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CAWorkloadAutomationAE:TipsandTricksMikeWoods,CATechnologies,PrincipalEngineeringServicesArchitect
MFX09E
MAINFRAMEANDWORKLOADAUTOMATION
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Abstract
ThissessionwillcovermanytipsandtricksgatheredfromCAexpertsandcustomers.Thepresentationwillcoverdaytodayusageincludingschedulingandmonitoring.
MichaelWoodsCATechnologiesPrincipalEngineeringServicesArchitect
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Agenda
CAWORKLOADAUTOMATIONAE
LOADBALANCING
WORKLOADCONTROLCENTER
Q&A
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CAWorkloadAutomationAE
§ PassingjobattributeasenvironmentvariablesThissettingsmakessomejobattributesavailableasenvironmentvariables– SetJobAttributeEnvironmentals=0|10Specifiesthattheschedulerdoesnotautomaticallysetthesupportedjobattributesasenvironmentvariables
1Specifiesthattheschedulerdoes automaticallysetthesupportedjobattributesasenvironmentvariables
ConfigurationSettings
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§ PassingjobattributeasenvironmentvariablesThissettingsmakessomejobattributesavailableasenvironmentvariables
__job_name=job_name
__box_name=box_name
__machine=machine
__run_machine=run_machine
__max_exit_success=max_exit_success
ConfigurationSettings
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§ Passingenvironmentvariablesasjobattributes– Jobattributeenvvars addedin11.3release– Onlyapplicablefor11.3+agents– Envvar attributecancontainupto255charactersperentryI.Eenvvars:MIKE=WOODS– Overrideswhatisinjobprofile– Maybeusefulfortestingchangeswithoutchangingscripts– Canbeusedtoswitchpwd
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§ Failbacksimplification– PrimaryFailbackMode settingsettings0|1|20defaultsetting,muststopschedulertoregainHAstatus1Theschedulerrunsdormantlikeashadowuntilthenextfailoverand
takesoverprocessingevents2Theprimarybecomestheprimaryagainwithoutshuttingtheshadow
downfirst
§ Note– ADBfailoverwillstillrequireanautobcptosynchronizethedatabaseagain
ConfigurationSettings
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§ ManagerHostAlias– Isusedtodefinehowtheagentdefinesthemanagerhostname
communication.manageraddress_1=SWATRH5x64-3– Helpsensureagentsresolvenametocommunicateback– Onlyapplicabletothescheduler
§ AutoServerAliasId– SameideaasManagerHostAlias
ConfigurationSettings
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§ AppendMessages– AppendEventMessageText settingvalues0|1– 0messagesaredisplayedasnormal– 1Specifiesthattheeventmessagetextiswrittenonthesameline
afterthekeywordTEXT.– Createsalongermessagetomakelogscrapingmoreeffective
ConfigurationSettings
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§ AUTOSYS_LOG– Issetontheclientenvironment– Whenset,createsacopyoftheoutputintothe$AUTOUSER/outdir
§ I.E.autorep.31150.out§ Intheaboveexample,31150isthepid oftheclirequest
– WhencombinedwithISDBGACTIVitgivestheadditionaloutputintothefileaswell.Thiscreatesasingleplacetocollectthedatawhentryingtotroubleshootaproblem.
EnvironmentVariables
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§ RESTRICT_FORCE_STARTJOB
§ IssetontheschedulerenvironmentSpecifiesiftheschedulerrestrictsyoufromrunningmultiplejobinstanceswhilethejobisinaRUNNINGstate.CAUAJM_I_60000Job(test)isalreadyrunning.FORCE_STARTJOBhasnoeffect.
EnvironmentVariables
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§ AfteraDBfailover,theyneedtoberesynced
§ Oracleprovidesdatapumputilitythatismoreefficientthatautobcp– CreateLinkstoeachdatabaseasdocumentedintheAdminguide– Testlinks– UseautobcpORAdp.plwhendoingaresynch
DBFailover
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LoadBalancing
§ UsingJobClass– Usedtodefinehowmanyconcurrentjobscanberunningbeforequeing– AgentallowsyoutoconfigurecustomjobclassesInitiators.class_n=jobclass,number_of_initiatorsExampletocreateanadditionaljobclassnamedDBthatallows10jobsofthatclasstorunatanygiventime.Initiators.class_1=DEFAULT,1000Initiators.class_2=DB,10
configuration
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LoadBalancing
§ UsingJobClass– Job_class jobattributeusedtospecifywhichclassitshoulduseExample:insert_job:dbtrig1job_type:DBTRIGJob_class:DBmachine:DB_agenttablename:storesconnect_string:"jdbc:sqlserver://myhost:1433;DatabaseName=pubs"
configuration
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LoadBalancingconfiguration
§ UsingJobClass– Automatiaclly assignajobtoaclass– initiators.afmjobclassmap_n=verb,subverb,jobclass– FromReceiver.log/WAAE_WF0.1/MAINRUNSQOOPJOB– Updateagentparm.txtinitiators.class_2=Hadoop,10initiators.afmjobclassmap_1=RUN,SQOOPJOB,Hadoop– Verify7433.843957_1/WAAE_WF0.1/MAINacquiredinitiatorofclassHADOOP.9left
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WorkloadControlCenter
§ MyProfile– Userscansetpersonalpreferences
§ TimeZone– Displaystimestampsinselectedtimezone§ Date/timeformat- selecttheformatforthedateandtimebasedoncountrypreferences
§ Type– choosetheformatofhowmuchinformationisdisplayed– I.E.Short=10/2/161:54AM
– I.EFull=Sunday,October2,20161:54:26AMGMT
– I.E.inTurkish=02Ekim 2016Pazar 01:54:35GMT
Personalcustomizations
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WorkloadControlCenter
§ QuickEditandApplicationEditor– Userscandecidewhatjobtypestheywouldliketoseeonpalate.
§ Dashboard– Candisplaywidgetstheyhaveaccessto– Canrearrangethem– Modifythesize– Numberofrowsdisplays– Auto-refresh
Personalcustomizations
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WorkloadControlCenter
§ Monitoring– Modifythesize– Numberofrowsdisplays– Auto-refresh
Personalcustomizations
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WorkloadControlCenter
§ Displaysjobsina‘filedirectory’style
§ Boxesareexpandedtoshowjobswithinandnestedaredisplayedaswell.
§ Jobselectedinflowviewishighlightedintreeview
§ Jobselectedintreeviewisbroughtintofocusonflowview
TreeViewinMonitoring
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WorkloadControlCenterUsingTree-View
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WorkloadControlCenter
§ Increaseproductivityandhelpensurestandardsareatleastdisplayed
§ Usethebatchinterfacetocreate
§ Canbeglobaloruserspecific
JobTemplates
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WorkloadControlCenter
CreatesjobtemplatestobeusedbothinQuickEditandApplicationEditor
§ Globaltemplateforallusers,templatesonlyforspecificusesSyntax:job_template -u,--user<user>-p,--password<password><-g,--global|-f,--for-user<user>><-l,--list|-r,--remove<template-name>|-i,--import<template-name><file-name>|-export<template-name><file-name>[-o,--overwrite]
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WorkloadControlCenter
1. Useautorep toprepareJILdefinitions2. ModifyJILfiletoprepareitforimportasatemplate3. Createaglobaltemplateforallusers4. Createatemplateforejmcommanderuseronly5. Listtheglobaltemplatesavailable6. Listthetemplatesavailableforejmcommanderuseronly7. LogintoQuickEditorasejmcommanderandusethenewtemplates
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WorkloadControlCenterPrepareJILDefinitions
Note1:AfterJILfilesareready,copythemtoacomputerrunningWCC.
Note2:Itispossibletohaveonly1jobdefinitionfor1filetoimportastemplate.
§ Useautorep outputtocreateaJILfile:autorep–q–jJOBNAME>filename.jil
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WorkloadControlCenterPrepareJILDefinitions Continued
§ Deleteinsert_job:JOBNAME§ Incaseyouwanttousejobnameasapartoftemplate:
– renameinsert_job:JOBNAMEtojob_name:JOBNAME– putjob_type:TYPEonanewline
§ RepeatthesameforbothJILfiles
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WorkloadControlCenterImportasaGlobalTemplate
§ Importglobaltemplate:job_template.bat-uejmcommander-pejmcommander-g-iglobalTemplatec:\temp\global_template.jil
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WorkloadControlCenterImportasaUserTemplate
§ Importusertemplate:job_template.bat-uejmcommander-pejmcommander–fejmcommander-iuserTemplatec:\temp\user_template.jil
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§ Listtheglobaltemplatesavailable:job_template.bat-uejmcommander-pejmcommander–l-g
§ Listtheusertemplatesavailable:job_template.bat-uejmcommander-pejmcommander–l-f
WorkloadControlCenterListtheTemplates
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WorkloadControlCenter
§ Logonagainafteraddingadd/modifyatemplateusingjob_template CLI
§ Logonagainaftermodifyingfilterjobtypesfilterusingfilter_jobtypes CLI
§ LogonagaintoapplyneworupdatedEEMpolicies
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