Administer with the batch administrative console help files

We can administer the batch environment using the job scheduler, which is used to submit jobs and determine where to run them, and manage batch jobs using the job management console.

In a batch environment, many applications must complete batch work that is computational and resource intensive. Batch work might take hours or even days to finish. The batch work can use large amounts of memory or processing power while it runs.

Subtopics

• Job scheduler job class settings
  Use this page to create, edit, and delete job classes. Every batch job is associated with a job class. If we do not define a class in the job, the default job class is used.

• Job scheduler job class collection
  Use this page to manage the job classes. Every batch job is associated with a job class. If we do not define a class in the job, the default job class is used.

• Job scheduler classification rule settings
  Use this page to create and manage rules used by the scheduler to perform job classification based on the rules or conditions defined.

• Subexpression builder settings
  Use this page to create and manage rules used by the scheduler to perform job classification based on the rules or conditions defined.

• Custom property collection for the job scheduler
  Use this page to view and manage arbitrary name-value pairs of data, where the name is a property key and the value is a string value used to set internal system configuration properties.

• Custom property settings for the job scheduler
  Use this page to configure arbitrary name-value pairs of data, where the name is a property key and the value is a string value that can be used to set internal system configuration properties. We can define a new property to configure a setting beyond what is available in the administrative console.

• Job scheduler configuration
  Use this page to set up persistence of job information to the external job database. Configuration settings include the deployment target of the job scheduler, the data source, the database schema name, and the endpoint job log location.

• WebSphere grid endpoints
  Use this page to view servers or clusters that host grid applications and the data source JNDI names used by the WebSphere grid endpoints.

• Welcome to the job management console
  The job management console is a stand-alone web interface for users to perform job operations.

• View jobs
  Use the page to view the list of all jobs submitted to the job scheduler and to view information about the jobs.

• View job log
  Use this page to view job log information of all jobs submitted to the job scheduler, and to download a job log to the local system.

• Submit a job
  Use this page to submit a job by specifying the job definition. The job definition can originate from the local file system.

• View saved jobs
  Use the page to view the list of all jobs saved to the job repository.

• View saved job content
  Use the page to view the xJCL content of a saved job. We might view the save content to determine if it is correct or if you must make adjustments.

• Save a job
  Use the page to save a job definition to the job repository.

• View schedules
  Use this page to view schedule information or to cancel job schedules.

• Create a schedule
  Use the wizard to create a schedule of events that occur for a job.

• Update schedule
  Use this page to view or update a job and its schedule.