Conference iosg::all-in-1_v30

    Hi Sunil.
    Your wish is my ....
    
    I just wanted to say that a rewrite of the scheduling mechanism for
    hskpg has been on the initial 'requirements' for the past two releases, 
    but it has always been dropped in favour of more pressing things. 
    It may well do the same this time.
    
    When FT training is over, Eileen will probably put it on her 'list'!
    Cheers
    DaveT
    

        Hi Sunil,
        
        I sure you don't want the code pinched from the TM subsystem!  8-(
        The SRE portion of TM makes more than a few counting errors.
        
        Dave Zaniewski

        Hi Dave and Dave,

    I had forgotten to put this request on the Wish list and only
    remembered it yesterday, because of some customer related problem that
    was being discussed.

    Also at the 4 ALL-IN-1 AS sites I had worked they all said that the
    scheduling was restrictive.  I remember one of the System Managers for
    a Unix system showing me how well Unix scheduled batch jobs.

    I feel it would be a good move to change the scheduling, I wonder if
    others in the conference could add weight to this wish !!!

    Thanks,

    Sunil

    Hi All,
    
    Further information that has come to light and I am sure it will be of
    interest to all concerned.  It appears their is a product called ALL-IN-1 
    Systidy R 2.0 from DSL in the Sales Update dated the 29th November
    1993, vol. 25, that just meets the requirements.  Here is what the book
    says.
    
    Regards,
    
    Sunil
    
    ALL-IN-1 Systidy R 2.0 from DSL
    
    Contact: Sales Support Hotline, 1-800-832-6277
    
    Customer problem
    
    Customers have limited ALL-IN-1 system management functionality for
    developing a tailored and flexible maintence schedule to meet the needs
    of their ALL-IN-1 environment.
    
    Digital Solution
    
    ALL-IN-1 Systidy provides enhanced and extended ALL-IN-1 system
    management functionality by allowing configuration, scheduling,
    execution and review of ALL-IN-1 maintence tasks from within the
    ALL-IN-1 IOS System Manager's menu environment. In addition to the
    standard maintence procedures, Systidy provides several File Cabinet
    level routines not available in the base product.
    
    Systidy is driven from a Maintence Database.  This database details
    what activities are to be performed when and for whom. This machanism
    allows for a robust and flexible maintence schedule that can be quickly
    and easily tailored to meet the specific needs of any particular
    ALL-IN-1 environment. Systidy comes with a standard complement of 24
    maintence routines.  The product also allows for the creation of new
    routines that may then be scheduled and executed with the others.  All
    routines may be scheduled individually to particular nodes in a
    VAXcluster system to make optimal use of available computing resourses. 
    This provides complete flexibility and capacity for customization and
    tailoring by local System Management.
    
    Systidy will send mail messages to a user-defined distribution list
    upon the completion of each task indicating success or failure of the
    task along with other task-specific information.  If Data Center
    Monitor (DCM) is available, Systidy will report any fatal errors
    encountered to this automation tool.
    
    Systidy also provides menu options for the management of user document
    quotas and user UAF process quotas. And for the user's convenience,
    Systidy provides the DCL command A1CHECKMAIL which will display the
    number of unread messages for the user issuing the command.
    
    Pricing/ordering information
    
    Model No.		Description
    
    Q2-GNCA9-99		ALL-IN-1 Systidy license
    Q2-GNCAA-H5		ALL-IN-1 Systidy TK50
    Q2-GNCAA-HM		ALL-IN-1 Systidy 16MT9
    Q2-GNCAA-GZ		ALL-IN-1 Systidy DOC ONLY

	Hi

	Sorry but the SYSTIDY scheduling will not cater to .0 - you cannot
	schedule jobs to run on say the first Saturday of the month.  You
	can schedule any of the maintenance jobs to run on given days of the 
	week or on a specified calendar date of the month.

	HTH

	John 

    
    Maybe VMS should allow for real date calculations etc and then we could
    all do this kind of stuff.
    
    Mike

    Hi Mike,
    
    >Maybe VMS should allow for real date calculations etc and then we
    >could all do this kind of stuff.
    
    I wrote something to do real date calculations sometime back (about 6
    years ago).  It can be done and I used DCL and lexical functions it was
    not too difficult and it worked.  The company that I worked for than wanted
    it written in an easy to understand "language" for maintainability.
    
    Regards,
    
    Sunil

    All,
    
    How about utilising DECscheduler.
    
    I know that this'd mean the customer shelling out for another product 
    (assuming that thsy don't already possess it). But I believe that
    offers the scheduling flexability that's required.
    
    Chris