Below are the requirements and installation steps to utilize Nastel Navigator Scheduler, a feature that allows you to schedule tasks or jobs for a future time. See What is scheduling and how is it used? for more information.
Requirements
The scheduler is a shared Nastel AutoPilot Service that is used by Nastel Navigator to schedule changes to the environment.
This article covers some of key elements for working with the scheduler.
Planning
Confirm that the following requirements are met before installing the Job Scheduler Expert:
- Service Update AP60_SU28.6.pkg or higher.
- Java 1.8 or higher.
- One of the following supported Scheduler configurations:
- Option 1: Utilize multiple schedulers with a common corporate database. These scheduler database tables cannot be shared. As such, additional schemas are required for each scheduler instance.
- Option 2: Using a local dedicated database for scheduler. This scheduler database requires minimal maintenance which makes it a good candidate for a local instance.
- Option 1: Utilize multiple schedulers with a common corporate database. These scheduler database tables cannot be shared. As such, additional schemas are required for each scheduler instance.
Installation steps
- Install the package, JOB_SCHEDULER-0.1xx.pkg. This is available from the same media or web site from where you obtained the WGS Expert.
- Locate the database name from the following location:
AutoPilotM6/scheduler/config/db/
The following SQL files need to be run. select the <db> ithat is associated with the database name you are using. After updating, run these SQL files from the command client or database Admin tool.
AutoPilotM6/scheduler/config/db/ap-sched-<db>.sql
AutoPilotM6/scheduler/config/db/quartz_<db>.sql
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Deploy instances of the Job Scheduler Expert to the same node where WGS 10 expert will run or
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Open the Job_Scheduler Properties screen by right clicking on Job_Scheduler and select Properties from the menu.
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Configure the Database tab to the database where you ran the scripts and click Deploy if this is a new installation or Apply if you are editing an existing installation.
- Restart the CEP server.
- Verify that the scheduler service starts
- Nastel Navigator Scheduler is now ready to be utilized. See Scheduling jobs for information on how to implement this feature.