Automating Job Scheduling in CONTROL-M

Automating Job Scheduling in CONTROL-M 


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 One of the main purposes of CONTROL-M is to automate job scheduling.
We have already explained that basic scheduling criteria for each job are
defined in its job scheduling definition, and that a copy of the job scheduling
definition is placed in the Active Jobs file when the basic scheduling criteria
are satisfied.


The CONTROL-M monitor operates continually. It evaluates the production
environment and implements decisions.


The mechanism used to place job scheduling definitions automatically in the
Active Jobs file is called New Day processing.
At a set time each day (defined during installation as the site’s start of day),
CONTROL-M performs New Day processing, during which:

• CONTROL-M performs a number of maintenance and cleanup functions
that the operator would otherwise have to perform manually.

• Job scheduling definitions are selected from the scheduling tables (based
on their basic scheduling criteria) and are placed in the Active Jobs file.
These jobs can then be submitted and tracked by the CONTROL-M
monitor.