JOBCLASS Statement—Assign a Job Class to a Job

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JOBCLASS Statement—Assign a Job Class to a Job

The JOBCLASS statement assigns a job class value to a job. When this statement is specified, the agent interprets the job class against the job classes defined in the agentparm.txt file. Each defined job class has a specified number of initiators, which allows for manual load balancing against system resources.

Supported Job Types

This statement is optional for the following job types:

Syntax

This statement has the following format:

JOBCLASS class

class

Specifies the job class that this job runs under. The agent maintains a list of job classes and the number of initiators assigned to each job class. A job class with more initiators can process more jobs more quickly. For higher-priority jobs, assign a job class that contains more initiators.

Limits: Up to 128 characters; it cannot contain delimiters (such as spaces)

Notes:

The agent administrator must specify the number of initiators for job classes in the agentparm.txt file. The following example specifies three job classes and a default job class:
```
initiators.class_1=Default,1000
initiators.class_2=JOBCLASS1,20
initiators.class_3=JOBCLASS2,500
initiators.class_4=FILEM,1000
```
Your agent administrator can set the initiators.afmjobclassmap_N parameter to assign a job class automatically based on the combination of verbs and subverbs that appear in an AFM. For more information about the parameter, see the Implementation Guide for CA WA Agent for UNIX, Linux, Windows, or i5/OS.
The JOBCLASS statement overrides the job class specified in the agentparm.txt file of the agent.
You can define the JOBCLASS statement globally. The JOBCLASS statement in the job definition overrides the global statement in the application.

Example: Specify a Job Class in a UNIX Job

In this example, the UNIX job runs under job class JOBCLASS2.

AGENT UNIXAGENT
JOBCLASS JOBCLASS2
SCRIPTNAME /export/home/payroll/data