Monitoring of Resources in CONTROL-M

Monitoring of Resources in CONTROL-M

          Three types of runtime criteria require CONTROL-M to monitor the
existence of conditions and the availability of resources system-wide

Conditions and Resources


Condition or Resource               Description


Quantitative resources --------->Quantity of a resource required by the job. For example,
                                                a job may require two tape drives.
Control resources      -----------> Mode (exclusive or shared) in which a resource is
                                                required. For example, a backup job may require
                                                 exclusive access to a specified dataset.
Prerequisite conditions ---------->User-defined conditions that must exist before a job is
                                                submitted. A major use of prerequisite conditions is to
                                                establish job dependencies


The condition and resource requirements of a job are defined in the job
scheduling definition.

Prerequisite conditions are tracked by the IOA Conditions file. Existing and
available Quantitative resources and Control resources are tracked by the
CONTROL-M Resources file. Prior to version 6.0.00, conditions and
resources were stored in a single file, the Conditions/Resources file.


When the prerequisite conditions and resources required by a job are
available, the job can be submitted by the monitor (if all other runtime
scheduling criteria are satisfied