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Job Predecessors

Jobs, jobsets, and triggers can all be defined as predecessors for a job. All predecessors defined for the job must be satisfied before a job can become a candidate for submission.

Important! The jobset starts only after all of the jobset’s predecessor requirements have been met, and only after the jobset starts will the CA NSM JM Option evaluate the predecessor requirements for the individual jobs that are members of that jobset.

On UNIX/Linux, you can also specify advanced system conditions that must be met before a job can run on a specific node.

For example, if a job must not run when a particular user is logged on, you can define a system condition criterion that specifies this. The CA NSM JM Option holds the job until that user is no longer on the system and then releases it.

SYSCON objects for administering system condition requirements are available using cautil command syntax and are described in JOBSYSCON, JOBSETSYSCON, and TJOBSYSCON in the online CA Reference.