Introduction:
You can configure CA Workload Automation AE to send email notifications to operators or administrators who resolve problems or attend to emergencies.
Question:
How to Send a Notification When a Job Completes on Unix?
Environment:
Workload Automation AE 11.3.5 and 11.3.6+
Answer:
There are TWO stages of configuration to successfully send out Email Notification;
- First configure $AUTOUSER/config.$AUTOSERV file with following parameters:
NotifyMethod=1
NotifySMTPHost
NotifySMTPFromAddress
UseSMTPAuthentication
NotifySMTPUse
NOTE:By default, the NotifySMTPHost, NotifySMTPFromAddress, UseSMTPAuthentication, and NotifySMTPUser are commented out. Be sure to remove the (#) in front of the parameters before configuring them.
Use this link to Configure CA Workload Automation AE to Send Email Notifications on UNIX.
- Then define these attributes in your AE job definition(s):
Here is an example that specifies that an email notification should be sent to [email protected] and [email protected] when the job completes, regardless of its status.
send_notification: 1
notification_emailaddress: [email protected]; [email protected]
notification_msg: The server appears to be down.
Additional Information:
Visit the CA Workload Automation AE & Workload Control Center DocOps Space for more information about configuring and administrating the Workload Automation AE scheduler.