Unicenter Autosys Job Management
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Unicenter Autosys Job Management is an application by Computer Associates that is used in large Enterprises for cross platform job scheduling.
The current incarnation is version 4.5 which has been GA since 2002. This version comes bundled with a customised version of eTrust Access Control giving administrators full security management of their schedules.
The next version known as R11 is expected in Q1 2007 and will be bundled with the open source Ingres database. OSes supported: z/OS, OS/390, zSeries, VSE, OpenVMS, iSeries, UNIX, Windows (NT, 2000, XP, Server 2003) and Linux.
[edit] History
AutoSys was first developed by William Arntz and Walter Goodwin who created AutoSystems Ltd to market it. The product was then sold to Platinum Technology International. Platinum Technology International was bought by Computer Associates in 1999 for $3.5bn.
[edit] Components
It has a Server/Client Architecture and requires a 3rd Party Database or the bundled version of Sybase.
- Event Server — The database containing the job definitions and events.
- Event Processor — The daemon which reads from the Event Server and sends the job stream to the Remote Agent
- Remote Agent — The Remote Agent is the client component of AutoSys and will execute the command as defined and write the result back to the Event Server.
- Shadow Processor — The daemon running on the DR or COB Server which takes over from the Event Processor if it is interrupted.
- 3rd Machine — An AutoSys Remote Agent that acts as the tie breaker if the Event Process and Shadow Process lose connectivity with each other.
The GUI is known as Unicenter Workload Command Centre (UWCC).
[edit] See also
Other job schedulers include:
