Creating Workload Broker objects
About this task
Using the Dynamic Workload Console you can:
- Create the Workload Broker workstation in the HCL Workload Automation database.
- Create Workload Broker job definitions that map Workload Broker jobs.
- Monitor Workload Broker workstations in the plan.
- Submit jobs to the Workload Broker workstation.
- Monitor Workload Broker jobs and browse the corresponding job logs.
For more information about Workload Broker, see HCL Workload Automation Scheduling Workload Dynamically.
Procedure
To create a Workload Broker workstation, perform the following steps:
- Click Administration > Workload Environment Design > Create Workstations.
- Select a distributed engine from the list and click Create Workstations.
- In the Workstations Properties panel, specify the following fields.
The values you specify here must match the values specified during
the installation of the Workload Broker component.
You can retrieve them from the BrokerWorkstation.properties configuration
file.
- Name
- It is the value specified in the TWS Agent name field.
- Workstation type
- Select Workload Broker from the available workstation types.
- Node Name
- The host name of the computer where the HCL Workload Automation master is installed.
- TCP/IP port
- The port number you specified when installing the HCL Workload Automation master. It is the value specified in the TWS Agent Port field.
Leave all other fields with their default values.
- Click Save to add the workstation to the database.
You can create HCL Workload Automation job definitions that map to Workload Broker jobs, and submit and monitor the job status. To create a new Workload Broker job definition, perform the following steps: