Unicenter CA-Scheduler Job Management for VSE User Guide

3.1 Defining Schedules
Option Purpose Value
RUN ON SYSID
SCHED PRIORITY
STAGE JCL
USE SIMTIME
In a multi-CPU environment,
identifies the SYSID of the CPU
that automatically selects and
submits the jobs in this
schedule. Leave this field
blank when you begin
implementing Unicenter
CA-Scheduler at your site.
RUN ON SYSID has no default
in a single CPU environment.
Determines the order in which
schedules are PRIORITY
evaluated when determining
which schedules can start. Most
sites ignore this field and use
other methods for sequencing
their workload.
Controls whether the JCL for
these jobs is copied into the
staging library for editing prior
to submission. Since most jobs
do not require staging, STAGE
JCL is usually NO.
Can affect when this schedule
is started. Most sites ignore
this field and use other
methods for staggering their
workload. Set USE SIMTIME =
NO to ignore this field.
Check the values of these defaults to be sure they accurately represent your
site. Having the appropriate defaults will make defining schedules much
easier. To change installation options, speak with your systems programmer.
3.1.4 Learning the Basics About a Schedule Record
Unicenter CA-Scheduler provides many optional schedule fields so you can
define any characteristics common to the jobs in this schedule. Following is
what characteristics schedule records can define. Then how to analyze your
schedules to find out which characteristics the majority of jobs in each
schedule have in common is described.
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