MIMIX uses a MIMIX Scheduler job (MXSCHED) on each system to automatically submit requests to run audits and data protection reports at predetermined times. MIMIX™ Software provides default schedules for all audits for every data group and all data protection reports for every system. You can change the scheduling criteria for any automatically scheduled audit or report.
The scheduler job is started when the master monitor on a system is started. At the appropriate time on the local system, the scheduler job on a system initiates a job to run the scheduled activity.
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For a data protection report, the scheduler initiates a job to run the associated procedure on the local system.
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For an audit, the scheduler job initiates a job on each system in the data group. Because audits run between systems, MIMIX evaluates the Run rule on system policy to determine where the audit should run, and immediately ends the audit job if it is not on the appropriate system.
The scheduler job on a system remains active whenever the master monitor is active. The master monitor is started by an autostart entry in the MIMIXSBS subsystem as well as by the Start MIMIX (STRMMX) command. Starting other processes may not automatically start the master monitor. You may need to manually start it on each system with the STRMSTMON command to ensure that automatic scheduling can occur. For example, starting data groups (STRDG command or processes which invoke it) does not ensure that the master monitors are active.