ActiveBatch® FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

  1. What is ActiveBatch?
  2. Why is ActiveBatch important to Windows 2000/NT users?
  3. How is ActiveBatch configured?
  4. Does ActiveBatch run as a service?
  5. Can I make a job on a UNIX system dependent on the triggering of another job from a Windows 2000/NT system?
  6. What types of scripting languages are supported?
  7. How can I ensure that jobs I submit are assigned only to those systems with the appropriate system resources?
  8. What are the minimum requirements for ActiveBatch support?
  9. Can a user run a job if he does not have sufficient security privileges?
  10. What makes ActiveBatch different from other products?
  1. What is ActiveBatch?

    ActiveBatch is an enterprise job scheduler that makes available to Windows 2000/NT systems sophisticated, mainframe style batch processing. It provides automated, unattended job and event scheduling, incorporating multiple operating system environments so

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  2. Why is ActiveBatch important to Windows 2000/NT users?

    As Windows NT becomes prevalent in more and more companies and legacy systems become harder to maintain and staff, more and more of the important, business-critical processing that used to happen on the mainframe, OpenVMS and UNIX systems can now be centr

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  3. How is ActiveBatch configured?

    The ActiveBatch Job Scheduler is installed on a Windows 2000/NT system. Each ActiveBatch Execution Agent serial number must be registered on the system that contains the Job Scheduler. The user may then install the ActiveBatch Execution Agent on additiona

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  4. Does ActiveBatch run as a service?

    Yes.

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  5. Can I make a job on a UNIX system dependent on the triggering of another job from a Windows 2000/NT system?

    Yes. Job Dependencies ensure that jobs are executed only after the completion of one or more other batch jobs that they rely on. Jobs can support one or more dependencies and these dependencies themselves can be conditional. The job author can also indica

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  6. What types of scripting languages are supported?

    ActiveBatch is script language Independent so your staff can make use of those languages with which they are most familiar. As a result users can move very quickly up the learning curve as they can use their existing languages.

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  7. How can I ensure that jobs I submit are assigned only to those systems with the appropriate system resources?

    ActiveBatch has powerful queuing and workload balancing capabilities so that jobs and systems can be matched, based upon identified criteria, such as CPU Speed, memory, processor architecture, or processor type or even service pack or operating system min

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  8. What are the minimum requirements for ActiveBatch support?

    ActiveBatch is supported on Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4 Service Pack 4. DCE is required for all systems running the ActiveBatch Product Edition or Execution Agent.

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  9. Can a user run a job if he does not have sufficient security privileges?

    ActiveBatch supports the concept of Job Delegation. With ActiveBatch you can submit a job under the Administrators credentials and indicate one or more users or groups that have the ability to trigger the execution of that job.

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  10. What makes ActiveBatch different from other products?

    First, ActiveBatch was designed specifically for the Windows 2000/NT environment, not ported from another operating system. Therefore, it is fully integrated with Windows 2000/NT and its features. And while ActiveBatch was designed specifically for Window

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