Server Jobs

  • General Information
  • Server Jobs Operations and Configration


    • General Information

    The boom server provides several jobs to automatically check and cleanup the system. According to your individual requirements these jobs can be enabled/disabled or modified.

    The following Server Jobs are available:

    Auto Archive indications Automatically archives closed indications older than specified amount of "Max days". Value of "Max days" must be bigger 0. To deactivate this task set "Max days" value to 0 or -1.
    Auto Close indications Automatically closes active indications older than specified amount of "Max days". Value of "Max days" must be bigger 0. To deactivate this task set "Max days" value to 0 or -1
    Auto Delete indications Automatically Deletes archived indications older than specified amount of "Max days"
    CleanPerf DB Cleaning of the boom performance database. "Keep maximum history of (days)" parameter specifies oldest time to keep in DB.
    Find_Lost_Policies Automatically detects lost policies and adds them to the Policy Tree folder "_Lost and found". e.g. If the server job detects a policy which is not known in his policyGroups.xml file then the policy will be added to the _Lost and Found folder. An user can decide whether the policy should be deleted or copied to another folder.
    Synchronize_PROXY_Slaves Automatically Synchronize Binary packages, Policies and Assignments on PROXY boom servers if PROXY slaves are connected to this master server.

    The boom Server Jobs View gives useful information about every job:

    context menu

    Name: Name of the server job.
    Interval: Job schedule interval.
    Active: Job status if job is activated or deactivated.
    Status: Shows the status of the job e.g. scheduled.
    Last Run: Last schedule time.
    Next Run: Next schedule time.
    Time spent: Last job running time in ms.
    Last Result: Result of the last job schedule.
    Description: Description of the job.





    Server Jobs Operations and Configuration


    Open the Show Server Jobs View and select a server job.

    Right-click on a job element to open the context menu:

    context menu

    Refresh Status: Refreshes the status.
    Open Configuration: Opens the configuration view for the selected server job.
    Run Once: Allows you to start the selected job manually.
    Set Inactive: Allows you to set an active job to inactive. The active flag in the "Show Server Jobs View" changes to false.
    Set Active: Allows you to set an inactive job to active. The active flag in the "Show Server Jobs View" changes to true.


    Select "Open Configuration" to open the configuration view:

    Job Name: Name of the server job.
    Interval: Shows the job schedule interval.
    Examples of valid time intervals:
    5m - 5 minutes
    5h - 5 hours
    5d - 5 days
    h0:00:11:12 - every hour at 11 min 12 sec
    d0:15:11:12 - daily at 15 hours 11 min 12 sec
    w5:15:11:12 - weekly every friday at 15 hours 11 min 12 sec
    m15:00:05:00 - every 15 minutes shifted from midnight 00:00:00 by offset of 5 min (offset must be less than interval)
    Description: Detailed description of the server job.
    Class: Used Java class.
    Last Result: Summary of the last run of the job.
    Max Days: Only valid for the jobs "Auto Archive/Close/Delete indications".
    Indications will be archived/closed/deleted after the specified "Max Days".
    Export working directory: Only valid for the job "CleanPerf DB"
    Directory for writing log files named CleanBoomPerfDB_<date>.log.
    Keep maximum history of (days) : Only valid for the job "CleanPerf DB".
    All data older than "Keep maximum history of" are deleted from database.