Why do we use AutoSys?

AutoSys is an automated job control system for scheduling, monitoring, and reporting. These jobs can reside on any AutoSys-configured machine that is attached to a network. There are the two methods you can use to create job definitions: Using the AutoSys Graphical User Interface (GUI).

What is AutoSys server?

The event server is a AutoSys database which stores all system information and events as well as all job, monitor, and report definitions. Sometimes this database is also called as a data server, which actually describes a server instance.

What is Autosys and how it works?

Autosys is a multi-platform automated job management system which provides scheduling monitoring and reporting of Autosys jobs. It performs different kind of tasks automatically with human intervention. Every task can be automated by scheduling the batch file/exe in Autosys. Autosys is CA Workload automation product.

What does a file watcher job do?

You can define a File Watcher job to start a process that monitors for the existence and size of a specific operating system file. When that file reaches the specified minimum size and is no longer growing in size, the File Watcher job completes successfully, indicating that the file has arrived.

What is AutoSys and how it works?

Is AutoSys same as CA workload automation tool?

Autosys is CA Workload automation product. Any task to be performed in Autosys is called a Job. A Job can be any single command, exe file, windows batch file or script. Job definition will have qualifying attributes like, where the job is, at what time and on which day it should run, etc.

How to define AutoSys job example?

How Define AutoSys Job Example All activity controlled by AutoSys is based on the jobs . Job is any single command or executable or UNIX shell script, or Windows batch file. Other objects such as monitors, reports, and the Job Status Console, track job progress. A job is a foundation for entire operations cycle.

What is AutoSys scheduling?

What is AutoSys? This tool provides the capability of scheduling, monitoring and reporting of AutoSys jobs. These jobs and their job definitions/JIL defined in the centralized AutoSys server. Autosys server will communicate with the remote AutoSys agent. i.e. Installed in the remote machine like Windows/Unix to perform the job operations.