™ 24x7 Scheduler 3.6 User's Guide and Job Automation Language (JAL) Reference Copyright © SoftTree Technologies, Inc. 1998-2009 All rights reserved Table of Contents Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................................................. 2 ABOUT THIS GUIDE.................................................................................................................................... 14 CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS DOCUMENT...................................................................................................... 14 ABBREVIATIONS AND TERMS........................................................................................................................ 14 TRADEMARKS ............................................................................................................................................ 15 CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED............................................................................................................. 16 OVERVIEW................................................................................................................................................. 16 TO START 24X7 SCHEDULER EACH TIME WINDOWS STARTS ......................................................................... 18 RUNNING 24X7 SCHEDULER AS A WINDOWS NT (NT/2000/XP/ 2003/VISTA/2008) SERVICE......................... 18 RUNNING 24X7 SCHEDULER AS A WINDOWS 95/98/ME SERVICE.................................................................... 19 JOB EXPLORER .......................................................................................................................................... 20 JOB TYPES ................................................................................................................................................ 21 FILE TYPES................................................................................................................................................ 22 DRAG AND DROP INTERFACE ....................................................................................................................... 23 SUPPORT FOR WINDOWS EXPLORER DRAG AND DROP .................................................................................. 23 SEMAPHORE FILES ..................................................................................................................................... 24 EXECUTION LOGS....................................................................................................................................... 24 CHANGES TO THE SYSTEM TIME .................................................................................................................. 25 WORKING WITH JOB DATABASE ................................................................................................................... 25 JOB DATABASE MANAGER........................................................................................................................... 26 JOB DATABASE IMPORT/EXPORT WIZARD ..................................................................................................... 28 SECURITY.................................................................................................................................................. 30 Job Protection and Job Password ..................................................................................................... 30 Job Database Security....................................................................................................................... 30 Remote Agent Security...................................................................................................................... 32 Job Database Privileges .................................................................................................................... 34 Remote Agent Privileges ................................................................................................................... 36 Changing Password........................................................................................................................... 37 UNIX Remote Automation Server Security ........................................................................................ 37 SENDING AND RECEIVING E-MAIL MESSAGES ................................................................................................ 37 Overview............................................................................................................................................ 37 About Lotus Notes interface .............................................................................................................. 37 MAINTENANCE FOR HOLIDAYS, DATABASE PROFILES, AND REMOTE AGENTS ................................................... 38 CHAPTER 2: INSTALLATION AND UNINSTALLATION ........................................................................... 39 INSTALLATION ............................................................................................................................................ 39 VBSCRIPT DEBUGGER DEPENDENCIES ........................................................................................................ 39 WINDOWS NT (NT/2000/XP/2003/VISTA/2008/7) SPECIFICS..................................................................... 39 WINDOWS 9X (95/98/ME) SPECIFICS........................................................................................................... 40 INSTALLING REMOTE AGENTS...................................................................................................................... 40 AUTOMATING THE INSTALLATION PROCESS; SILENT SETUP ............................................................................ 41 UNINSTALLATION........................................................................................................................................ 42 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS............................................................................................................................. 42 24x7 Scheduler - 2 - Table of Contents CHAPTER 3: DATABASE INTERFACES................................................................................................... 44 DATABASE PROFILES.................................................................................................................................. 45 ODBC INTERFACE ..................................................................................................................................... 46 CHAPTER 4: SCHEDULING JOBS ............................................................................................................ 47 JOB WIZARD .............................................................................................................................................. 47 JOB PROCESSING FLOW ............................................................................................................................. 48 JOB PROPERTIES ....................................................................................................................................... 51 General Properties............................................................................................................................. 51 Job Execution Properties................................................................................................................... 51 Job Schedule and Triggers................................................................................................................ 56 Notification Events and Actions ......................................................................................................... 59 Job Notification Options ............................................................................................................... 59 Notification Events ....................................................................................................................... 60 Notification Actions ...................................................................................................................... 60 MACRO-PARAMETERS ................................................................................................................................. 62 SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES.............................................................................................................. 66 ADDING NEW JOB ...................................................................................................................................... 66 DELETING JOB ........................................................................................................................................... 67 DISABLING/ENABLING JOB........................................................................................................................... 67 MODIFYING JOB DEFINITION AND SCHEDULE ................................................................................................. 68 MOVING JOB TO ANOTHER FOLDER.............................................................................................................. 68 COPYING JOB TO/FROM ANOTHER DATABASE ............................................................................................... 68 PROTECTING/UNPROTECTING JOB ............................................................................................................... 68 TESTING JOB EXECUTION...........................................................................................................................