IBM Advanced Job Scheduler for i

The IBM Advanced Job Scheduler for i is a highly comprehensive, full-functional job scheduler and report distribution product on IBM i systems. This Licensed Program Product (5770-JS1) facilitates your unattended operations, which can reduce your cost of ownership, and helps improve efficiency and accuracy in managing your batch applications. Leading edge scheduling benefits include:

• Automation
• Batch Job Stream Management
• Work Flow Management
• Report Distribution
• Forward Planning and Production Forecasting
• Full Calendar of Operations, including scheduling, holiday, and fiscal calendars
• Dependency Scheduling
• Dynamic user defined and system parameters
• Multiple scheduling environments (Production, Test, Backup, etc.)
• E-mail notification
• Send entire spooled file or specific pages of spooled file via e-mail
• Network jobs
• Wireless capabilities
• Browser interface

These functions are aimed at simplifying your business, from automating control of your batch jobs to integrating with existing IBM Navigator for i function. Essentially, any batch-capable function can now be scheduled. For example, backups can be scheduled and maintained by combining IBM Advanced Job Scheduler for i with Backup, Recovery and Media Services (BRMS).