How to use Agents with Fixed Priority Scheduling and Round-Robin Scheduling

Scope

• Jobs and Job Chains can be executed by Agents. 
• Agents can be operated in a Cluster:
  
  • Fixed Priority Scheduling
    • JobScheduler Master selects the first available Agent from a cluster for job execution.
    • Should an Agent not be available then the next available Agent is used.
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  • Round-Robin Scheduling
    • JobScheduler Master switches the Agent used for each job execution.
    • Should an Agent not be available then the next available Agent is used.
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• Example configuration files are provided for downloading.

Agent Cluster Configuration

Agent configuration for Fixed Priority Scheduling

Description

• The job chain is assigned a default Agent.
• All jobs are executed by this Agent.

Example

• Download job_chain_default_agent.zip
  • Extract the archive to your live folder, a directory job_chain_default_agent will be created.
• The process class - 01_ProcessClass_Default_Agent - has been configured for an Agent on the localhost and port 4445: adjust these values to point to your default Agent installation.

Agent configuration for Round-Robin Scheduling

Description

• The job chain is assigned a default Agent.
• All jobs are executed by this Agent.

Example

• Download job_chain_default_agent.zip
  • Extract the archive to your live folder, a directory job_chain_default_agent will be created.
• The process class - 01_ProcessClass_Default_Agent - has been configured for an Agent on the localhost and port 4445: adjust these values to point to your default Agent installation.

References

Change Management References

Documentation

• JobScheduler Reference Documentation:
  • the <process_class> element
  • the <remote_scheduler> element
  • the <job_chain process_class="..."/> attribute

See also

• How to execute Jobs and Job Chains with Agents