Schedulers settings
Use this page to modify scheduler settings.
To view this console page, click Resources > Schedulers > scheduler_name.
Related concepts
Scheduler daemon
Related tasks
Creating a scheduler resource reference
Configure schedulers
Scope
Scope of the configured resource. This value indicates the location for the configuration file.
Name
Name by which this scheduler is known for administrative purposes.
Data type String
JNDI name
Name of the data source where persistent tasks are stored.The JNDI name specifies where this scheduler instance is bound in the namespace. Clients can look this name up directly, although the use of resource references is recommended.
Data type String
Description
Specify the description of this scheduler for administrative purposes.
Data type String
Category
Specify a string that can be used to classify or group this scheduler.
Data type String
Data source JNDI name
Name of the data source where persistent tasks are stored.Any data source available in the name space can be used with a scheduler. Multiple schedulers can share a single data source while using different tables by specifying a table prefix.
Data type String
Data source alias
Specify the alias for the user name and password that are used to access the data source.
Data type String
Table prefix
String prefix to affix to the scheduler tables. Multiple independent schedulers can share the same database if each scheduler specifies a different prefix string. Multiple independent schedulers can share the same database if each instance specifies a different prefix string.
Use a table prefix with all capital characters. If lowercase characters are used for the table prefix, they are automatically capitalized at run time.
Data type String
Poll interval
Specify the interval, in seconds, that a scheduler polls the database. The default value is appropriate for most applications.
Each poll operation can be consuming. If the interval is extremely small and there are many scheduled tasks, polling can consume a large portion of system resources.
Data type Integer Units Seconds Default 30 Range Any positive long integer
Work manager JNDI name
Specify the JNDI name of the work manager, which is used to manage the number of tasks that can run concurrently with the scheduler. The work manager also can limit the amount of J2EE context applied to the task.
The work manager is a server object that serves as a logical thread pool for the scheduler. Each repeating task that is created using this scheduler uses the Number of alarm threads specified in the work manager, which affects the number of tasks that can run concurrently. Use the work manager Service Names property to limit the amount of context information that is propagated to the task when it runs.
When a task runs, the task is run in the work manager associated with the scheduler instance. You can control the number of actively running tasks at a given time by configuring schedulers with a specific work manager. The number of tasks that can run concurrently is governed by the Number of alarm threads parameter on the work manager.
When you configure a scheduler resource on a V5.x node or server, the scheduler must reference a work manager in the same scope. For example, a scheduler instance configured at the server1 scope must use a work manager also configured at the server1 scope.
Use administration roles
Specify that when this option and administrative security are both enabled, the user administration roles are enforced when the scheduler JMX commands or APIs are used to create and modify tasks. If this option is not enabled, all the users can create and modify tasks.
Schedulers require several user roles to plan for, develop, administer and operate the scheduler service: administrator, developer and operator.
Data type check box Default unchecked Range
- Operator, Administrator --Calls any of the scheduler MBean or API methods and runs any of the scheduler console functions.
- Monitor, Configurator --Calls the scheduler MBean or API methods, but cannot create tasks or modify the state of any tasks. Only read-only methods and properties are accepted.