Configuring schedulers using the administrative console

Schedulers can be created or configured using the administrative console.

Procedure

  1. Start the administrative console.
  2. Select Resources > Schedulers.
  3. Click New.
  4. Specify configuration settings.

    Fields marked with an asterisk (*) are required. The settings are described in detail in the topic "Scheduler settings".

    [z/OS]If you do not want the scheduler to attempt to run any work until the WebSphere Application Server for z/OS server is open for e-business, click Custom Properties > New to add the synchWithControlRegion custom property to the scheduler configuration settings, and set the property to true. When this property is set to true the Scheduler waits until the WebSphere Application Server for z/OS server is open for e-business before attempting to run any work. The default value is false.

    Best practice: If you do not require interoperability with PME Version 5.0 tasks, under Additional Properties, click Custom Properties > New. Then specify disableV50TaskInteroperability in the Name field, true in the Value field, and select java.lang.boolean from the list of available Type options. When this property is set to true, tablespace scans that are only required for PME Version 5.0 tasks no longer occur.
  5. Click OK or Apply to save the changes.
  6. Save the changes to the configuration repository.

Results

A scheduler is now configured and ready to use for newly installed applications. If the scheduler JNDI name is not yet visible to your application, restarting the application or restarting application server will allow the scheduler to be seen.

When schedulers are created for the first time, the poll daemon will not automatically start and must be started manually and will only start automatically the next time the server is started. To start the poll daemon manually, refer to the scheduler daemons topic.

Attention: Changes to existing scheduler configurations will not take affect until after the application server is restarted.