Configuring Automic Automation Schedulers

This topic explains how to add and configure a scheduler for Automic Automation. You have to add a new Automic Automation scheduler for each Automic Automation Client that you want to integrate into your AAI environment.

You can add Automic Automation schedulers before installing the Automic Automation Connector. However, you will not be able to use them until the Connector is up and running. For more information, see Setting Up the Automic Connector .

To Add an Automic Automation Scheduler

Open the AAI next generation UI and go to System >Schedulers.
Click the plus icon to open the Add Scheduler page.
Define the following parameters:
- Name
  
  Enter a descriptive Name that is unique in your system.
- Scheduler Type
  
  Select Automic Automation.
- Time Zone
  
  Time zone in which the Automic Automation instance is located. For example, if an AAI installation in New York monitors an Automic Automation system in Vienna, the default time zone is Vienna's.
- Connector
  
  Select the name of the connector as defined during the connector installation.
- Automic System Name
  
  Name of the Automic Automation system.
- Automic REST API Endpoint (URL)
  
  Address of the server
  
  Format:http(s)://{host}:{port}/ae/api/{version}
  
  Example
  
  http://<AutomicServer>:8088/ae/api/v1
- Automic Client ID:
  
  Automic Automation Client number.
- Automic REST API User:
  
  ID of the Automic REST API user. Optionally, you can use the User ID and Department. The Automic REST API user must have read and execution access withtin Automic Automation.
  
  Example AUTOMIC/AUTOMIC
- Automic REST API Password:
  
  Password of the Automic REST API user.
- Automic Web Interface (URL)
  
  URL to reach the Automic Web Interface.
  
  Example
  
  http://<AutomicServer>:8080/awi/
- Job Definition Refresh Time
  
  Select the times at which AAI should refresh the job definitions.
  
  Default: Once a day
  
  Note:
  You can change the default value, but take into account that refreshing the job definitions can be a time consuming task. All of the job definitions are read from Automic Automation and compared with the definitions in AAI.
  
  Typically, in a production environment, job definitions are relatively static so once or twice a day is sufficient.
Optionally, click Show Advanced to define additional parameters:
- Debug Log HTTP Payloads
  
  Activate this option to write the REST requests and responses to an from the Automation Engine to the log file in JSON format.
  
  Default: Not selected
- Projected Start Time Period (days)
  
  How far forward should the Connector look for planned start times
  
  Default: 30 days
- Historical Data Initial Load Period (days)
  
  How far back should the Connector look the first time it fetches information.
  
  Default: Seven days. This parameter cannot be modified.
- Event Polling Interval (seconds)
  
  Specific event polling interval for a particular scheduler
- Automic API Read Timeout (seconds)
  
  Timeout for AE REST API calls
  
  Default: 600 seconds
- Job Definition Refresh Interval: Refresh interval in seconds
- Job Definition Retry Delay (seconds)
  
  Period of time after which the REST API retries to fetch object definitions if a previous attempt failed
  
  Default: 60 seconds
Click Add Scheduler. The new scheduler is added to the list of already connected systems.
To verify that AAI is receiving data from the Automic Automation system, log in to the AAI thick client and go to Admin > Schedulers.
The new scheduler is displayed in the list of already connected schedulers. Check that the Last Run Processes, Job Definitions Updated and the Active Jobs columns are populated.