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JAMS Documentation

Everything you need to install, configure, and operate JAMS enterprise workload automation.

Overview​

JAMS is a workload automation platform designed to automate and enhance your organization’s batch processing capabilities across multiple platforms. Windows, UNIX, Linux, IBM i, and more can be easily tied together.

Whether your organization’s servers are virtualized or physical, uniform or diverse, JAMS provides secure control mechanisms that can enable you to submit batch processing jobs or alternatively create schedules for automatic execution.

JAMS is highly customizable and ready to provide benefits right out of the box. In addition, JAMS is scalable, allowing you to grow your business without worry that future upgrades will negate existing work or settings.

Once properly configured, JAMS will enhance and simplify the most complex batch scheduling processes, providing your organization with increased system reliability and reduced cost of operation.

JAMS Components​

JAMS integrates three components that work together to create a unique and powerful management system.

  1. JAMS Client: Provides the main user controls for JAMS, available in a either a Windows-based or Web-based GUI.
  2. JAMS Scheduler: Schedules all Jobs, Scripts, or Tasks that run on your organization’s servers. It is also monitors the status of all Jobs and communicates this information to the JAMS Client.
  3. JAMS Server: Facilitates communication between the JAMS Clients and the JAMS Scheduler.

JAMS Terms​

  • Client: The Client refers to the JAMS Desktop application or the JAMS Web application that you use to work with Jobs, Folders, and other JAMS items. The Client interacts with the JAMS Scheduler and the JAMS Database.
  • Credential: A Credential is a user account that has specific permissions assigned to it to control its level of access within JAMS.
  • Folder: A Folder contains a logical group of Jobs or Variables. Folders can be defined by department, such as Accounting or Sales, or any other meaningful way to your organization. At least one Folder must exist for JAMS to function properly.
  • Job: A Job is a set of instructions or a process that will run within JAMS. This can include a PowerShell script or a set of steps for interacting with an integrated system.
  • Job Source: The Job Source is a tab within the Job that lets you add, edit, or delete code that sets the function for the Job.
  • Monitor: The Monitor is an option in the Shortcuts menu that displays a continuously updated list of Jobs that are known to the JAMS Scheduler. This lets you see the status of each Job that is running or will run in the near future.
  • Scheduler: The Scheduler is the JAMS component that manages and submits Jobs that run on your organization's servers. The Scheduler is responsible for keeping track of all Jobs and communicating their status to the JAMS Client.

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