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Status Not under consideration
Workspace IBM i
Categories Core OS
Created by Guest
Created on Mar 1, 2018

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AS/400 Advanced Job Scheduler functionality-57xxJS1

I have two requests for enhancing the Advanced Job Scheduler on As/400. They are closely related together.
Initial issue has been found during PMR 46407,668,668
1. Update remote system definition in AJD (file: QUSRIJS/QAIJSRMT) allow use FQDN. Current solution allows only IP4. Does not support IP6 as well. This feature will reflect nowadays requirements. Please find enclosed picture AJS-FQDN.
2. Allow defining system groups to submit a scheduled task(s) for certain systems simultaneously. Basically, allow to logically group few systems into one entity and submit a task for that particular group. Also, one system can belong to more than one entity (group).Please find enclosed picture AJS-Group. Allow to create a group and assign backend systems into that group.


Use Case:

Let say we have w have 100 AS/400 servers.
30 are located in the US, 30 in Asia, 40 in Europe.
In each region there is 1:1 ratio for production and test systems. (e.g. in US are 15 PROD & 15 TEST systems)
The grouping allows running scheduled tasks per defined group or entity.

Case1:
Run tasks on the group: ALL_US_PROD systems will affect 15 systems, but is scheduled only as one job on a central system.
Case2: Run scheduled tasks on the group: ALL_TEST system. This will affect: 15_US, 15_Asia 20_EU systems in fact.
Case3: Run scheduled tasks on the group: ALL_SYSTEMS. This will affect all 100 servers.

Hand in hand with this solution gonna be needed to update Scheduler log to allow capture messages from target system to the one central system to monitor whether the job has been finished successfully or not. Allow filtering per each system, a group of systems, etc.


Idea priority High
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Nov 18, 2021

    This request is low priority since it has been open several months and it still has a low number of votes..

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Nov 12, 2019

    The CAAC has reviewed this requirement and recommends that IBM view this as a high priority requirement that is important to be addressed. Now that IPv6 is supported, it is important that that be reflected across all functions.

    Background: The COMMON Americas Advisory Council (CAAC) members have a broad range of experience in working with small and medium-sized IBM i customers. CAAC has a key role in working with IBM i development to help assess the value and impact of individual RFEs on the broader IBM i community, and has therefore reviewed your RFE.

    For more information about CAAC, see www.common.org/caac

    For more details about CAAC's role with RFEs, see http://www.ibmsystemsmag.com/Blogs/i-Can/May-2017/COMMON-Americas-Advisory-Council-%28CAAC%29-and-RFEs/

    Nancy Uthke-Schmucki - CAAC Program Manager

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Apr 16, 2018

    The CEAC has reviewed this requirement and recommends that IBM view this as a high priority requirement that is important to be addressed.

    Taking into consideration that IBM i Access for Windows (5770XE1) will not be refreshed for IBM i release 7.2 or beyond (see http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1026807 )
    and it will be EOS by 20 April 2019 (see https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/IBM%20i%20Technology%20Updates/page/IBM%20i%20Access%20End%20of%20Service%20Dates), the CEAC independently seek an update of the roadmap for Advanced Job Scheduler, and it's integration with IBM i's system management tools.

    Background: The COMMON Europe Advisory Council (CEAC) members have a broad range of experience in working with small and medium-sized IBM i customers. CEAC has a key role in working with IBM i development to help assess the value and impact of individual RFEs on the broader IBM i community, and has therefore reviewed your RFE.

    For more information about CEAC, see http://www.comeur.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3285

    Therese Eaton- CEAC Program Manager

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Apr 11, 2018

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Power Systems
    Product - IBM i
    Component - Core OS
    Operating system - IBM i
    Source - Client

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Power Systems
    Product - IBM i
    Component - Other
    Operating system - IBM i
    Source - Client

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Mar 1, 2018

    Attachment (Description): Change the group settings in AJS to allow assign systems into group

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  • Guest
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    |     Mar 1, 2018

    Attachment (Description): Pictures to change the functionality in AJS add FQDN

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