Resources

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

note

If all Resources are in use, SAM waits until a Resource is available before submitting the next Job

Create Resource

Resource Dependencies in Job Details

Resource Dependency

Trigger Email Alert of Resource Properties

• Resource Maximum can be retrieved using RM. in front of the Resource Name
  • Example: [[RM.<ResourceName>]]
• Resources in Use can be retrieved using RU. in front of the Resource Name
  • Example: [[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

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