheduling tasks among various types of users based on their scheduling responsibilities. Agents can be
restricted to specific users. Scheduling activity can be filtered for a production environment that is safe and customized
to accommodate your expanding business.
Flexibility
CWA supports the way people work on scheduling projects with its workgroups feature. Users can configure their own
workgroup environment, enabling a group of users to have access to a set of jobs and other supporting data objects like
calendars that are owned by the group. Users can be insulated from the vast scheduling activity that is possible. All users
can change and view only the information that is allowed by their security profile.
workgroup environment, enabling a group of users to have access to a set of jobs and other supporting data objects like
calendars that are owned by the group. Users can be insulated from the vast scheduling activity that is possible. All users
can change and view only the information that is allowed by their security profile.
Fault Tolerance
Fault tolerance is an optional module for CWA. Fault tolerance ensures that you have uninterrupted scheduling when a
Primary Master goes down. It includes a fault monitoring system that will automatically and seamlessly transfer control
to a backup master. If your scheduling activity is mission critical, you need fault tolerance.
Primary Master goes down. It includes a fault monitoring system that will automatically and seamlessly transfer control
to a backup master. If your scheduling activity is mission critical, you need fault tolerance.
Note: To add fault tolerance to your CWA network, you need to purchase a license agreement. You must also install the
Fault Monitor and Backup Master as described in the
Fault Monitor and Backup Master as described in the
Cisco Workload Automation Installation and Configuration Guide
.
CWA Components
Overview of CWA Components
CWA has many different components and provides the flexibility to support many different customer environments. You
can tailor your own system to have multiple Masters, multiple agents, additional adapters, install fault tolerance for each
Master, and so on.
can tailor your own system to have multiple Masters, multiple agents, additional adapters, install fault tolerance for each
Master, and so on.
The diagram below shows the basic CWA system components potentially involved a system installation. There are two
required CWA components:
required CWA components:
Primary Master
Client Manager OR Java Client
All other CWA components are optional and depend on your environment and job scheduling needs.