Whats new with BMC CONTROL-M v6.3 ?

AUGUST 30, 2006

Agenda
General
New Icons, Colors and restructured Menus Modeless Screens Dock-able Windows Security Login screen for an Online mode Dynamic JEF One click Job Load Conditional Inheritance Job Templates New Calendar/Scheduling Table Manager

Desktop Specific

EM GUI Specific New Workload Distribution Reports

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List View Display Multiple jobs selection in Order/Force menu

New Icons, Colors and Restructured Menus

Modeless Screens

Several JEF screens can be opened simultaneously allowing to

compare jobs and copy/paste information between them

Valid both for GUI and Desktop, with no limitation

Dock-able Windows

Security Enhancements

CTM/Server security graphical management interface (ctmsec) Authorization Facility enhancements:

Owner field restrictions Jobs filter on the group level

Active Directory Support

Login to BMC CONTROL-M/Desktop

Login to BMC CONTROL-M/Desktop
by default

Offline mode is still allowed

The Workspace concept:

Local Workspace: Working locally by loading jobs from the BMC CONTROLM/Enterprise Manager DB. Exclusive access will be granted over the jobs. Definitions can be saved in a draft file, which can be later be reopen Online Workspace: Working on the BMC CONTROL-M/Enterprise Manager DB the user is granted access over the relevant jobs. Save will occur directly in the DB

The new JEF Concept

Direct operations: Using new tool bar at the top of the JEF
One-click job upload Save, Close, Save & Close Save/Apply Template

Mandatory Fields: Red asterisk indicates all mandatory fields Separate Fixed section: BMC CONTROL-M Name and Job Type Optional use of Template: Replaced the Skeleton concept

New (Dynamic) JEF General

Job type: replaces the following parameters: Application Node Group, Form Name, CM version, Application type, Application Version

A combo box is now allowed for the following fields: Table, Application, Group

New (Dynamic) JEF Scheduling

Combo box for Calendar names

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New (Dynamic) JEF Scheduling

Advanced Scheduling Rules

Active/ Not Active

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Advanced Scheduling Rules

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New (Dynamic) JEF Execution

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New (Dynamic) JEF Conditions

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New (Dynamic) JEF Save changes?

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One Click Job Load

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Prerequisite Conditions Inheritance

Before v6.3

After v6.3
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Automatic Prerequisite Condition Deletion

Problem: when rerunning group of jobs, they may run out of order

Possible solutions:
Operator manually deletes the relevant conditions Manually defining an Out-condition with a minus sign

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Prerequisite Conditions Enhancements

BMC CONTROL-M/Desktop user can configure the following new options:

Automatic deletion: If an In condition is no longer needed after the successor job runs, the successor job can delete that condition by define it as an Out condition to be deleted (with - sign). This option automatically add this Out condition for every dependency Conditional inheritance: Linked jobs will automatically inherit jobs conditions if deleted

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Job Templates

Provide common values to job scheduling definitions

Saves time Enforces standardization

Looks exactly like a job scheduling definition Supports ALL job attributes (including steps, post processing, etc.) Any number of templates can be defined A template can be applied at any point Built-in BMC Batch Impact Manager template Dynamic Functions

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Template Manager and TEF

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Apply Template and Save as Template

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Mass Create

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Job Templates Add Functions

Resolved at job definition time Functions are allowed for ALL values except:
Quantitative/Control Resource AutoEdit Variable Steps Post Processing

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Functions Examples

Counter: Literal value, with appended counter (to make the value unique) Counter & Field Name: Field value, with a counter attached Substr: Substring of a certain value {+} / {-}: Add or Subtract a value to a numeric function

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New Calendar/Scheduling Table Manager

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List View Display

List View in BMC CONTROL-M/Enterprise Manager GUI

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Multiple Jobs selection in Order/Force menu

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Workload Reports

Workload Distribution Report

How many jobs are ordered/executed on each of my BMC CONTROL-M Servers every day? How many AFT jobs are executed on Saturdays? Is there an effective load balancing among my agents?

Extreme Peaks Usage Report

What was the lowest daily amount of jobs executed in my environment? What was the maximal amount of executions? On what dates? What is the maximal number of SAP jobs executed on my server on April? More

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Workload Distribution Report

Orders per jobs categories for every CTM server

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Questions?

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