Defining Agent Groups

To add an agent group, give the group a name and description. After creating agents and agent groups, you can assign agents to the agent groups. You assign priorities and load factors for each agent. If the Multi-Execution option is selected, jobs and process flows assigned to the agent group will run on every agent in the agent group. Agent groups without the Multi-Execution option is selected are called regular agent groups.

When you submit a job to an agent group, Applications Manager runs it on the first available machine in the group. If the Multi-Execution option is selected, jobs and process flows assigned to the agent group will run on every agent in the agent group. Agent groups without the Multi-Execution option is selected are called regular agent groups.

Applications Manager user groups control access to agent groups. If you do not have access to them, see your Applications Manager administrator.

Procedure

To create an agent group:

1. From the Agent Groups Selector window, click New.

Applications Manager opens the Select agent type window.

2. Select the Standard agent group type and click OK.

The agent type you select determines which agents can be included in the agent group. For information on non-standard agent types, see your related Applications Manager interface or extension documentation.

3. Enter a name and description for the agent group.
4. If you want to run the tasks assigned to this agent group on every listed agent, select the Multi-Execution box.

When you run a job, process flow, or process flow component through a multi-execution agent group, Applications Manager automatically creates copies of the task and runs them on every agent in the group. Each task shows up in the Backlog so you can track execution.

5. Assign one or more agents to the agent group.

You can assign agent groups to jobs, the only agent groups you can assign to process flows are multi-execution agent groups.

The APPWORX_AGENTS Agent Group

The APPWORX_AGENTS agent group is used by the SODELETE job and should contain all the Applications Manager agents. SODELETE removes output files that have exceeded their retention days or the maximum number of revisions. This ensures that SODELETE is executed on all Applications Manager agents. SODELETE is part of the SYSTEM process flow. For more information on SODELETE and the SYSTEM process flow, see Managing System Records.

Next Step: Assigning Priorities and Load Factors

After adding agents to an agent group, the next step is to assign a priority and load factor to each agent in the group. For more information, see Setting the Priorities and Load Factors for Agents in a Regular Agent Group.