Scheduler Usage

Problem:

2 Groups of jobs. Each Group has 8 jobs (number of jobs doesn't matter). The jobs inside the group must run in parallel. The two groups can never run at the same time.

They cannot use conditions.
Exclusive resources will not allow the jobs inside the group to run at the same time.

How do we make one group of jobs wait for another group if they are still executing?

Starting from some FP (I forgot 2 or 3) of V7, Smart Table can use Control Resource to maintain exclusive lock. Put each group of jobs into a Smart Table, and both Smart Table to use the same CR.

Are you sure about that?

Running V7, FP 4 on both EM and Server and don't see Control Resources for SMART Tables. That would be a really nice feature.

Correction. You are right, it does exist in V7 FP4. This will absolutely solve the original problem.

When migrating from older versions of Control-M you will need to modify a EM System Parameter called "ControlResourceForSMARTTable" from 0 to 1.

The parameter comes with this disclaimer:

When set to 1, enables definition of Control Resources for SMART and Sub Tables in Control-M Servers from release 7.0.00.200, however Control-M/EM clients of versions lower than 7.0.00.300 , can not login to the Control-M/Enterprise Manager.