Contents

• Notices

• Summary of amendments

• Preface

• 1. Overview of System Design

  • 1.1 Design flow

  • 1.2 Key decisions in the system design stage

  • 1.3 Design considerations

    • 1.3.1 Preparatory estimates and settings for running JP1/AJS3

    • 1.3.2 Operations that might affect JP1/AJS3 system operation

• 2. Designing the System Configuration

  • 2.1 Checking the operating environment

    • 2.1.1 JP1/AJS3 series programs

    • 2.1.2 JP1/AJS3 prerequisites

  • 2.2 Determining the system configuration

    • 2.2.1 Example of a system configuration for executing work tasks on a single host

    • 2.2.2 Examples of manager/agent system configurations

    • 2.2.3 Example of a system configuration for creating a cluster system

    • 2.2.4 Configuration example for disaster recovery operation

    • 2.2.5 Examples of system configurations that include a Web Console server

  • 2.3 Determining the network configuration

    • 2.3.1 Network configurations that are supported by JP1/AJS3

    • 2.3.2 Firewall and communication basics

    • 2.3.3 Connecting multiple LANs

    • 2.3.4 Communications in firewall environments

    • 2.3.5 Communication using IPv6 addresses

    • 2.3.6 Encryption of JP1/AJS3 communications with SSL

    • 2.3.7 Communications used in a WAN

    • 2.3.8 Operation in a DNS environment

    • 2.3.9 Restricting hosts that can access JP1/AJS3

  • 2.4 Determining the system environment settings

    • 2.4.1 Time zones

    • 2.4.2 Language type and character encoding of the system

  • 2.5 Setting the job execution environment

    • 2.5.1 Defining execution agents

    • 2.5.2 Load distribution

    • 2.5.3 OS user environment when a job is executed

    • 2.5.4 Maximum number of concurrently executable jobs

    • 2.5.5 Considering reduction of job distribution delay

    • 2.5.6 Considering reduction of delays in job status transitions

  • 2.6 Determining the JP1/AJS3 database configuration

    • 2.6.1 Types of JP1/AJS3 databases

    • 2.6.2 JP1/AJS3 database configuration

    • 2.6.3 JP1/AJS3 database tables

    • 2.6.4 Scale of the database to be used in JP1/AJS3

    • 2.6.5 Database settings that are set up in JP1/AJS3

  • 2.7 JP1/AJS3 security considerations

  • 2.8 Replicating a Virtual Machine on which JP1/AJS3 Is Installed and Set Up

    • 2.8.1 Operation example for replicating a virtual machine on which JP1/AJS3 - Manager is set up

    • 2.8.2 Notes on replicating a virtual machine on which JP1/AJS3 is installed and set up

  • 2.9 Executing jobs in a cloud environment

    • 2.9.1 Supplementary notes on job execution in a cloud environment

  • 2.10 Considerations for executing a job by broadcast execution

    • 2.10.1 Supplementary notes on broadcast executions of a job

  • 2.11 Considering use of an external database in a cloud environment

    • 2.11.1 Considering use of an external database

    • 2.11.2 Database tables for using an external database

  • 2.12 Considering installing JP1/AJS3 - Agent in containers

    • 2.12.1 Considering the system configuration to be used if JP1/AJS3 - Agent is installed in containers

    • 2.12.2 Prerequisites, restrictions, and estimation of required system resources for installing JP1/AJS3 - Agent in containers

• 3. Estimates

  • 3.1 Estimating the processing performance of JP1/AJS3

    • 3.1.1 Job throughput

    • 3.1.2 Response of JP1/AJS3 - View

    • 3.1.3 Response of Web GUI

    • 3.1.4 Response of user applications that use API functions

    • 3.1.5 Event monitoring performance

    • 3.1.6 Monitoring interval set when using the Monitoring Files job

  • 3.2 Estimating system performance

    • 3.2.1 Estimating the data flow on the network

    • 3.2.2 Estimating the amount of communications in line connections

    • 3.2.3 Estimating the size of memory used

    • 3.2.4 Estimating disk capacity

    • 3.2.5 Estimating the values for kernel parameters

    • 3.2.6 Estimating the number of ports to be used

  • 3.3 Estimating the database area

  • 3.4 Estimating log sizes

    • 3.4.1 Estimating the size of scheduler log files

    • 3.4.2 Estimating the size of the scheduler trace log file

    • 3.4.3 Estimating the size of the log information output by event jobs and custom event jobs

    • 3.4.4 Estimating the size of log files for JP1/AJS3 - View

    • 3.4.5 Estimating the size of the logs output by execution

    • 3.4.6 Estimating the size of log files output by a flow control subprocess

    • 3.4.7 Estimating the size of log files for Web Console server

    • 3.4.8 Estimating the size of performance log files

    • 3.4.9 Estimating the size of job execution result log files and event job execution result log files

• 4. Installation and Setup Considerations

  • 4.1 Installation procedure

    • 4.1.1 Notes on installation

    • 4.1.2 Pre-installation decisions

  • 4.2 JP1/AJS3 service settings

    • 4.2.1 Types of JP1/AJS3 services

    • 4.2.2 Defaults for JP1/AJS3 services (Windows only)

    • 4.2.3 Changing the JP1/AJS3 service settings (Windows only)

    • 4.2.4 Settings for starting and stopping JP1/AJS3 services automatically

    • 4.2.5 Starting multiple instances of the JP1/AJS3 services

  • 4.3 Setup of JP1/AJS3 - Manager

    • 4.3.1 Environment settings for event jobs and custom event jobs

    • 4.3.2 Activating multiple scheduler services concurrently

    • 4.3.3 Options related to job execution

    • 4.3.4 Environment settings for action jobs

    • 4.3.5 Environment settings related to the backup and recovery of embedded databases

  • 4.4 Setup of JP1/AJS3 - Agent

    • 4.4.1 Environment settings for event jobs and custom event jobs

    • 4.4.2 Options related to job execution

    • 4.4.3 Environment settings for action jobs

  • 4.5 Environment settings for JP1/AJS3 - View

    • 4.5.1 Settings in the Preferences dialog box

    • 4.5.2 Common settings for JP1 users

    • 4.5.3 Common settings for JP1/AJS3 - View hosts

    • 4.5.4 JP1/AJS3 commands that can be executed from JP1/AJS3 - View

    • 4.5.5 Setting the window display

    • 4.5.6 Changing the dialog box defaults

    • 4.5.7 Adding display items to a window

    • 4.5.8 Considerations for multiuser remote desktop connections to JP1/AJS3 - View

  • 4.6 Environment settings for JP1/AJS3 - Web Console

    • 4.6.1 Environment settings for the Web Console server

    • 4.6.2 Environment settings for JP1/AJS3 - Manager connected with a Web Console server

    • 4.6.3 Considering the Management Portal execution environment

  • 4.7 Settings for the user environment

    • 4.7.1 Modifying the login script (UNIX only)

• 5. Contingency Planning

  • 5.1 Preparing for failures

    • 5.1.1 Preparing a data collection tool

    • 5.1.2 Check the JP1/Base, JP1/AJS, and OS versions

  • 5.2 Backups and recovery

    • 5.2.1 Backup and recovery methods

    • 5.2.2 Target files and backup timing

    • 5.2.3 Taking backup while JP1/AJS3 is active

    • 5.2.4 Constant backup by copying and mirroring a disk

    • 5.2.5 Backing up and recovering an embedded database by using the backup enhancement function

  • 5.3 Redundancy

  • 5.4 Countermeasures for a large-scale disaster

    • 5.4.1 Overview of disaster recovery

    • 5.4.2 Disaster recovery considerations

    • 5.4.3 Estimating processing performance in a disaster recovery environment

• 6. Maintenance Planning

  • 6.1 Database reorganization

    • 6.1.1 Flow of maintenance tasks

    • 6.1.2 Considering maintenance methods

    • 6.1.3 Estimating when to perform maintenance

• 7. Special Modes of Operation

  • 7.1 Considerations when using QUEUE jobs and submit jobs

    • 7.1.1 Queue/agent configuration

    • 7.1.2 Setup for using QUEUE jobs and submit jobs

    • 7.1.3 Database for QUEUE jobs and submit jobs

    • 7.1.4 Estimating the size of the logs output by the execution environment for QUEUE jobs and submit jobs

    • 7.1.5 Environment settings for executing QUEUE jobs and submit jobs

    • 7.1.6 Setting the assumed JP1 user function

    • 7.1.7 Method of determining the agent host to which a job is distributed

    • 7.1.8 Option for deleting job information asynchronously

    • 7.1.9 Setting the retention period for job information

    • 7.1.10 Setting for disabling deletion of job information when JP1/AJS3 starts

    • 7.1.11 Setting for preventing changes in the submit job execution order

    • 7.1.12 Setting to reduce memory usage by the job execution control manager (jpqman) when enumerating job information

  • 7.2 Considerations when using queueless jobs

    • 7.2.1 Estimating log file sizes

    • 7.2.2 Environment settings for executing queueless jobs

• 8. Migration from a Previous Version

  • 8.1 Version compatibility

    • 8.1.1 Version compatibility between JP1/Base and JP1/AJS3

    • 8.1.2 Version compatibility between JP1/AJS3 - Manager and JP1/AJS3 - View

    • 8.1.3 Version compatibility between JP1/AJS3 - Manager and JP1/AJS3 - Agent

    • 8.1.4 Version compatibility between JP1/AJS3 - Manager on different hosts

    • 8.1.5 Version compatibility between JP1/AJS3 - Manager and JP1/AJS3 - Web Console

  • 8.2 Migration to a UTF-8 environment

    • 8.2.1 Migrating the character encoding in Linux from an EUC environment to a UTF-8 environment

    • 8.2.2 Maximum number of characters that can be defined for items when converting the character encoding to a UTF-8 environment

  • 8.3 Migration of definition information from JP1/AJS2 to JP1/AJS3 on a different host

    • 8.3.1 How to migrate definition information when changing hosts during an upgrade

  • 8.4 Note on programs that use code functions

  • 8.5 Upgrading JP1/AJS2 - Manager to JP1/AJS3 - Manager

    • 8.5.1 Overview of the tasks for upgrading JP1/AJS2 - Manager to JP1/AJS3 - Manager

    • 8.5.2 How to set up JP1/AJS3 - Manager after upgrading from JP1/AJS2 - Manager

  • 8.6 About the system block

    • 8.6.1 When system blocks occur

    • 8.6.2 When system blocks are released

  • 8.7 Environment settings when upgrading to a new version

    • 8.7.1 Defaults of the environment setting parameters between versions 10-50 or earlier and versions 11-00 or later

  • 8.8 Upgrading JP1/AJS3 - Manager that uses the compatible ISAM configuration

    • 8.8.1 Tasks required to upgrade JP1/AJS3 - Manager that uses the compatible ISAM configuration

• 9. Notes on System Design

  • 9.1 Limits to prevent system-wide effects from external factors

  • 9.2 Notes on JP1/AJS3 host settings

  • 9.3 Notes on the JP1/AJS3 database

  • 9.4 Notes when running anti-virus software

  • 9.5 Other cautionary notes

    • 9.5.1 Notes when using JP1/AJS3 for x86 in a WOW64 environment

    • 9.5.2 Cautionary notes for when a path includes a space in Windows

• Appendixes

  • A. List of Port Numbers

    • A.1 Tables of port numbers

    • A.2 Directions of traffic through a firewall

    • A.3 Ports used for communications between JP1/AJS3 - View and JP1/AJS3 - Manager

    • A.4 Ports used for communications between JP1/AJS3 - Manager and JP1/AJS3 - Agent

    • A.5 Ports used for communications between JP1/AJS3 - Manager and JP1/AJS3 - Manager

    • A.6 Port used for communications between JP1/AJS3 - View and JP1/Base

    • A.7 Port used for communications between JP1/AJS3 - Agent and JP1/AJS3 - Agent

    • A.8 Port used for communications between JP1/AJS3 - Web Console and JP1/AJS3 - Manager

    • A.9 Ports used for communications between a web browser and JP1/AJS3 - Web Console

  • B. List of Limits

    • B.1 Limits on the number of JP1/AJS3 product connections

    • B.2 Limits related to the entire JP1/AJS3 system

    • B.3 Limits for units

    • B.4 Limits for scheduler services

    • B.5 Limits for the job execution environment

    • B.6 Limits for the submit job execution environment

    • B.7 Limits for queueless job execution control

    • B.8 Limits for the event/action control

    • B.9 Limits for the definition pre-check function

    • B.10 Limits for using operation profiles

    • B.11 Limits on file sizes

    • B.12 Limits for flexible job execution control

  • C. Functions and Operating Modes for Verifying the Legitimacy of JP1/AJS3 Operations

    • C.1 Functions for verifying the legitimacy of JP1/AJS3 operations

    • C.2 Recommended system configurations

    • C.3 Examples of verifying JP1/AJS3 operations

  • D. Communication Settings in Multiple-LAN Environments

    • D.1 Example of connections and communication settings for non-cluster operation

    • D.2 Example connections and communication settings for cluster operation

    • D.3 JP1/AJS3 - View communication settings

  • E. Operating JP1/AJS3 By Using an AJS Administrator Account (UNIX Only)

    • E.1 Operating JP1/AJS3 by using an AJS administrator account

    • E.2 Conditions for setting an AJS administrator account

    • E.3 Cautionary notes on using an AJS administrator account

  • F. Handling database errors

    • F.1 Overview of database backups

  • G. Using JP1/AJS3 - Agent Minimal Edition

    • G.1 Purpose of JP1/AJS3 - Agent Minimal Edition

    • G.2 Points to be checked before installing JP1/AJS3 - Agent Minimal Edition

    • G.3 Counting the number of executed jobs

    • G.4 Cautionary notes on using JP1/AJS3 - Agent Minimal Edition

    • G.5 Migrating from JP1/AJS3 - Agent Minimal Edition to JP1/AJS3 - Agent

  • H. Version Revisions

  • I. Reference Material for This Manual

  • J. Glossary

• Index

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