1. Administration Guide
  2. Blackout Window
  3. Batch Blackout Window Message
  4. Batch Notification Window

Batch Notification Window

This section describes the Batch Notification window.

Configuring the Batch Notification Window

The Batch Notification Window defines a period before a batch run, during which non-administration users are restricted in the same way as they are in the Notification window of the ad hoc blackout window. Administration users are similarly restricted. The user can configure a batch hard notification window by modifying the batch control file. For example, the following figure shows a section of a batch control file.

Figure 19-15 Notification Window Batch Control File

This image shows the notification window batch control file.

The first line of the batch_daily task is modified. It has a task type of notification, which indicates that a batch notification window will appear at the beginning of the batch. The argument to it, in the third column, is as follows:

60:Cust Notif Msg Batch Daily Black Out ES.

The value of 60 is the number of minutes for the window. The rest of the text after the ":" separator provides a customized notification message to display to the user. The notification window starts when the batch starts. If an administrator wants the daily batch task to begin at 9:00, with a 60-minute notification window at the beginning, the batch daily task must instead be scheduled to start at 8:00 so that the notification window can start at 9:00.

The only exception to the rule is as follows: If the system is already in a blackout window, and the administrator submits a daily batch task, the task will run immediately and the notification window will not be enforced. This exception addresses the following use case: If an error or failure occurs during a batch, the administration user can start a blackout window to prevent non-administration users from accessing the system. In this way, the administration user can perform maintenance work in the blackout window. Once the problem is addressed, the administration user can restart the batch; however, the batch does not need to wait for the notification window. If the batch is started within the ad hoc blackout window, the notification window will not be enforced.