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Resources

  • Resource: user-defined value consisting of name and numeric limit

  • Resources are used to manage and limit the number of concurrently running Jobs across Schedules and Machines in OpCon

  • Max Concurrent Jobs in Advanced Machine Properties limits the number of concurrently running Jobs on a specific Machine

    • All Resources can be set for Dependencies
    • SAM is responsible for keeping track of Resources in use
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If all Resources are in use, SAM waits until a Resource is available before submitting the next Job

Solution Manager​

  • In Solution Manager, Resources is found in Library > Administration > Resources

Create/Edit Resource​

Resource Dependencies in Job Details​

Edit/Set Resource Dependency​

Trigger Email Alert of Resource Properties​

Frequency - SAM Priority​

  • Used if Max Concurrent of the following two features is met:
    • Machine has reached Max Jobs limit (Windows and UNIX defaults are 50)
    • A Resource has all Resources in use
  • The Job with highest SAM Priority will run first if several Jobs are waiting for a Resource or a Machine Max Job to free up

Enterprise Manager​

Details
  • In Enterprise Manager, Resources is found in Administration > Resources

Create/Edit Resource​

Resource Dependencies​

Edit/Set Resource Dependency​

Resources - Instance Properties​

  • Max value of a Resource can be retrieved

[[RM.ResourceName]]

  • Number of Resources “in use” can also be retrieved

[[RU.ResourceName]]

Frequency - SAM Priority​

  • Used if Max Concurrent of the following two features is met:
    • Machine has reached Max Jobs limit (Windows and UNIX defaults are 50)
    • A Resource has all Resources in use
  • The Job with highest SAM Priority will run first if several Jobs are waiting for a Resource or a Machine Max Job to free up