Management apparatus, management system, and recording medium for recording management program

• US 8,832,701 B2
• Filed: 03/28/2011
• Issued: 09/09/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Fukuda, Masahiro, Yoshii, Jun
• Primary Examiner(s): Puente, Emerson
• Assistant Examiner(s): DO, STEVEN M
• Application Number:
  US13/064,486
• Publication Number:
  US 20110296425A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,261 Days
• Field of Search: 718/102
• US Class Current: 718/102
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4881 Scheduling strategies for dispatcher, e.g. round robin, multi-level priority queues

Abstract

Method and apparatus of job management including specifying an intermitted job from job execution data which includes statuses of a plurality of executed jobs and a plurality of planned jobs. The job execution data is used to determine whether a corresponding planned job is scheduled to execute a same operation as the intermitted job. An operation condition which includes information associating the intermitted job and the corresponding planned job is specified for the intermitted job based on the job execution data and a result of the determination. Re-execution of the intermitted job is controlled based on the operation condition specified.

Claims

1. A job managing apparatus comprising:

a storage to store job execution data including statuses of a plurality of executed jobs and a plurality of planned jobs; and

at least one processor connected with the storage, to execute;

specifying an intermitted job from the job execution data stored in the storage, wherein the statuses, included in the job execution data, indicate whether and how each job completes a scheduled execution, respectively;

determining, using the job execution data, whether a corresponding planned job that is to execute a same operation as the intermitted job is scheduled;

specifying an operation condition of the intermitted job based on the job execution data and a result of the determining, wherein the operation condition includes information related to job execution associating a status of the intermitted job in relation to the corresponding planned job;

deleting the intermitted job, while the corresponding planned job has been scheduled, when discontinuation is set in the information of the operation condition; and

setting re-execution of the intermitted job as a planned job when information other than the discontinuation is set in the information of the operation condition.

4. The job-managing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor executes searching to identify a time zone in which the intermitted job can be executed based on the job execution data and the operation condition specified.

5. The job-managing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein when statuses in the job execution data include an operation condition in which execution of a job is required to be completed before execution of a planned job executing a same operation, the controlling re-executes the intermitted job in the time zone identified in the searching, the time zone having a duration longer than an estimated time of execution of the intermitted job and being prior to a start set for the planned job executing the same operation.

6. The job-managing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein when statuses in the job execution data include an operation condition in which execution of a job is allowed to be performed independently from another planned job, the controlling re-executes the intermitted job in a time zone having a duration longer than an estimated time of execution of the intermitted job.

7. The job-managing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein when statuses in the job execution data include an operation condition in which execution of a job is not required when a planned job executing a same operation exists, the controlling re-executes the intermitted job in a time zone having a duration longer than an estimated time of execution of the intermitted job only upon determination that the corresponding planned job is not indicated.

2. A method executed by a processor, method comprising:

specifying an intermitted job from job execution data stored in a storage, the job execution data including statuses of a plurality of executed jobs and a plurality of planned jobs, the statuses indicating whether and how each job completes a scheduled execution, respectively;

determining, using the job execution data, whether a corresponding planned job that is to execute a same operation as the intermitted job is scheduled;

specifying an operation condition of the intermitted job based on the job execution data and a result of the determining, wherein the operation condition includes information related to job execution associating a status of the intermitted job in relation to the corresponding planned job;

deleting the intermitted job, while the corresponding planned job has been scheduled, when discontinuation is set in the information of the operation condition; and

setting re-execution of the intermitted job as a planned job when information other than the discontinuation is set in the information of the operation condition.

8. The method according to claim 2, wherein the processor executes searching to identify a time zone in which the intermitted job can be executed based on the job execution data and the operation condition specified.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein when statuses in the job execution data include an operation condition in which execution of a job is required to be completed before execution of a planned job executing a same operation, the controlling re-executes the intermitted job in the time zone identified in the searching, the time zone having a duration longer than an estimated time of execution of the intermitted job and being prior to a start set for the planned job executing the same operation.

10. The method according to claim 8, wherein when statuses in the job execution data include an operation condition in which execution of a job is allowed to be performed independently from another planned job, the controlling re-executes the intermitted job in a time zone having a duration longer than an estimated time of execution of the intermitted job.

11. The method according to claim 8, wherein when statuses in the job execution data include an operation condition in which execution of a job is not required when a planned job executing a same operation exists, the controlling re-executes the intermitted job in a time zone having a duration longer than an estimated time of execution of the intermitted job only upon determination that the corresponding planned job is not indicated.

3. A non-transitory computer-readable and non-transitory medium storing a job-management program causing a computer to execute a process comprising:

specifying an intermitted job from job execution data stored in a storage, the job execution data including statuses of a plurality of executed jobs and a plurality of planned jobs, the statuses indicating whether and how each job completes a scheduled execution, respectively;

determining, using the job execution data, whether a corresponding planned job that is to execute a same operation as the intermitted job is scheduled;

specifying an operation condition of the intermitted job based on the job execution data and a result of the determining, wherein the operation condition includes information related to job execution associating a status of the intermitted job in relation to the corresponding planned job;

deleting the intermitted job, while the corresponding planned job has been scheduled, when discontinuation is set in the information of the operation condition; and

setting re-execution of the intermitted job as a planned job when information other than the discontinuation is set in the information of the operation condition.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 3, wherein the processor executes searching to identify a time zone in which the intermitted job can be executed based on the job execution data and the operation condition specified.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 12, wherein when statuses in the job execution data include an operation condition in which execution of a job is required to be completed before execution of a planned job executing a same operation, the controlling re-executes the intermitted job in the time zone identified in the searching, the time zone having a duration longer than an estimated time of execution of the intermitted job and being prior to a start set for the planned job executing the same operation.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 12, wherein when statuses in the job execution data include an operation condition in which execution of a job is allowed to be performed independently from another planned job, the controlling re-executes the intermitted job in a time zone having a duration longer than an estimated time of execution of the intermitted job.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 12, wherein when statuses in the job execution data include an operation condition in which execution of a job is not required when a planned job executing a same operation exists, the controlling re-executes the intermitted job in a time zone having a duration longer than an estimated time of execution of the intermitted job only upon determination that the corresponding planned job is not indicated.