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Job Management Managers and Agents

Cross‑platform scheduling is implemented using a manager/agent model.

In this architecture, the manager performs the following functions:

• Maintains job definitions and relationships
• Evaluates job execution and job completion information
• Uses a database for workload definitions
• Interfaces with agents to initiate jobs and collect status information

The Unicenter Universal Job Management Agent is a small set of programs that execute on each target computer where jobs will be processed. The agent performs the following functions:

• Receives job requests from one or more managers and initiates the requested program, script, JCL or other unit of work
• Collects status information about job execution and file creations
• Sends the status information to the requesting workload manager for evaluation

Many environments choose to use a centralized repository for defining jobs and monitoring their workload. The CA NSM JM Option provides a Unicenter Universal Job Management Agent so you can initiate and track jobs on a computer without maintaining a workload database on that computer. The Unicenter Universal Job Management Agents can process a request from a job management manager (the CA NSM JM Option on another computer or one of our OS/390 scheduling products) by initiating the requested process and returning tracking information about that process to the requesting job management manager. Any job management manager can submit job requests to any Unicenter Universal Job Management Agent.