Unicenter CA-Scheduler Job Management for VSE User Guide

1.3 Additional Features
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Which jobs would have to be carried over in backlog to the next day
What if your system goes down? You can run revised simulation reports that
examine the current status of your workload and project what will happen
given the time remaining.
File Status reports allow you to check the status of the principle Unicenter
CA-Scheduler files:
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Master database
Tracking file
Staging file
Documentation file
Unicenter CA-Driver procedure library
Use these reports to determine when the files require reorganization (REORG
command).
The Mailbox report provides a common area to route Unicenter CA-Scheduler
messages so that any user can read them.
Successor Chain List reports provide a way of listing a job's or schedule's
successors either globally or up to a specified level. The reports can be
generated online for the current workload or forecasted for a future date.
Analysis reports can be used from batch or online to determine whether a
schedule or job has any missing or illogical records.
A variety of Advantage CA-Earl reports provide detailed information on the
principle Unicenter CA-Scheduler files:
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Master database
History file
Tracking file
Staging file
Documentation file
Unicenter CA-Driver procedure library
A subset of Advantage CA-Earl is provided with Unicenter CA-Scheduler so
that you can create Advantage CA-Earl reports to suit your data center's needs.
In addition, many ready-to-use reports are provided for you to use as is or
modify to your liking.
The CAISERV facility allows you to produce diagnostic reports for checking the
current values of product options and assisting in troubleshooting problems.
To better monitor production, you can cause messages to be sent to different
users when schedules or jobs:
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Start or end
Are late starting or ending
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