Autosys JIL

Sample JIL Code and Details:

insert_job: AUTOSYS_INFO_SAMPLE_JOB job_type: c
box_name: AUTOSYS_INFO_SAMPLE_BOX
command: ls -l 
machine: localhost
owner: AUTOSYS_INFO
permission: gx,ge,wx,we,mx,me
date_conditions: 1
days_of_week: all
start_times: “15:00, 14:00″
run_window: “14:00 - 6:00″
condition: s (AUTOSYS_INFO_SAMPLE_JOB_2)
description: “description field”
n_retrys: 12
term_run_time: 60
box_terminator: 1
job_terminator: 1
std_out_file: /tmp/std_out
std_err_file: /tmp/std_err
min_run_alarm: 5
max_run_alarm: 30
alarm_if_fail: 1
profile: /tmp/.profile

Explanation of each line:

Insert_job: this will let the autosys server to recognize the job and inserts into autosys DataBase.

Jobtype: there are two types of jobs namely box and child ( c=child, B=box)

box_name: this is the box job name: box job can have more than 1 child jobs. (this is just like grouping the jobs).

commands: this is where you tell Autosys, what to do when the job runs. ( you’ll give reference to your scripts here).

machine: name of the machine where you want to run the job.

owner: owner of the job (Application name)

permissions – read, write, execute

date_conditions: 1 if you have any specifications.

days_of_week: on which days of the week you want the job to run ("All" it will run from SUN to SAT, or you have option to specify the days : mo, tu, we, th, fr)

start_time: the time at which the job should kick-off/start

run_window: this option is for monitoring jobs. the job will run continously for the specified time window.

conditions: here you can specify the dependencies. like success of some other job.

description: Job details as in what the job is designed for.

n_retrys: no of retrys on a failure.

term_run_job: the job will terminate if it runs for specified time.

box_terminator: if 1, terminates box job depends on term_run_time.

job_terminator: if 1, terminates child job depends on term_run_time.

std_out_file: standard output file (log) for the job

std_err_file: Error log file if the job fails

min_run_alarm: if the job terminates/completed with in that time it generate an alarm

max_run_alarm: if the job runs for more than the specified time, it generate an alarm

alarm_if_fail: generates an alarm if the job fails

profile: the file where you can keep all your variables 

Note: We don’t use all the above options in all the jobs, it depends on the requirements.

To Insert a new JIL code:

➧If you are inserting the new JIL from command line, follow the below steps.

Create file with the help of "vi" or "cat" command.

Example: vi AUTOSYS_JIL.txt

Press "insert" and copy paste the JIL code (refer sample JIL code) and save the file

➧ On command line use below format:

$ jil < AUTOSYS_JIL.txt > AUTOSYS_JIL.log 

Note: Above option will create the log file automatically and you can check your JIL status on the same file.

If Exit Code = 0 - Means JIL deployed successfully.

If Exit Code = 1 - Means there is some issue with provided information inside JIL file

➧ To update the existing JIL:

On command line issue command "jil"

$ jil                                                                

$ update_job: AUTOSYS_INFO_SAMPLE_JOB        

$ n_retrys: 0                             

Note: Press "Enter" after the each step and to save and update and changes use "ctrl+D"