The estimated processing time of the job is the period of time from the expected job startup to its end.
If the job does not end within the estimated processing time, you can output a notification message to the event log or the SYSLOG.
To output notification messages, make sure that the Notify when job is not terminated even after the specified time is lapsed check box is selected in Watching delay of job/job net of the Advanced Settings for Event Output window. For UNIX system, the message is notified in the daemon.warning level. Set the syslog.conf of the system so that the daemon.warning level messages are notified to the SYSLOG.
Estimated processing time of jobs should be defined using one of the following methods. The estimated processing time of job should be defined when you register jobs with the Job Execution Control attribute. The following describes how to define it.
Defining on the Detail information sheet of the Add/Change-Job window
Figure 4.38 Add/Change-Job window - Detail information sheet
Specifies the estimated processing time of the job.
[Windows version]
Outputs a message to the event log if the job execution time has exceeded the estimated processing time.
[UNIX version]
Outputs a message to the SYSLOG if the job execution time has exceeded the estimated processing time.
Defining with the jobschsetnet command
The following describes how to define using the jobschsetnet command and how to display the estimated processing time of the job defined.
Defining using the jobschsetnet command
Specify the predictiontime operand in the job control statement to set an estimated processing time of the job.
Specify either a -nent operand or a -nche operand to execute the jobschsetnet command. Specify the file name having the job control statement edited in Step 1 in the definition file.
For details on the jobschsetnet command and job control statements, see the "Jobscheduler Commands" section of the Systemwalker Operation Manager Reference Guide.
Displaying (already-defined) estimated processing time of the job
The already-defined estimated processing time of the job can be displayed by specifying the -i (-I) or the -r option to the jobschprint command. If you set the -i (-I) option, the time is displayed in Prediction Time, or if you set the -r option, the time is displayed in predictiontime.
For details on the jobschprint command, see the "Jobscheduler Commands" section of the Systemwalker Operation Manager Reference Guide.
