WORKGROUP Commands

EnterpriseSCHEDULE features the concept of workgroups. The basic functions of Workgroups is to:

• Enable the EnterpriseSCHEDULE database to be replicated physically across nodes
• Determine the way jobs run across any number of nodes in an enterprise.

This includes the capability to apply load balancing to EnterpriseSCHEDULE job flow by determining the best way to distribute workload. For instance you can apply more job runs to your more powerful servers and allow the jobs to run across multiple nodes, alleviating the load on a single server. This can all be automated by establishing several simple parameters to the Workgroup which the jobs are running in.

Workgroup commands are used to create, edit, delete, copy and rename Workgroups. Workgroups are established by creating and editing an entry in the EnterpriseSCHEDULE database in the \syscontrol\workgroups\ directory. Once the Workgroup has been created, Member nodes are added and these nodes are assigned a number of parameters that determine how they will perform job processing within the Workgroup