Configuring IWSz Schedulers (Web UI)

You can add an IWSz scheduler either from the thick client or from the AAI Web UI. This topic explains how to add one from the Web UI. For information about adding an IWSd scheduler, which you can only do from the thick client, seeConfiguring IWS Schedulers (Thick Client).

You can add IWS schedulers before installing the IWS Connector. However, you will not be able to use them until the IWS Connector is up and running. For more information, see AAI Integration for IBM IWS.

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Adding an IWSz Scheduler

  1. Do one of the following:

    • You start creating the scheduler from the thick client:

      1. In the Admin tab, select Schedulers from the left pane.

      2. Click the plus (+) button on the toolbar.

      3. On the New Scheduler dialog select Scheduler Type: IWSz.

      4. A button is displayed that redirects you to the AAI web interface, where you can create the scheduler.

    • You create the scheduler directly from the AAI web interface:

      1. Go to System.

      2. Click the Add Scheduler button to open a dialog where you specify the Name and the Scheduler Type.

  2. Enter a descriptive Name that the people who will work with the data from this scheduler can easily recognize. The name must be unique in your system. The dialog to configure the scheduler is displayed.

  3. Specify the following parameters:

    • Definition Path

      The complete path to the target directory on theIWS Connector server where the IWSz Server for AAI system delivers the two Definition Data files (defs and baseobjs). This must match the value specified in the Defn Data Path field of the IWSz Server for AAI Configuration Settings for the AAIServer.

    • Event Path

      The complete path to the target directory on the IWS Connector server where the IWSz Server for AAI system is delivering the Event Data file (event) and the two Current Plan Data files (cpop and tracklog). This must match the value specified in the IWSz Server for AAI Configuration Settings for the AAI Server in the Event Data Path field.

    • IWS Connector API URL

      The URL used to connect to the Apache Tomcat Web Server running on the IWS Connector server.

      It consists of the IP Address or DNS Name of the IWS Connector server, a colon (:) and the Port number that used for the Apache Tomcat install. This is followed by a slash (/) and then the specific string "IBMWorkflowSchedulerConnector" which will route the connection made by the AAIServer to the IWS Connector application running under Apache Tomcat.

    • Default Calendar Name

      The name of an IWSz defined Default Calendar that will be used by AAI whenever an Application definition is found that does not have a Calendar associated with it.

    • Plan Extend Time(24:00)

      The daily time (using a 24 hour clock) when the Current Plan Extend job will normally be executed by IWSz to create a new Current Plan for the following 24 hour period.

    • Plan Extend From Time(24:00)

      The actual time that the Current Plan is specified to start from when the Extend process is executed. For example, the Current Plan Extend job may be set to execute at 17:00 to create a Current Plan that starts at 18:00. In this case the Plan Extend Time would be set to 17:00 and the Plan Extend From Time set to 18:00.

    • Date/Time Format

      The date and time format used as a suffix to the data files being delivered by the IWSz Server for AAI. This value must be left as Default which specifies a suffix of yyMMdd.HHmmss which is what theIWSz Server for AAI always uses.

    • TimeZone

      The timezone where the LPAR running the IWSz Subsystem is operating under. This ensures that times shown in AAI for Applications and Jobs run by this Scheduler represent the actual times for that IWSz Subsystem and the LPAR it is executing on.

  4. Click Test Connection. AAI checks the connection to he database and lets you know the result.

  5. Click Save Changes. The new scheduler is added to the list of already connected systems. Initially, its status is In Progress until the scheduler is completely connected to AAI.

Viewing a Scheduler

Click and existing scheduler in the list. The dialog that is displayed provides the scheduler configuration data as you entered when adding it. You cannot edit anything here. For details about each field, see the Adding a Scheduler section above.

Note:

When setting up this type of scheduler, you specify the intervals in which the job definitions are automatically refreshed through the Config tool.

The Update Now button on this dialog provides an on-demand job definition update function. If you click it, AAI retrieves the latest job data from the scheduler.

Editing a Scheduler

  1. Click the scheduler that you want to modify and click Edit on the dialog that is displayed.

  2. The resulting dialog provides the scheduler configuration data in two tabs, Monitoring Details and Connection Configuration, as you entered them when you added it. For details about each field, see Adding a Scheduler above.

  3. Click the Edit button at the top of this dialog to make the fields editable, then make your changes and save them.

Deleting a Scheduler

  1. In the Schedulers list select the scheduler that you want to delete.

  2. Click Delete on the dialog that is displayed.

See also:

Schedulers