AutoSys upgrade adding DBMaintTime and DBMaintCmd in the $AUTOUSER/config.$AUTOSERV file with default values

Products

• Autosys Workload Automation

Issue/Introduction

DBMaintTime and DBMaintCmd were commented out in the $AUTOUSER/config.$AUTOSERV file to avoid having the scheduler automatically run DBMaint. Instead, a separate command job had been configured to run the DBMaint script or archive_events commands multiple times a day. After upgrading from AutoSys 12.x to 24.x, the default DBM* settings were rewritten to the $AUTOUSER/config.$AUTOSERV file.

 

Environment

Workload Automation AE (AutoSys) 12.x 24.x

Resolution

The AutoSys upgrade rewrites the DBMaintTime and DBMaintCmd settings in the $AUTOUSER/config.$AUTOSERV file if they are not found or if they are commented out.

If the settings had been removed or commented out previously to purposely disable the process, the file will need to be updated after the upgrade and the scheduler restarted to revert the settings.

 

Rather than commenting them out to disable the process, consider setting them to values that cannot be reached or found.

Example:

DBMaintTime=99:99
DBMaintCmd=$AUTOSYS/bin/DBMaintfake

Version Context: A change to the upgrade process is being targeted for version 26.0 to retain the customization of having the entries present but commented out. For current upgrades to version 24.x, this manual post-upgrade verification is required.