TheWorkstationinDatabasepanelisdisplayed.
Table16definestheinformationnecessarytocreateadistributed workstation.
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Information
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Name Thenameoftheworkstation.Thenamemuststartwithaletter andcancontainalphanumericcharacters,dashes,and
underscores.Fornon-expandeddatabases,itcancontainupto eightcharacters.Forexpandeddatabases,itcancontainupto16 characters.
Note: Workstationnamesmustbeunique,andcannotbethe sameasworkstationclassanddomainnames.
Node ThehostnameortheIPaddressoftheworkstation.
Fully-qualifieddomainnamesareaccepted.
TCPPort ThenetmanTCPportnumberthatTivoliWorkloadScheduler usesforcommunicationsontheworkstation.Thedefaultis31111.
Theportnumberofnetmanonaworkstationisdefinedbythe localoptsfileintheparameternmport.
OperatingSystem Theoperatingsystemoftheworkstation.Availableoptionsare:
UNIX
Windows
Other
Domain Thenameofthedomainoftheworkstation.Thenamecanstart withaletterorwithanumberandcancontainalphanumeric characters,dashes,andunderscores.Fornon-expandeddatabases, itcancontainuptoeightcharacters.Forexpandeddatabases,it cancontainupto16characters.Thedefaultforfault-tolerantand standardagentsisthemasterdomain,usuallynamed
MASTERDM.Thedefaultforadomainmanageristhedomainin whichitisdefinedasthemanager.Thedefaultforanextended agentisthedomainofitshost.
Note: Domainnamesmustbeunique,andcannotbethesameas workstationandworkstationclassnames.
TimeZone Thetimezoneoftheworkstation.Chooseatimezonenamefrom thedrop-downlist.Foradescriptionoftimezonenames,referto theIBMTivoliWorkloadSchedulerReferenceGuide.Toensurethe accuracyofschedulingtimes,thistimezonemustbethesameas thecomputeroperatingsystemtimezone.TheTimeZonefieldis editableonlyifthetimezonefeatureisenabled.
Description Adescriptionoftheworkstation.Thedescriptioncancontainup to40characters.
Security
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SSLCommunication WhichtypeofSecureSocketLayer(SSL)communicationis enabled.Supportedvaluesare:
Enabled
TheworkstationusesSSLauthenticationonlyifapeer workstationrequiresit.
On TheworkstationusesSSLauthenticationwhenit connectswithitsdomainmanager.Thedomainmanager usesSSLauthenticationwhenitconnectstoaparent domainmanager,andthemasterdomainmanagerhas SSLauthenticationenabled.However,itrefusesany incomingconnectionfromitsparentdomainmanagerif itisnotanSSLconnection.
Force TheworkstationusesSSLauthenticationforallofits connections.Itwillrefuseanyincomingconnectionifitis notanSSLconnection.
YoucanalsodisabletheSSLprotocol,byselectingtheblankspace inthedrop-downlist.
BehindFirewall Thatafirewallexistsbetweentheworkstationanditsdomain manager,andthatthelinkbetweenthedomainmanagerandthe workstationistheonlyallowedlinkbetweentherespective domains.
SecurePort ThenumberofthesecureporttobeusedforSSLcommunication.
Thedefaultvalueis31113.
WorkstationType Thetypeofworkstation.Selectoneofthefollowingoptionsfrom thedrop-downlist:
Fault-tolerantAgent
Selectthistypeforanagentworkstationthatiscapableof launchingitsjobsandresolvinglocaldependencieswithouta domainmanager.Selectthistypeforfault-tolerantagents, domainmanagers,andbackupdomainmanagers.
ExtendedAgent
Selectthistypeforanagentworkstationthatlaunchesjobs onlyunderthedirectionofitshost.Extendedagentscanbe usedtointerfaceTivoliWorkloadSchedulerwithnon-Tivoli systemsandapplications.Formoreinformationrefertothe usermanualforthespecificextendedagent.
StandardAgent
Selectthistypeforanagentworkstationthatlaunchesjobs onlyunderthedirectionofitsdomainmanager.
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AutoLink Whethertoopenthelinkbetweenworkstationsatstartup.For fault-tolerantandstandardagents,selectthisoptiontohavethe domainmanageropenthelinktotheagentwhenthedomain managerisstarted.Foradomainmanager,selectthisoptionto haveitsagentsopenlinkstothedomainmanagerwhentheyare started.
AutoLinkisusefulprimarilyduringthestartupsequenceatthe beginningofeachday.Atthattime,anewproductionplanis createdandcompiledonthemasterdomainmanager,andall workstationsarestoppedandrestarted.Foreachagentthathas AutoLinkselected,thedomainmanagerautomaticallysendsa copyofthenewproductionplanandstartstheagent.IfAuto Linkisalsoselectedforthedomainmanager,theagent,inturn, opensalinkbacktothedomainmanager.IfAutoLinkisnot selectedforanagent,itisinitializedwhenyourunalinkaction ontheagentdomainmanagerorthemasterdomainmanager.
FullStatus Whethertheagentisupdatedwithfullorpartialstatus.Thisis forfault-tolerantagentsonly.WhenFullStatusisselected,the agentisupdatedwiththestatusofjobsandjobstreamsrunning onallotherworkstationsinitsdomainandsubordinatedomains.
IfFullStatusisnotselected,theagentisinformedonlyaboutthe statusofjobsandjobstreamsonotherworkstationsthataffectits ownjobsandjobstreams.Thiscanimproveperformanceby reducingnetworkactivity.
Ignore Thattheschedulerignoresthisworkstation.Thiscanbeusedto defineworkstationsbeforetheyareactuallyinstalled.
ResolveDependencies Whetheranagenttracksalldependencies,oronlyitsown.Thisis forfault-tolerantagentsonly.WhenResolveDependenciesis selected,theagenttracksdependenciesforalljobsandjob streams,includingthoserunningonotherworkstations.Full Statusmustalsobeselectedsothattheagentisinformedabout activityonotherworkstations.IfResolveDependenciesisnot selected,theagenttracksdependenciesforitsownjobsandjob streamsonly.Thisreducesprocessingoverhead.
Server Amailmanserveronthedomainmanagertohandle
communicationswiththeagent.Thisisforfault-tolerantand standardagentsonly.Usingserverscanreducethetimerequired toinitializeagentsandimprovemessageefficiency.
Tospecifyaserver,selectaletteroranumber(A-Zand0-9)from thedrop-downlist.TheIDsareuniquetoeachdomainmanager, soyoucanusethesameIDsinotherdomainswithoutconflict.If morethan36serverIDsarerequiredinadomain,consider dividingitintotwoormoredomains.
IfaserverIDisnotspecified,communicationwiththeagentis handledbythemainmailmanprocessonthedomainmanager.
Whenadomainmanagerstartsitcreatesaseparateserverfor eachuniqueserverID.IfthesameIDisusedformultipleagents, asingleserveriscreatedtohandletheircommunications.You shoulddefineasingleserverforgroupsof8agents.
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AccessMethod Anaccessmethodforextendedagentsandnetworkagents.This mustbethenameofamethodfilethatresidesinthe
TWShome/methodsdirectoryontheagenthostworkstation.Fora localUNIXextendedagent,themethodnameisunixlocl.Fora remoteUNIXextendedagentthemethodnameisunixrsh.For networkagents,themethodnameisnetmth.Formore informationaboutextendedagents,refertotheindividual extendedagentuserguides.Formoreinformationaboutnetwork agents,refertotheIBMTivoliWorkloadSchedulerReferenceGuide.
Host Thenameoftheagenthostworkstation.Thisisrequiredfor extendedagents.Thehostistheworkstationwithwhichthe extendedagentcommunicatesandwhereitsaccessmethod resides.Thehostforanextendedagentmustbeamaster,domain manager,orfaulttolerantagent.Thehostforanextendedagent canbespecifiedas$MASTER.Thisassignsthehostasthemaster domainmanager,andisusefulifyouneedtoswitchmastersin thedomain.Theextendedagentautomaticallyconnectstothe newmanager.
Notes:
1. Thehostoption isnotrequiredfor standardagents.Thehostworkstationfor standardagentsisdefaultedtothedomainmanager.
2. Tokeepanagentproductionplanatthesamelevelof detailasitsdomain manager,selectFullStatusand ResolveDependencies.Alwaysselectthese optionsforbackupdomainmanagers.
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Chapter 11. Creating Windows users
ThischapterdescribeshowyoucreateWindowsusersina distributed environment.
TheusersforwhomTivoliWorkloadSchedulerlaunchesjobs mustbe definedin thedatabase.Thisconfigurationstep isrequiredforWindowsusersonly.