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Unicenter Universal Job Management Agent

The Unicenter Universal Job Management Agent runs jobs on behalf of the job server and sends workload-related information to the central job tracker. The Unicenter Universal Job Management Agent processes should be running on every computer where the CA NSM JM Option submits and tracks work (including the server where the job server resides).

The job agent consists of two functional areas:

• The remote submission agent executes the submit file specified by the Monitor.
• The remote tracking agent collects job event data and sends it to the job tracker.

The following section describes how the CA NSM JM Option processes act together to automatically schedule, submit, and track a unit of work. The Monitor determines when it is time to submit a job and sends a submission request to the appropriate agent. The job server and job agent together accomplish the tasks of scheduling, submitting, and tracking your jobs as follows:

1. The remote submission agent receives the submission request, which includes data items like submit file name, user ID information, and parameters required by the submit file.
2. The remote submission agent performs the submission. When the job starts, the submission agent records the event in the CA NSM JM Option checkpoint file.
3. Shortly thereafter, the tracking agent reads and forwards the event data to the job tracker.
4. The job tracker marks the job as started.
5. The same flow of events occurs when the job terminates.