Local Machine Definition

The Local Machine Definition parameter specifies the host name of the type ‘a’ machine that acts as the localhost. This machine must be defined in the event server.

Note: An empty value is allowed.

The following field on the Scheduler - CA Workload Automation AE Administrator window lets you define this parameter:

Local Machine Definition

Specifies the host name of the type 'a' machine that acts as the localhost. This machine must be defined in the event server.

Note: On UNIX, the equivalent configuration parameter is LocalMachineDefinition.

On startup, the scheduler checks the value defined in the Local Machine Definition field. If a value is specified, the scheduler uses the specified machine to run jobs if the job's machine attribute is localhost.

Notes:

If the Local Machine Definition field has an empty value, CA Workload Automation AE performs system calls to get the host name of the machine. The clients can add a machine definition using the resolved name as the machine name while the scheduler is running. The scheduler detects the presence of this machine definition and uses this machine definition when it starts running jobs on the localhost.
When you define a job, if you set the machine attribute to localhost and the Local Machine Definition field has an empty value and no machine definition exists for the resolved host name of the scheduler, a warning message is issued and CA Workload Automation AE fails to start the job on the localhost.
The Local Machine Definition parameter value may differ on the primary scheduler and the shadow scheduler. If the shadow scheduler fails over due to the loss of the primary scheduler, the jobs that are scheduled to run on the localhost are redirected to run either on the machine defined in the Local Machine Definition parameter or on the machine with the resolved host name of the shadow scheduler (if defined).

More information:

Specify a Local Machine to Run Jobs