We use BMC's Control-M as our enterprise wide job scheduler. We use it for z/OS, Windows and RHEL on z and x. The Control M servers use RHEL on x(it is not certified for Linux on z). The RHEL on z have their own (certified) agents.
No complaints - works fine On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 9:43 AM, R P Herrold <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, 22 Apr 2013, Larry Ploetz wrote: > > earlier: >> >> We're bringing in an application that will have between 11 and 14 servers >>> running Red Hat linux. The vendor is recommending a job scheduler. >>> >> > GNU's parallel has job scheduling capabilities, as long as you can set >> up ssh keys/sessions/whatever that don't require entering a password >> (e.g., use an ssh agent, predefine and use controlmaster/controlpath). >> > > interesting -- thanks. It builds trivially under a Red Hat 6 > series derived environment. Documentation at: > http://www.gnu.org/software/**parallel/man.html#example__** > gnu_parallel_as_queue_system_**batch_manager<http://www.gnu.org/software/parallel/man.html#example__gnu_parallel_as_queue_system_batch_manager> > for using it as a (remote and local) job submission system > > > We used the 'NQS' system, stabilized by the former Sterling > Software (now owned by IBM), which is available in an open > source variant, again in a Red Hat derived environment for > such purposes. It was well suited to the task of 'fanning > out, and then re-collating similar tasks across several > machine instances. Again, it builds trivially in a Red Hat 6 > series derived environment. A short form look at using the > system is in the documentation by a third party is at: > > http://www.eecis.udel.edu/**documentation/nqs.html<http://www.eecis.udel.edu/documentation/nqs.html> > > ... I have been meaning to re-write a setup, and a user's > 'cheat-sheet' guide, but ... > > A copy of the Queue manager sources is up at my FTP site: > > ftp://ftp.owlriver.com/pub/**mirror/ORC/nqs/<ftp://ftp.owlriver.com/pub/mirror/ORC/nqs/> > I see an RJE tool for non-TCP environments, documented by > Neale of Sine Nomine: > http://www.sinenomine.net/**sites/www.sinenomine.net/** > files/NJEIPBridge.pdf<http://www.sinenomine.net/sites/www.sinenomine.net/files/NJEIPBridge.pdf> > > > NASA Ames Research appears to have forked it into 'Portable > Batch Scheduler', and added a enhanced scheduler, but I cannot > immediately put my hands on a FOSS variant of it > http://static.usenix.org/**publications/library/** > proceedings/als00/2000papers/**papers/full_papers/bode/bode_**html/<http://static.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/als00/2000papers/papers/full_papers/bode/bode_html/> > The commands appear to be substantially identical to NQS > > -- Russ herrold > > > ------------------------------**------------------------------**---------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/**wlvindex?LINUX-390<http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390> > ------------------------------**------------------------------**---------- > For more information on Linux on System z, visit > http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ > > -- Mike Shorkend [email protected] www.shorkend.com Tel: +972524208743 Fax: +97239772196 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
