Domain

The domain.

All the workstations in a distributed HCL Workload Automation network are organized into one or more domains, each of which consists of one or more agents and a domain manager acting as the management hub. Most communication to and from the agents in the domain is routed through the domain manager. If the agent has the "behind firewall" designation, all of it is.

All the networks have a master domain where the domain manager is the master domain manager. It maintains the database of all the scheduling objects in the domain and the central configuration files. The master domain manager generates the plan and creates and distributes the Symphony file. In addition, logs and reports for the network are maintained on the master domain manager.

You can organize all the agents in your network into a single domain or into multiple domains.

Single-domain network: A single domain network consists of a master domain manager and any number of agents. Figure 1 shows an example of a single-domain network. A single-domain network is well suited to companies that have few locations and business functions. All the communication in the network is routed through the master domain manager. With a single location, you are concerned only with the reliability of your local network and the amount of traffic it can handle.
Figure 1. Single-domain network
Multiple-domain network: Multiple-domain networks are especially suited to companies that span multiple locations, departments, or business functions. A multiple-domain network consists of a master domain manager, any number of lower tier domain managers, and any number of agents in each domain. Agents communicate only with their domain managers, and domain managers communicate with their parent domain managers. The hierarchy of domains can have any number of levels.
Figure 2. Multiple-domain network
In Figure 2, the master domain manager is located in Atlanta. The master domain manager contains the database files used to document the scheduling objects, and distributes the Symphony file to its agents and to the domain managers in Denver and Los Angeles. The Denver and Los Angeles domain managers then distribute the Symphony file to their agents and subordinate domain managers in New York, Aurora, and Burbank. The master domain manager in Atlanta is responsible for broadcasting inter-domain information throughout the network.
All the communication to and from the New York domain manager is routed through its parent domain manager in Denver. If there are schedules or jobs in the New York domain that are dependent on schedules or jobs in the Aurora domain, those dependencies are resolved by the Denver domain manager. Most inter-agent dependencies are handled locally by the lower tier domain managers, greatly reducing traffic on the network.

You can change the domain infrastructure dynamically as you develop your network. You move a workstation to a different domain, by changing the domain name in its database definition. The change takes effect when the master generates/extends the plan.

Tip:

You cannot schedule jobs or job streams to run on all workstations in a domain by identifying the domain in the job or job stream definition. To achieve this, you must create a workstation class that contains all the workstations in the domain.

For more information about domain definitions, see "Defining objects in the database" in the User's Guide and Reference.

For more information about workstation classes, see Workstation class