Pre-Con Ed: Critical Path Analysis with CA Workload Automation (AE) iDash - Overview
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World ® ’1 6 Critical Path Analysis with CA Workload Automation (AE) iDash - Overview Karen Cleever /CA Technologies/Sr. Principal Consultant MFX12E MAINFRAME AND WORKLOAD AUTOMATION
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CriticalPathAnalysiswithCAWorkloadAutomation(AE)iDash - Overview
KarenCleever/CATechnologies/Sr.PrincipalConsultant
MFX12E
MAINFRAMEANDWORKLOADAUTOMATION
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Abstract
ThispresentationwillgiveattendeesanoverviewofusingCAWorkloadAutomation(AE)iDashforanalyzingCriticalPathinyourAutoSys environment.ThesessionwilltargetusingiDash tomonitorcriticalpathrealtimeandanalyzepastrunsusinghistoricaldata.
KarenCleeverCATechnologiesSr.PrincipalConsultant
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Agenda
WHATISCRITICALPATH?
CRITICALPATHVSALLJOBS
QUESTIONSANDANSWERS
HOWDOAUTOSYS EVENTSIMPACTCRITICALPATH
MONITORINGUSINGCRITICALPATH
USINGHISTORICALDATATOOPTIMIZEJOBFLOWS
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WhatisCriticalPath?§ thesequenceofstagesdeterminingtheminimumtime
neededforanoperation,especiallywhenanalyzedonacomputerforalargeorganization.
OR
§ Longestsequenceofactivitiesinaprojectplanwhichmustbecompletedontimefortheprojecttocompleteonduedate.Anactivityonthecriticalpathcannotbestarteduntilitspredecessoractivityiscomplete;ifitisdelayedforaday,theentireprojectwillbedelayedforadayunlesstheactivityfollowingthedelayedactivityiscompletedadayearlier.
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CriticalPathvsCriticalJobList
§ The criticaljoblist comprisesjobsthatmustrunsuccessfullyfortheSLAjobtostartorendsuccessfully. ThecriticaljoblistisbuiltforeachSLAjobbyanalyzingthejobdefinitionandthedependencystructure.
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CriticalJobList
JobE
Job DJobC
JobB
JobA
JobE
Job DJobC
JobB
JobA
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CriticalPathiniDash
§ iDash dynamicallygeneratesthecriticalpathofeachSLA.Thefollowingitemsforeachjobinthecriticaljoblistareevaluated:
– Status– Averageduration– Dateandtimeconditions– Dateandtimeparameters(suchasrunwindowandexcludecalendar)
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CriticalPathvsCriticalJobList
§ ThejobsinthecriticalpathrepresentthelongestpathtoasuccessfulexecutionoftheSLAjob.Thelongestpathisthepaththatispredictedtotakethemosttimetocomplete.
JobA10minutes
JobC10minutes
JobD 5minutes
JobB20minutes
JobE10minutes
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HowDoAutosys EventsImpactCriticalPath
§ JobswithFAILUREorTERMINATEDstatusareevaluatedwiththeseassumptions:
§ Thejobsareassumedtorestart promptlyperthejobdefinitionorbytheoperator.
§ Thejobsareassumedtorun fortheiraverageduration.
§ CAWorkloadAutomationAE jobs arepredictedto completewithastatusofSUCCESS.
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HowDoAutosys EventsImpactCriticalPath
§ Jobsrunningshorterorlongerthantheiraverageruntimehavethefollowingimpact:
§ Jobsrunningshorterthanaveragedecreasetheremainingprocessingtime.
§ Jobsrunninglongerthanaverageincreasetheremainingprocessingtime
§ CAWorkloadAutomationiDash adjuststhecriticalpathtothejobswithlongerremainingprocessingtime.
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HowDoAutosys EventsImpactCriticalPath
§ JobsachievingON_ICEandON_NOEXECstatuses decreasetheprocessingtimeremaining.
Note:ON_HOLDjobarepresumedtoremainonhold.Whenacriticalpathjobisputonhold,theSLAstatusbecomesPREDICTEDMISS.
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NPTF:DisplayproblematicjobsonSLAdetail
§ ExceptionType thattellswhytheparticularjobisproblematic.– Unsuccessfulrun- UnsuccessfulAutoSys runswilldisplaywithastatus
of Failure or Terminated; unsuccessfulCA7jobswilldisplaywithastatusof Failed,Abended, Submit_Failed,or Canceled.
– Shorterthanaverage- Whenthejobranfor10%lessthanitsactualaverageruntimeandthedifferenceofthedurationofthelastrunandthejob’saverageruntimeisgreaterthan120seconds.
– Longerthanaverage- Whenthejobranfor10%greaterthanitsactualaverageruntimeandthedifferenceofthedurationofthelastrunandthejob’saverageruntimeisgreaterthan120seconds.
(NEWin12.0.2)
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ProblematicJobs
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WhydidthisSLAMiss
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WhenaJobFails
§ LetswalkthruanSLAwhereajobfails.
§ Correctthefailure
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UsingReports
§ cp.report fromCLI
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Release12.0.02FeaturesReporting
••Supporthourlyintervalsonallreports••AverageruntimetoJobRunreports••Filterjobsbasedonstart/endtimesonAE/CA7JobRunreports••Application/GroupfieldsonAEJobStatus&JobRunreports••FilterbasedonJobTypesonJobRun&JobStatusreports••FilterjobsbasedonlastXjobruns
Security••ManageSLAsbasedonEEMresourceclass(idash-sla)••EEMSecurityenforcement:Create/updatetags(idash-tagresourceclass),forTagsdisplayedontheDashboard••EEMSecurityenforcement:create/download/executereports(idash-reportresourceclass)••DynamicUserGroupbasedauthorization••SupportforEEMauthorizationonCA7Jobs
Monitoring••ProactiveAlerting: SLAsmovedtoPredictedMissifjobsinSLAflowfail(priortobeingpartofCriticalpath)••TrackProblematicJobswitheverySLArun••DisplayingdatasetsintheFlowViewforCA7Jobs••FlowViewenhancementsNegativedependencyhandling,progressiveloadingsupportforlargeflows
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