cron job to Control-M

Jefflixi · Post by **Jefflixi** » 21 Oct 2009 10:29

Hi,

Does any one know if there is a tool to convert a cron job into Control-M?

GrahamH · Post by **GrahamH** » 22 Oct 2009 11:08

If you're running CONTROL-M EM 6.4.01, then take the crontab from the unix machine and place it on your desktop. You can then open the crontab in CONTROL-M Desktop, make your changes and load to EM & CTM Server.

If you're not at EM 6.4.01, then contact your BMC CONTROL-M techncial person or BMC support, and they can get hold of the conversion tool for cron.

Graham

philmalmaison · Post by **philmalmaison** » 22 Oct 2009 2:04

can you explain :
then take the crontab from the unix machine and place it on your desktop

regards
philmalmaison

JoeGfromBMC · Post by **JoeGfromBMC** » 28 Oct 2009 3:21

Issue "crontab -l > this_hostname_crontab.crontab" where the "this_hostname" is replaced by the host name to produce a file that is easy to keep track of, however the entire "this_hostname.crontab" is just a name for a file and can be anyhting you wish.

Once you have the file(s) ftp them or place on a shared file system that is accessible to the machin on which you are running CONTROL-M/Desktop.