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Using the OpenVMS Agent

Overview

Once you have completed the configuration of the OVMS agent, you can create, run and monitor OVMS jobs from CWA. 
Every OVMS job that is created is assigned a unique ID number by CWA. This number is called the Job Number and is 
assigned as soon as CWA includes an OVMS job in the schedule.

This identification number differs from the job number that OVMS assigns to each job.

The OVMS job number is called the External ID in CWA and is displayed in the 

 column of the 

 pane. 

The Job Number is also displayed in the 

 pane under the 

 column.

This chapter covers these topics: 

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Defining a Job

Defining OVMS jobs in CWA is very similar to creating other jobs in CWA. There is a specific menu option in the 

 pane 

context menu that pertains to OVMS. In the context menu, select 

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There are three types of OVMS executables that can run as CWA jobs:

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 (xxx.com) – similar to shell scripts in UNIX or .bat files in Windows

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 (xxx.exe) – binary executable files that have been compiled/assembled

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 – system type of commands like “show time” or “show system”

The three types of CWA OVMS jobs–Batch(JobQ), job, and command jobs–relate to specific executable types and how 
they are presented to OVMS to run:

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—.com files and .exe fils can run as ‘Batch(JobQ)’ jobs.

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—.com files and .exe files can run as ‘job’ jobs.

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—system commands and .com files can run as ‘command’ jobs.

The job definition dialogs for these three types of OVMS jobs may share some of the same or similar text fields but each 
type has its own definition to define the unique characteristics of each type and control how it is presented to OVMS for 
execution.