Work manager settings
Use this page to modify work manager settings. Work managers contain a pool of threads that are bound into Java Naming and Directory Interface.
To view this administrative console page, click Resources > Asynchronous beans > Work managers > workmanager_name.
Scope
Scope of the configured resource. This value indicates the location for the configuration file.
Name
Unique name by which the work manager is known for administrative purposes.
Work manager processing requires that the work manager have a unique name.
JNDI name
Specifies the JNDI name used to look up the work manager in the namespace.
Description
Description of this work manager for administrative purposes.
Category
Specifies a string that we can use to classify or group this work manager.
Work timeout
Number of milliseconds to wait before attempting to release a unit of work. The timeout interval begins when the unit of work starts, rather than when the unit of work is submitted.
Information Value Default 0 Range 0 to int.maxvalue
Work request queue size
Size of the work request queue.
The work request queue is a buffer that holds scheduled work objects and can be a value of 1 or greater. The thread pool pulls work from this queue. If we do not specify a value or the value is 0, the queue size is managed automatically. When the queue size is managed automatically, it is computed as the larger of (maximum_number_of_threads) or 20. Large values can consume significant system resources.gotcha
Information Value Default 0
Work request queue full action
Action taken when the thread pool is exhausted, and the work request queue is full. This action starts when you submit non-daemon work to the work manager.
If set to FAIL, the work manager API methods creates an exception instead of blocking.
Information Value Default BLOCK Range FAIL
Service names
List of services to make available to this work manager.
Asynchronous beans can inherit J2EE context information by enabling one or more J2EE service contexts on the work manager resource in the WebSphere administrative console or by setting the serviceNames attribute of the WorkManagerInfo configuration object. When specifying the serviceNames attribute each enabled service should be separated by a semicolon. For example: security;UserWorkArea;com.ibm.ws.i18n. When a J2EE service context is enabled, it propagates the context from the scheduling thread to the target thread. If not enabled, the target thread does not inherit the context of the scheduling thread and a default context is applied. Any related J2EE context that is already present on the thread is suspended before any new J2EE context is applied. The context information of each selected service is propagated to each work or alarm created using this work manager. Selecting services that are not needed can negatively impact performance.
Service name Description Application profile (deprecated) Use the administrative console or the AppProfileService service name to enable the application profile tasks. Application profile context is not supported and not available for J2EE 1.4 applications. For J2EE 1.3 applications, the application profile context is deprecated and is only available when Application Profile Service 5.x Compatibility Mode is enabled and both the scheduling thread and target thread are J2EE 1.3 applications. When enabled, all application profile tasks that are available on the scheduling thread are available on the target thread. The scheduled work that runs in a J2EE 1.4 application does not get the application profiling task of the scheduling thread. This feature is optional. Work area Use the administrative console or the UserWorkArea service name to enable work area partitions. When enabled, the work area context for every work area partition that exists on the scheduling thread is available on the target thread. This feature is optional. Security Use the administrative console or the security service name to enable the Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) subject. When this feature and administrative security are enabled, the JAAS subject that is present on the scheduling thread is applied to the target thread. If not enabled, the target thread is run anonymously without a JAAS subject on the thread. This feature is optional. Internationalization Use the administrative console or the com.ibm.ws.i18n service name to enable the internationalization context information. When the internationalization context and the Internationalization service is enabled, the internationalization context that exists on the scheduling thread is available on the target thread. This feature is optional.
Thread pool properties
Priority of the threads available in this work manager.
Properties Description Number of alarm threads Desired maximum number of threads used for alarms. Minimum number of threads Minimum number of threads available in this work manager. Maximum number of threads Maximum number of threads available in this work manager. Thread priority Priority of the threads available in this work manager. Growable Whether the number of threads in this work manager can be increased.
Default transaction class
Transaction class name used to classify work run by this work manager instance when the z/OS Work Load Manager Service class information is not contained in the work context information.
Information Value Data type String Range 0-8 characters
Daemon transaction class
Transaction class used for the Work Load Manager Service workload classification of daemon work.
Information Value Data type String Range 0-8 characters
Related concepts
Application profiling Internationalization service Java Authentication and Authorization Service
Related tasks
Configure work managers Reference topic