Introduction
The SICS Scheduler system consists of a set of screens in SICS Sys Admin used to set up schedulers and jobs. The schedulers can then be started directly from...
SICS Batch Server
Click on any of the topics below to see more information.
Overview
SICS Batch Server (SBS) is a web application with a simple browser based administration web page. When the SBS starts it allocates and eventually starts a s...
SBS Administration Web Page
The SBS provides a simple web GUI to administer the SBS instance. The SBS admin console is available at URL: http://<hostname>:<port>/<rootco...
Tasks
Start Scheduler The user can start, stop or pause a scheduler by selecting one of the buttons in the Actions column. Run On-Call jobs A job can be run by ...
Pre-Installation comments
SICS Batch Server can run on 64-bit versions of Windows and Linux. The instructions are based on installation on machines running Microsoft Windows 64 bit. T...
Database compatibility
SICS Batch Server is, like SICS Sys Admin Workstation, dependent on SICS database version. The service pack documentation which is included in every delivery...
Important Notice on Product Specific Files
This document covers both SICS Batch Server for Life and for P&C, and for 64-bit version of Windows and Linux. Some files come in different versions for...
Install a JAVA Servlet Container
SICS Batch Server is a web application running Java and is designed to be run in any Servlet/JSP-Container compatible with Servlet specification 2.5 or highe...
Installing SICS Batch Server on Linux
Please note that the instructions in this document are based on installing Java and Tomcat in Windows. For installation on Linux distributions please refer t...
Install 64-bit version of Java Runtime Environment 8 (JRE 8) or later
SICS (Batch Server) requires a 64-bit version of Java Runtime Environment 8 (JRE 8) or later. As of October 21, 2020, the latest Java 8 version is 8.272.10.3...
Configure SICS Batch Server for Deployment in Tomcat
SICS Batch Server is delivered as a web application. Web applications are packaged as files with extension .war. The war file is in fact a zipped archive f...
Configure Database Connection
Before SICS Batch Server can be deployed to Tomcat, the database connection must be configured. There are two alternative modes for configuring connection f...
Specify Database Environment
If the SICS Batch Server data is stored in a schema which is not default for the user logged in to the database, the SQL statements issued by the application...
Specify Walkback Directory
When an unexpected error occurs in SICS a so-called walkback is written. This file is important for DXC when troubleshooting errors. The walkback is a zip f...
Configure Tomcat for SICS Batch Server Deployment
SICS Batch Server is a memory intensive application and the standard Java VM settings are not sufficient. To avoid out of memory error messages like: Except...
Deploy SICS Batch Server to the JAVA Servlet Container
Deployment on Apache Tomcat 8.x The way to deploy war files differ from the various Java Servlet Containers. The following describe how to do it on Apache T...
Configure the SICS Batch Server Environment
Required knowledge Most SICS Batch Server configuration is specified using XML files. You should be familiar with syntax rules for well formed XML, and be ab...
Appendix A - Deployment in IBM WebSphere Application server
Required knowledge This is not an introduction to IBM WebSphere administration, the user must as a minimum know how to: Open and log into the Integrated S...
Appendix B - One- and Two-level Login Considerations
Two-level login is supported when using “application managed” database connection. This is how it works: The user name and password for the first-level ‘t...
Appendix C - Setup when Tomcat is NOT installed as a Windows Service
It is possible to run Tomcat without installing it as a Windows service. This section briefly explains a few differences from the ‘Tomcat installed as a Wind...