The General Settings section lets you enable a condition and set attributes to determine what the job should do if con- ditions are not met.
Enable: Select this option if you want to set attributes for the conditional job.
Retry if not met: Select this option if you want to retry running the job if conditions are not met. Retry count: Set how many times you want to retry running the job.
Retry interval: Set how often you want to retry running the job. Use the up/down arrows to set the number, then select hours, minutes, or seconds.
Condition Fail Action: Set which status you want the job to go to if conditions are not met: Fail, Cancel or Run any- way.
Select the Run anyway option to run the job, even when conditions are not met after your set number of retries.
Conditions
Use the Conditions section to specify the type of condition you want to use for the job. Click Add Condition to add a condition for the job. The default option is Process.
Directory
The Directory option lets you run your job if a specified directory is present or not present.
Enter the full path to the directory that you want Skybot Scheduler to check before running the job. Wildcard(*) char- acters are allowed in the final directory name, but not in the leading path.
Select if you want the directory to be present or not present for the condition to be met. Click OK to add the condition.
Click Save to save the conditions for the job, or use the Add Condition drop-down menu to add more conditions.
File
The File option lets you run your job if a specified file is present or not present.
Enter the full path to the file that you want Skybot Scheduler to check before running the job. Wildcard(*) char- acters are allowed in the final file name, but not in the leading path.
Select if you want the file to be present or not present for the condition to be met. Click OK to add the condition.
Click Save to save the conditions for the job, or use the Add Condition drop-down menu to add more conditions.
File Transfer System
The File Transfer System option lets you run your job if a specified File Transfer System is in a required state. You must have theFile Transfer Systemconfigured in Skybot Scheduler before adding it to a job condition.
Named: Enter the name of the File Transfer System..
Running Jobs Based on Conditions
Timeout: Set the number of seconds for the signal to wait for the availability of the specified File Transfer System. The default time is set by the agent's operating system.
Click OK to add the condition.
Click Save to save the conditions for the job, or use the Add Condition drop-down menu to add more conditions.
Minimum Drive Space
The Minimum Drive Space option lets you run your job if a specified minimum amount of hard drive space is available or not available in a specified directory.
of: Enter the minimum amount of hard drive space you want Skybot Scheduler to check for. Units: Specify the units of hard drive space.
is: Select if you want the amount of hard drive space to be available or not available for the condition to be met. in: Enter the full path to the directory that you want Skybot Scheduler to check before running the job.
Click OK to add the condition.
Click Save to save the conditions for the job, or use the Add Condition drop-down menu to add more conditions.
Process
The Process option lets you run your job if a specified process is in a required state. Search for a process that begins with, contains, or ends with the text you enter. Search for a username that contains, begins with, is, or is not the text you enter. Select if you want the process to be active or not active for the condition to be met. Click OK to add the condition.
Click Save to save the conditions for the job, or use the Add Condition drop-down menu to add more conditions.
TCP Server or Service
The TCP Server or Service option lets you use the availability of a specified TCP server or service name and port number as a condition to run a job.
Named: Enter the name of the server or service.
At Port: Enter a port number or use the drop-down menu to select from a list of standard port numbers. Is: Select which status you want the job to be in to fulfill the condition (available or not available)
Timeout: Set the number of seconds for the signal to wait for the availability of the specified TCP server or service. The default time is set by the agent's operating system.
Click OK to add the condition.
Click Save to save the conditions for the job, or use the Add Condition drop-down menu to add more conditions. You can add multiple conditions to a job. When you have two conditions set up, select AND to connect two or more pre- requisites in a set; select OR to separate prerequisite sets. You also can group conditions together to create more com- plex job conditions.