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How to logon conman: Purpose & Scope.......................................................................3

How to use conman commands: Procedure....................................................................4
How to check the job status through conman commands: References...............................5

Purpose & Scope

This document defines the steps how to logon through conman and check the status
of the job schedules etc.

This documents is not for any specific database or environment, it is for all
databases.

The IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler production plan environment is

managed with the Conman command line program. Conman is
used to start and stop processing, alter, and display the
production plan (Symphony), and control workstation linking in a
network.
This chapter contains information about the following:
1. Running Conman
2. Selecting and qualifying jobs and job streams
3. The syntax and usage for Conman commands
Running conman
To run Conman, enter the following command:
conman [command[&...][&]"]
Examples
In the following example, Conman starts and prompts for a
command:
conman

In the following example, Conman runs the sj and sp commands,

and then quits:
conman"sj&sp"
In the following example, Conman runs the sj and sp
commands, and then prompts for a command: conman"sj&sp&"
In the following example, Conman reads commands from cfile:
conman < cfile
In the following example, commands from cfile are piped to
Conman:
cat cfile | conman

Control characters
You can enter the following control characters to interrupt
Conman.
Control+c
Conman stops executing the current command at the next step
that can be interrupted, and returns a command prompt.
Control+d
Conman quits after executing the current command.
Delimiters and special characters:
The following characters have special meanings in Conman commands:

Char.

Description

&

Command delimiter. See Running conman

A delimiter used to select objects for commands. It adds an

attribute the object must have. For example:
sked1.@+priority=0

A delimiter used to select objects for commands. It adds an

attribute the object must not have. For example:
sked1.@~priority=0

Argument delimiter. For example:

<<>>
,
*
=

>
:!

;info;offline
Comment brackets. For example:
Repetition and range delimiter. For example:
sj @#@.@ <<comment>>
state=hold,sked,pend
Comment prefix. The prefix must be the first character on a
Value
delimiter.
example:
command
line orFor
following
a command delimiter. For example:
*comment
state=holdor sj& *comment
Redirects
output
a file
and overwrites
contents
of
Commandcommand
prefixes that
passtothe
command
on to thethe
system.
These
the
file. If
file doesifnot
exist, does
it is created.
For example:
prefixes
aretheoptional;
Conman
not recognize
the command,
it
is passed
sj>
joblistautomatically to the system. For example:

>>

!ls or :lscommand output to a file and appends the output to the

Redirects
end of file. If the file does not exist, it is created. For example:
sj >> joblist

Pipes command output to a system command or process. The

system command is run whether or not output is generated. For
example:
sj| grep ABEND

||

Pipes command output to a system command or process. The

system command is not run if there is no output. For example:
sj || grep ABEND

List of commands
The following table lists the Conman command set. Command
names and keywords can be entered in either uppercase or
lowercase characters, and can be abbreviated to as few leading
characters as are needed to distinguish them from each other.
Some of the command names also have short forms.
Command

Short Form

Description

adddep

adj | ads

Adds job or job stream dependencies.

cancel

cj | cs

Cancels a job or a job stream.

display

df | dj | ds

Displays files, jobs, and job streams.

release

rj | rs

Releases job or job stream dependencies.

showcpus

sc

Displays workstation and link information.

Showfiles

Sf

Showjobs

Sj

Displays information about files, Jobs,

promts, resources and Jobstreams

Showprompts

Sp

Showresources

Sr

showschedules

sc

submit

sbd | sbf | sbj |

sbs

Submits a command, file, job, or job

stream.

shutdown

Stops IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler

production processes.

start

Starts IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler

production processes.

status

Displays IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler

production status.

stop

Stops IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler

production processes.

Show Jobs

Start & Status