Motivation

• SOS is moving the JobScheduler architecture towards improved cross-platform support.

• User needs have been identified 

  • to support more Unix platforms and versions.

  • to provide a more simple deployment of JobScheduler at enterprise level.
• Correspondingly SOS provides a Java based JobScheduler Universal Agent that is platform independent and is easily deployed.

Key Features

Platform Independence

• The Agent is developed with Scala and Java. The only requirement is a Java Runtime Environment starting from version 1.8.
• Technically the JobScheduler Universal Agent can be operated on any platform that is Java aware.
• For details on tested platforms see Platform Support

Zero Configuration

• The Agent is developed for zero configuration:
  • An Agent is not configured for a specific Master. Instead the Agent serves requests from any Master and is addressed by Process Classes of a Master.
  • No Agent configuration is required.
• Easy Deployment
  • Deploying the Agent to hundreds of servers is a task of minutes.
  • JobScheduler can be used to automate the deployment of Agents. Alternatively popular tools such as Puppet® can be applied.

Download & Installation

• see Downloads
• see Installation & Operation instructions

Timeline & Milestones

• Timeline
  • SOS will provide the JobScheduler Universal Agent for the 3^rd quarter of 2015.
  • Early release candidates with limited functionality (technical preview) are provided starting from the 2^nd quarter 2015. 
• Development Status
  • Development started in Nov 2014 and is continued throughout the 1st and 2nd quarter 2015.
  • For the timeline see the Milestones
  • For available features see the Tested Features

Migration Strategy

• Users of the existing JobScheduler instances on platforms different from Windows and Linux are asked to consider the proposed Migration Strategy.
• Commercial license holders of JobScheduler on platforms different from Windows and Linux can ask for our Migration Service.

Feedback

• We ask our community to engage in testing of the JobScheduler Universal Agent for additional platforms, operating systems and versions.
• Please send us an e-mail and let us know the platforms that you operate the JobScheduler Universal Agent for and tell us about your experiences.