Unicenter CA-Scheduler Job Management for VSE User Guide

3.1 Defining Schedules
AUTO SELECT controls whether Unicenter CA-Scheduler selects this schedule
automatically during autoscan. When AUTO SELECT = NO, this schedule is
skipped and its jobs are not included in the daily workload. That is exactly
what you want to happen while you are defining and testing a schedule and
its jobs, so do not change that field yet. Once you are satisfied with those
definitions, you will activate this schedule for automatic selection by changing
the value of AUTO SELECT to YES.
BACKLOG controls what happens if a schedule's jobs do not run on the day
they were selected. BACKLOG occurs on both schedule and job base records.
The value defined for a schedule applies to all jobs in that schedule unless you
specify a different value on a job base record. Since most sites usually want
jobs to carry over, leave BACKLOG = YES.
A complete explanation of how backlog works in Unicenter CA-Scheduler
appears later in this chapter.
AUTO-REPLY MESSAGES controls the automatic console replies for jobs. To
use this feature, auto-reply support must be selected in the Unicenter
CA-Scheduler generation options (see the CAIJGEN macro in the Unicenter
CA-Scheduler Systems Programmer Guide). This optional feature is discussed
later in the chapter. Leave AUTO-REPLY MESSAGES = N.
SCHEDULE NAME is the only field on a schedule record that requires input.
To name a schedule, type up to 8 characters (any combination of letters and
numbers). Name this schedule BACKUP. The cursor is already positioned at
the SCHEDULE NAME. Type BACKUP but do not press Enter yet.
The USERS field defines who can control and maintain this schedule. If you
leave this field blank, BACKUP becomes a public schedule that any user with a
write password can control or maintain. However, you may want to restrict
that capability to just a few users. With the USERS field, you define which
General users are authorized to control and maintain this schedule. Users with
Supervisor or Manager authority do not need to be authorized by the USERS
field because they can access all schedule definitions.
To be sure that you can work with this record later, tab down to the field
called USERS and type in your userid.
When you are defining schedule records, you will tab from field to field until
you have supplied all the values necessary. The other fields you see on this
panel do not require input. They are discussed later in the chapter. Finish
defining the backup schedule now.
The one distinctive thing about backup jobs is that they usually run at night.
Unicenter CA-Scheduler can continue that routine for you. Specify a value for
EARLIEST START TIME using 24-hour clock notation. For example, you can
hold the backup schedule until 11 p.m. by setting EARLIEST START TIME to
2300. Or, type 0100 to keep backup jobs from running before 1 a.m.
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