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Use a Windows Job Object to Manage Job Processing Properties

A Windows job object lets you group processes together and control their attributes as a single entity. You can use a Windows job object to manage processing properties (such as processor usage, memory usage, and process priority) for a group of Windows jobs.

You can create a new Windows job object and associate a job with it or you can associate a job with an existing job object. After all processes associated with a job object complete, the job object no longer exists.

To define a Windows job object, add the JOBOBJECT statement in the job definition.

Example: Create a New Windows Job Object and Assign a Windows Job to It

The following job definition creates a Windows job object named payjobsobject. Payjobsobject can use up to 40 MB of memory (41943040 bytes) and 1 hour of CPU time (3600000 milliseconds) for all processes it contains. Each process associated with payjobsobject has a higher than normal priority and can use up to 500 KB of memory (512000 bytes) and 3 minutes of CPU time (180000 milliseconds). Payjobsobject can have up to 10 simultaneously active processes.

AGENT WINAGENT
CMDNAME myscript.bat
JOBOBJECT payjobsobject CREATE JOBMEMORY(41943040) +
  PROCESSMEMORY(512000) JOBTIME(3600000) PROCESSTIME(180000) +
  PRIORITY(ABOVE_NORMAL) PROCESSLIMIT(10)