Submitting a Job: Specifying Schedule Information

Use the Schedule tab in the Submit Job dialog to specify the start time for a scheduled operation, and to specify the Scheduler responsible for starting it and monitoring feedback.

To specify the Schedule Information for a job:

1    In the Start date list, enter the date when you want the operation to start.

2    In the Start time field, enter the time at which you want the operation to start.

3    In the Host list, select the Scheduler which Vector AM can use to start and monitor the job.

4    Choose a schedule:

    To run the operation once at the specified time and date, select Run once only.

    To run the operation at regular intervals, select Repeat every and select the interval.

5    To prevent the Scheduler from running a repeat job at specific times or on specific days, deselect the intervals you want to exclude in the Start Control slots.

6    Select the Logging tab to continue.

Notes

    Normally, Schedulers start a job within 90 seconds of the specified start time. However, if the selected Host is unavailable or already running at full capacity when a job is due to start, it will attempt to start the outstanding job at the next available opportunity. To ensure that a job is restricted to specific times or specific days, deselect the Start Control slots when the operation must not start.

    If a combination of repeat schedule and Start Control exclusions would prevent a job from ever running, Vector AM attempts to find a schedule that will allow the job to run. Vector AM does this by incrementing the job's start time by hourly intervals. When a valid slot is found, the scheduled start time is reset accordingly.

    Start Control affects only the start time of a job. Excluded time slots have no effect on jobs that are already running.