The batchman process on each domain manager and fault-tolerant
agent workstation operates autonomously, scanning its Symphony file
to resolve dependencies and launch jobs. Batchman launches jobs via
the jobman process. On a standard agent, the jobman process responds
to launch requests from the domain manager's batchman.
The master domain manager is
continuously informed of job launches and completions and is responsible
for broadcasting the information to domain managers and fault-tolerant
agents so they can resolve any inter-workstation dependencies.
The degree of synchronization among the Symphony files
depends on the setting of the FullStatus mode
in a workstation's definition. Assuming that these modes are
turned on, a fault-tolerant agent's Symphony file contains the
same information as the master domain manager's
(see the section that explains how to manage workstations in the database
in the HCL Workload Automation:
User's Guide and Reference). Figure 1. Symphony
file synchronization