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Scheduling jobs automatically

Any job that is using time based starts will have a rescheduling method established. When the start time of a job occurs the job is initiated and the next start time is identified using the declared rescheduling method. There are three distinct methods that can be used.

Method

Description

Named day

Select the start days by their names.

Interval

Specify a start time and interval.

Marked Calendar

Marks on calendar indicate start days

Monthly

Schedule on specific day of the month

It is important to keep in mind that these are Rescheduling methods. A job must first be given a start time and be allowed to initiate before a rescheduling decision is made by the system. If a job does not already have a start time, you must set it using the Rescheduling tab in the Job Properties window.

Or using the following commands:

C:\> schedule modify job_name/general=next_start=now+0:10

C:\> schedule increment job_name/log

All rescheduling methods examine the calendar assigned to the job. If runs are disallowed on the calendar on the day that the job should run then the system adds 1 day and attempts the operation again. If the calendar is a work day calendar then only work days are considered, i.e. the tenth day of the month on a work day calendar is the tenth work day not the tenth standard calendar day.

In This Section

Rescheduling with intervals

Named day rescheduling

Rescheduling with marked calendars

Monthly Rescheduling

See Also

EnterpriseSCHEDULE Overview

Working with SCHEDULE servers

Using calendars

Windows Scripting

Job characteristics

Immediate submission options

Job Alerts

Scheduling states

Adding Scheduling Groups

Viewing Specific Log Files

View Job History