[TriLUG] Scheduling Software

[Sean Korb]

There's always Open Grid Engine ;)  It's mostly used to schedule one
job after another to modulate efficiency, but jobs can be scheduled
for certain allotted time periods, machines and queues.  A lot of
learning curve to implement all the features well though.

It's not really built to have a profile for each machine, though it is
certainly possible but maybe not pretty.

Symantec Netbackup also offers scripting.  Instead of running a
backup, it would run a script and that could be pretty with reporting,
but costs money.  Not any extra if you already have it though.

Maybe Amanda has a similar option.  It could be pretty, free, and do
the job well if it's like NetBackup... and doesn't have to actually
back up anything.

sean


On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 4:36 PM, Ken Mink <ken.mink at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello LUGgers,
>  I've been doing some research for $WORK looking for a descent scheduler
> application. Our crontabs have gotten too large and interdependent. We're
> looking for a centralized scheduling application. Open source and/or free
> would be good, but commercial is okay. The servers are mostly Linux, but
> there's a few AIX machines. I was wondering if any one had and experience or
> recommendations with something that would fit the bill.
>
> Thanks
> Ken
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