2.7.2. Agent Group Definition

Agent groups are used for distributing work across a pool of available agent computers. An agent group is a list of agent computers(which have been defined using the Agent Definition screen).

When an Agent Group is used in a Job definition (in the 'Run On Agent' field), the Batch Scheduler will choose an available agent from the group and assign the job to run on the assigned agent computer.

Shown below is the Agent Group Definition screen.


Use this screen to create and maintain the set of Agent Groups defined in the Batch Scheduler database.

Menu options on this screen
Below is a description of the menu options available on this screen, and what they are used for.

File
New Agent Group Ctrl+N
Adds a new Agent Group Definition to the batch scheduler database.
When you select this action, a new agent group will be created and you will be presented with the Agent Group Details screen (described in the next section of this manual). Use the Agent group details screen to define a list of agents and a maximum job load for the agent group.

Open
Choose this option to open the selected Agent Group for editing using the agent group details screen. If the Agent Group is not checked out, you will be prompted to check out the Agent Group. An Agent Group must be checked out into a draft file in order to edit the Agent Group. When editing is complete, the agent group draft file must be 'checked-in' in order to apply any changes to the database.

Check In
Check In changes you have made to a Agent Group Draft file. When this operation is performed, any changes contained in the agent group draft file will be updated in the scheduler database.

Check Out
Copies the Agent Group Definition from the scheduling database into a Draft File for editing. When changes are complete, you must Check In your changes to the batch scheduler database in order for your changes to take effect.

Lock
Locks a Agent Group Definition. This can be used to prevent other users from changing the Agent Group definition.

Unlock
Unlocks a Agent Group Definition.

Get
Makes a copy of the Agent Group Definition stored in the database in a draft file location you specify.

Delete Agent Group Del
Deletes the selected Agent Group(s) shown on the screen. You will be prompted to verify the delete request.

Print
Prints the current set of Agent Group Definitions defined in the batch scheduler database.

Close Agent Group Definition Esc
Closes this screen.

Edit
Copy Ctrl+C
Use this option to make a copy of the currently selected objects shown in the display.

View
Refresh F5
Refreshes the information displayed on the screen.

Select
This option allows you to set criteria to limit the number of objects that are shown on the display.

Show All Folders
This option will cause all folders to be shown on the screen. For organization purposes, each object can be placed into a Group Folder. When you double click on a folder, only the objects in that folder will be displayed. You may drag/drop any object from one folder to another. The UpArrow folder can be used to show the ROOT folder. The root folder shows all object which have not been placed in a group folder.

Show Deleted Records
This option will cause any records in the system that are marked as deleted to be shown on the screen (Marked with X). To re-use a previously deleted record, you must edit it, and then use the Save As menu option to create a new object. Deleted records are only physically removed from the database using the Manager/Utilities/Cleanup Deleted Records menu option.

Goto
This option allows you to access any of the other manager screens. Choose any of the screen options to open the selected screen.

Window
Allows you to rearrange or access the current open windows in the Manager.

Help
Contents F1
Select this menu option to open this help documentation set.


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