Release Notes - Job Scheduler - Version 1.3.10

From Job Scheduler release 1.3.7 an Oracle java environment at least 1.6.x is required

Windows 2000 and XP(SP1) are not supported approximately from the middle of 2011.

MySQL 4 are not supported approximately from the middle of 2011.

Release 1132

Bug

[JS-661] - the content of the job_chain attribute max_orders is not shown in the jobeditor
[JS-662] - delay >60 sec handled not correct
[JS-666] - The update installer reads the database password wrong when it is empty
[JS-667] - JOE crashes when adding the first job chain in a hot folder
[JS-668] - value for port can be deleted by Joe
[JS-669] - Time stamps like 'task is running since' are not shown with fleeting time

Improvement

[JS-579] - Update SWT Release for Editor
[JS-608] - Sort order of order-history is confusing
[JS-657] - IE9 support

Release 1090

Bug

[JS-629] - File order sources with files greater than 2GB under Linux do not work (ERRNO-75)
[JS-632] - Number of orders in top frame counts only persistent orders
[JS-634] - unix startscript ./bin/jobscheduler.sh doesn't work for "status" if the scheduler runs with an "-exclusive" parameter
[JS-646] - Job Editor shows always (Disabled) in the group title of Job
[JS-649] - Job ftp_receive does not use default value 21 for port
[JS-654] - JOE crashes when saving documentation
[JS-656] - Memory Leak when running permanently operations gui

Improvement

[JS-651] - New behaviour for update the operationsGui inclusive the Hot Folder

Task

[JS-635] - Repetition rate of the job which synchronize the Hot Folder with the Managed Jobs database tables is changed to one hour (formerly one minute)

Release Notes - Job Scheduler - Version 1.3.9

Release 1056

Bug

[JS-602] - Setting endstate for an order and then execute the order deletes the order
[JS-627] - Order Parameters can not be set
[JS-630] - remote execution doesn't work

Release 1045

Bug

[ ] - Some little bugfixes in Job Scheduler Object Editor (JOE)
[JS-623] - All sample orders are created with a description

Release 1020

Bug

[JS-370] - spooler_task.exit_code does not return the correct exit code in spooler_process_after()
[JS-425] - Mail on Warning also sends mails, when an error occurred
[JS-436] - Job does not repeat schedule if job ends outside a given time-range
[JS-448] - Warning if running longer than
[JS-456] - An persistent order with single start far in the future will be deleted, wenn an error occurs
[JS-512] - When creating an Order job, order="yes" is not set
[JS-541] - JobSchedulerFTPReceive: job sets params "ftp_result_filepaths","ftp_result_filenames" incorrectly
[JS-545] - Order-/Job-Parameter for Output to stdout is empty
[JS-549] - Wrong link in top_frame_compact.html if proxy alias is used instead of http://[scheduler_host]:[scheduler_port]
[JS-550] - Attribute on_exit_code of commands element does not work properly
[JS-551] - Jobs in Hot Folders can not be disabled
[JS-552] - Order will be resumed when changing the configuration
[JS-558] - Some object menus in the right frame doesn't work if the object not listed in the left frame
[JS-560] - Job Processing site includes always german language file
[JS-563] - spooler_task.exit_code available in spooler_process_after
[JS-564] - java-script jobs should be released allocated memory for c++ objects
[JS-576] - Start time function does not work in runtimes of orders
[JS-584] - Job Editor writes 0-Byte .config.xml files even if jobchain node parameters are not used.
[JS-585] - If the wizard is finished at an early stage, the job is created and all optional parameters are set
[JS-603] - Setting the end_state of an order to '(none)' submits an invalid command
[JS-609] - 'parent.onload_settings.view is undefined' error when open the settings dialog in OperationsGui inside the Managed Jobs Interface
[JS-610] - Loosing order params set by SCHEDULER_RETURN_VALUES when order starts after set back first error

Improvement

[JS-334] - add proxy parameters to JobSchedulerCheckUpdates
[JS-486] - Job Scheduler XML answer is empty in case of the security level of the client is insufficient
[JS-513] - Add iceweasel to supported browser
[JS-533] - Better logging for java information
[JS-540] - New Attribute class_path in element <script> Improve Java-Class-Path Handling for API-Jobs
[JS-542] - Standardjob JobSchedulerCleanupFiles: write deleted files/filenames to log
[JS-543] - Function "show description" loads the file/live_file value directly into the window location
[JS-544] - Port for SMTP Mail-Server cannot be configure
[JS-546] - Refactoring of SSH-Job
[JS-555] - New Attribute job_class_path in element <script> Improve Java-Class-Path Handling for API-Jobs
[JS-561] - New PHP constant APP_SESSION_TIMEOUT in ./web/custom/custom.inc.php to set after which idle time the login will be redirected
[JS-591] - Default directory for the HTML Gui has to be changed
[JS-596] - Job Scheduler Editor always starts with live folder when opening a hot folder element
[JS-599] - Setup checks for forbidden characters / \ : ; * ? ! $ % & " < > ( ) | ^ in the Scheduler ID

New Feature

[JS-390] - Hierachacle view for jobs etc. in the web interface
[JS-559] - jobscheduler can run as agent

Task

[JS-548] - Some job/order parameters are hidden in the 'Start job/order parametrized' dialog

Sub-task

[JS-473] - Order starts automatically when it has a runtime with a period. The beginn auf the period is like a single start
[JS-475] - Orders with no runtime are not shown in Job Scheduler Operations Gui
[JS-547] - Complete the documentation of the section [smtp]

Release Notes - Job Scheduler - Version 1.3.8

Release 0211

Bug

[JS-541] - JobSchedulerFTPReceive: job sets params "ftp_result_filepaths","ftp_result_filenames" incorrectly
[JS-545] - Order-/Job-Parameter for Output to stdout is empty
[JS-549] - Wrong link in top_frame_compact.html if proxy alias is used instead of http://[scheduler_host]:[scheduler_port]
[JS-550] - Attribute on_exit_code of commands element does not work properly

Improvement

[JS-538] - job_chain should be not run parallel
[JS-542] - Standardjob JobSchedulerCleanupFiles: write deleted files/filenames to log
[JS-543] - Function "show description" loads the file/live_file value directly into the window location
[JS-546] - Refactoring of SSH-Job

Task

[JS-548] - Some job/order parameters are hidden in the 'Start job/order parametrized' dialog

Release 0190

Bug

[JS-375] - Job Timeout doesn't work correctly for shell jobs with multiple tasks
[JS-380] - Job Scheduler freeze after
[JS-389] - Suspending an order by scheduler api puts the order into blacklist
[JS-401] - Increasing a lock that is used by a job does not work
[JS-422] - Order XML overflows for repeated orders
[JS-444] - Include with attribute live_file does not work
[JS-449] - Increasing java memory in factory.ini doesn't work
[JS-457] - File timestamp of Jobs is one hour in the past.
[JS-462] - -configuration-directory does not work
[JS-497] - Editing the runtime of an order on the operations gui (which has an active repeat interval) will cause the order to run twice
[JS-501] - Configuration Monitor does not substitute Parameters from the Task. Only Order Parameters, Environment Variables and Scheduler Parameters are used for substitution.
[JS-509] - Timetable: "Server 500" Error after calling context menu item "show protocol"
[JS-510] - The "environment" element (in job) is placed at the wrong position
[JS-518] - Check if object is already synchronized avoid submitting unnecessarily
[JS-520] - Problems with installation paths containing ')' (i.e. C:\Program Files (x86))
[JS-527] - Operations GUI alters filestamp with timezone
[JS-529] - In jobeditor.cmd the SCHEDULER_HOME/lib is to be changed to INSTALL_PATH/lib

Improvement

[JS-447] - Hide the function "Start task unforced now" per configuration
[JS-471] - Job Scheduler could handle more than 64 parallel processes
[JS-481] - Supervisor-Scheduler is able to recognize unexpected lost TCP connections to a Workload Scheduler and avoid unused open TCP connections
[JS-517] - Decreasing PHP error reporting level to E_ALL if E_STRICT is set
[JS-526] - Improved request/response behaviour of the Operations GUI (ca. 50%-80% faster)
[JS-530] - jobeditor.cmd use jobscheduler_environment_variables.cmd

New Feature

[JS-451] - It's possible to reload configuration files in Job Editor
[JS-507] - New command for displaying statistic information about jobscheduler
[JS-521] - Hierachacle view for jobs in the Operations GUI
[JS-522] - Hierachacle view for job chains in the Operations GUI

Task

[JS-528] - The site "Job Efficiency" is not longer available

Release Notes - Job Scheduler - Version 1.3.7

Release 0123

Bug

[JS-487] - sos.scheduler.ftp.JobSchedulerFTPReceive does not work. Could not get PID, cause: java.lang.Exception: missing executable File getParentId.exe in Library sos.net.jar
[JS-488] - Startscript for windows throws error SCHEDULER-121 sometimes without reason

Release 0116

Bug

[JS-482] - Using FTP-Receive in a job_chain with parameters at the node, the job fails

Improvement

[JS-483] - Startsite of ManagedJobsGUI depends on user permissions

Release 0104

Bug

[JS-344] - Wrong number of orders at Job Chain Nodes
[JS-346] - Function "show start times" returns an insufficient result
[JS-347] - Function "set run time" returns sometimes WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR
[JS-348] - Function "set run time" reads always empty run times from Hot Folder objects
[JS-349] - group button in timetables dialog throws error using postgresql
[JS-351] - Endless loop at the managed explorer php site (job chains, jobs, orders) if cookies disabled
[JS-361] - Browse of Job chain in Order Editor is not possible
[JS-363] - Adding notes to to a the description of a job chain node
[JS-364] - Show Description is disabled when a description is set.
[JS-368] - Remote Execution fails with SCHEDULER-286 when used too often
[JS-369] - Changing a process class generates an empty process class item
[JS-373] - Timeout in hh:mm:ss cannot be entered in Editor because the Editor does not allow ":"
[JS-374] - Schedule Calendar doesn't show names of some months
[JS-376] - In task detail view "Order:" shows the task id instead of the order id
[JS-377] - Creating a new chain may delete an existing chain
[JS-378] - Editing Job Chain Node Parameters does not work with "Open Hot Folder by FTP"
[JS-383] - Renaming a job chain should not delete parameters
[JS-384] - Copy & Paste of an order creates an order with the same name and deletes the original order.
[JS-385] - A schedule with errors cannot be edited in the web interface
[JS-386] - Filters don't match any objects with paths that contain special characters of regular expressions
[JS-410] - Orders are ordered strangely in Job Chain view
[JS-420] - Job Scheduler Editor deletes Job Chain name when renaming a job chain that has an order
[JS-421] - SCHEDULER_RETURN_VALUES does not work when a monitor is assigned

Improvement

[JS-355] - Standard filters for displaying jobs
[JS-356] - Jobkette running -> active
[JS-358] - Changing the status of a node should not delete the node parameters
[JS-359] - Change of Parameters should be saved when clicking on another Parameter in the list
[JS-360] - Importing Parameters from Jobs with documentation should not show list of Jobs but list of Parameters
[JS-362] - Tabbing through a mask should automatically select the value of input fields
[JS-365] - Changing order of Parameters for the Parameters of a Node
[JS-367] - Deleting a job chain should be confirmed
[JS-372] - ./bin/jobscheduler_event script can be used for checking events
[JS-379] - Delete Button for Job Chain Node Parameters
[JS-381] - Enable using the Shebang in script language=shell jobs
[JS-391] - Built-in HTML GUI supports SeaMonkey
[JS-439] - Some Improvements in the Layout of the Forms
[JS-443] - JobSchedulerRotateLog job can delete log files
[JS-458] - Environment variables in startscript are removed to new file jobscheduler_environment_variables.sh
[JS-477] - Additional (complex) XML-Element in XML Configuration File for flexible Job documentation
[JS-478] - Java Components (Jars) of the Job Scheduler must be created by a central build process. The Jar filenames must include version information.

New Feature

[JS-328] - Send warning mails if a job takes longer or shorter than expected
[JS-345] - Built-in HTML GUI provides multilingualism (en/de)
[JS-441] - New switch to start job Scheduler paused
[JS-455] - Built-in HTML GUI knows its own svn version

Release Notes - Job Scheduler - Version 1.3.6

Job Scheduler supports now Solaris for x86 (10 and 11).

Bug

[JS-264] - Scheduler "forgets" distributed orders when changing to daylight saving time
[JS-312] - if the remote/_all folder is deleted, the deletion is not submitted to remote Job Schedulers
[JS-313] - Import and export of too many objects don't work because of the php execution timeout
[JS-314] - History function of an order which is stored in a remote folder doesn't work
[JS-315] - Navigation-tree expansion
[JS-318] - different behaviour for kill on windows and linux systems
[JS-321] - Enqueued tasks are not executed by a backup scheduler after failover
[JS-322] - stopped jobs do not remain stopped after failover
[JS-323] - Orders tab does not show anything if "show orders" is deactivated in Job Chains tab
[JS-324] - Running the 1.3.5 installer on an existing 1.3.5 database with jobs in the tree will invalidate the tree structure
[JS-335] - every job timeout is treated as immediate timeout
[JS-340] - Show Order Log in Job Chain History is empty until Job Chain is finished

Improvement

[JS-310] - SSH Job: more features for command_script_file
[JS-326] - Store regex for Job and Job Chain filters
[JS-332] - IE8 support
[JS-336] - Support of Solaris for x86 (10 and 11)

New Features

[JS-306] - new sub element settings for job to define settings from factory.ini job sections
[JS-316] - more environment variables for shell jobs
[JS-319] - reset orders

Release Notes - Job Scheduler - Version 1.3.5

PHP Managed Jobs Interface has a new implementation inclusive new data model. The older versions and this new version are not compatible, but an easy migration is possible.

Bug

[JS-205] - API method job.name() returns no path
[JS-209] - Job Scheduler crashes with "Connection reset by peer" (on web service call)
[JS-261] - period doesn't work in weekdays/day element of order job
[JS-280] - scheduler.dll does't work for debugging anymore
[JS-281] - Order History can not be displayed for distributed orders
[JS-286] - Managed jobs shows ü in the web gui
[JS-288] - Files and tables for eventing will not be installed
[JS-289] - Showing of job description does not work
[JS-290] - Eventing does not work with windows
[JS-295] - Access to a log in a clustered Job Scheduler is not available
[JS-301] - job attribute timeout doesn't work anymore
[JS-302] - delay_afer_error doesn't work for standalone jobs

Improvement

[JS-60] - Blanks in script should not be compiled
[JS-102] - include order log in warning mails for jobs with order="yes"
[JS-109] - Improvements for logging on order.setback()
[JS-119] - Open F1 help urls always in the same window
[JS-191] - add attribute replace (yes|no) to Element
[JS-222] - Provide API methods for hot folder directories
[JS-260] - add remove button for enqueued tasks
[JS-262] - Details Configuration
[JS-273] - Support for titles in job chains
[JS-304] - Tab 'Orders' incl. Filter-Management

New Features

[JS-35] - Search function in the Managed-Explorer
[JS-265] - add Attribute end_state to order/add_order element
[JS-271] - API to add objects to hot folders
[JS-279] - new environment variables for shell jobs
[JS-297] - Getting / Setting of Job Scheduler Variables
[JS-298] - Working Days in run_time

Release Notes - Job Scheduler - Version 1.3.4

Bug

[JS-112] - Scheduler does not use result from start time function
[JS-120] - <run_time once="yes"/> is not considered on startup of the Job Scheduler
[JS-127] - Job Scheduler crash after job execution
[JS-180] - classpaths with whitespaces do not work when compiling java jobs on the fly
[JS-181] - Java package structures with depth>1 don't work when compiling java jobs on the fly
[JS-182] - Clicking on browse and then close the explorer window ends the editor
[JS-184] - Job Editor provides wrong default values for recoverable and visible job chains in hot folders
[JS-185] - Wrong window title in job editor when saving objects to hot folders
[JS-186] - Menu item for saving objects disappears in job editor
[JS-188] - Wrong spacing/sizing for editing parameters and environment variables in job editor
[JS-190] - Zombie Orders and job chain remain when deleting job chains
[JS-194] - Editor shows wrong language for Job parameter descriptions
[JS-195] - <show_job job="[path with slashes]" what="task_history" /> supply always empty history
[JS-196] - Job sections in the factory.ini are not supported if jobname has path with slashes
[JS-205] - API method job.name() returns no path
[JS-208] - Command <modify_job cmd="reread"/> crashes
[JS-211] - Killing a job does not prevent successor jobs from being executed
[JS-218] - Name and Value in Add Order Dialog are inverted
[JS-224] - Order History is not displayed if a job chain of job chains exists
[JS-226] - Single objects without <spooler><config> elements are not importable for PHP5 if schema validation is omitted
[JS-227] - repeat doesn't work for orders when the next day starts
[JS-239] - Some characters in stdout of jobs cause scheduler interface to display "a string literal was not closed." (Exact message depends on browser)

Improvement

[JS-102] - include order log in warning mails for jobs with order="yes"
[JS-109] - Improvements for logging on order.setback()
[JS-119] - Open F1 help urls always in the same window
[JS-136] - Add SMTP Authentication for e-mail
[JS-142] - Job and job chain list are sortable by name, next start time, status and path
[JS-143] - Summary of the latest job and order activities
[JS-150] - Link Order History to Job History
[JS-183] - Support for UNC file names in FTP jobs
[JS-189] - Copy objects for hot folders
[JS-191] - add attribute replace (yes|no) to <job_chain> Element
[JS-199] - Support for Massive parallel file transfer
[JS-200] - bash is not longer required for setup
[JS-203] - Add timely logging for output to stdout and stderr
[JS-204] - Add support for the replication of hot folders from supervisor to workload Job Schedulers
[JS-213] - Support for remote execution of shell jobs
[JS-220] - Support for updated Spidermonkey (Javascript 1.7)
[JS-222] - Provide API methods for hot folder directories
[JS-254] - support current run_time options in JavaScript run time editor
[JS-255] - Apply process classes for shell jobs

New Feature

[JS-202] - Filter for displaying jobs in Built-In HTML GUI
[JS-225] - virtual directories of a proxy are supported

Task

[JS-231] - Setup for AIX
[JS-233] - Testing for Javascript 1.7
[JS-235] - Support for Sybase with PHP interface and Batch processing
[JS-236] - Support Sybase in setup
[JS-237] - Update database scripts for Job History

Release Notes - Job Scheduler - Version 1.3.3

Bug

[JS-80] - problem compiling Java jobs at runtime with Java 1.5 on HP-UX PA-RISC
[JS-85] - Job Scheduler doesn't start if a job is used a lock, which is not declared.
[JS-100] - No Scheduler documentation available for database tables in DB2 and SQL Server
[JS-110] - Problem "bad allocation"
[JS-116] - Order run times don't work in Superordinate job chains
[JS-117] - Configuration and Documentation Editor - Changing Help Language
[JS-118] - missing F1 Help-Reference for several XML-Elements
[JS-126] - http authentication not effective for Web-Services
[JS-128] - Job Scheduler does not start order
[JS-130] - Job Editor must preserve existing Stylesheet Definitions
[JS-135] - Job Scheduler crashes after empty job definition
[JS-137] - <delay_after_error .. /> in combination with <period single_start .. /> will be not executed
[JS-138] - Installing of Automation does not install table SCHEDULER_SANITY_HISTORY
[JS-152] - job replace="yes" attribute no longer works
[JS-162] - Managed Jobs GUI does not support mixed case Job Scheduler IDs

Improvement

[JS-67] - enable stacked monitoring scripts
[JS-68] - enable job documentations for Managed Jobs
[JS-105] - Enhancements for Network Monitor Support (Nagios)
[JS-119] - Open F1 help urls always in the same window
[JS-129] - Job Scheduler creates database column SCHEDULER_HISTORY."EXIT_CODE" if not exists
[JS-141] - Provide calendar dialog on all datetime input fields (show start time, start job at, start order at, etc.)
[JS-146] - Eventhandling for dynamic configuration files
[JS-147] - Environment for job elements
[JS-148] - Job parameters as environment variables
[JS-153] - Job Scheduler takes too long to look up configuration files
[JS-154] - Hot Folders for dynamic configuration
[JS-160] - Manage dynamic job chains
[JS-166] - Visibility of jobs and job chains

New Feature

[JS-121] - Additional Features for run times
[JS-131] - Cron Converter

Release Notes - Job Scheduler - Version 1.3.2

Bug

[JS-45] - Unescaped Backslashes in MySQL
[JS-47] - security tags in base files are ignored
[JS-49] - Create Table Command for Table SCHEDULER_CLUSTERS contains unsupported DB2 data types
[JS-50] - Log-Level is ignored from the scheduler for log entries coming not from jobs but from scheduler
[JS-51] - No entry in order history when using recoverable=no
[JS-52] - Certain Strings in order log (or stdout) can cause the Job Scheduler to go into an infinite loop and stop processing and responding
[JS-57] - Scheduler Editor creates empty job chains
[JS-58] - Clicking on button SHOW in the job wizzard crashes the scheduler editor
[JS-59] - Scheduler Editor should not use $SCHEDULER_HOME when completing the filename of a basefile
[JS-61] - change of the job configuration overwrite <commands><start_job>|<add_order> parameters
[JS-63] - JobSchedulerManagedExecutableJob executes file without errors but ends with ClassCastException
[JS-66] - Oversized window when viewing properties of tree node belonging to another user
[JS-73] - ftpSend does not report errors while transfer of files.
[JS-76] - Process class is empty after opening a new node
[JS-77] - Standard job JobSchedulerCleanupFiles deletes files only when they are writeable
[JS-78] - Distributed Orders cannot have a run_time
[JS-79] - Scheduler gets connection refused (interface shows "process lost") when trying to start new tasks
[JS-81] - Date header is missing in mails sent by the Job Scheduler
[JS-82] - Directory Monitoring fails to start job (if too many jobs are configured for monitoring??)
[JS-83] - Missing script, in Remote_module_instance_server::construct
[JS-86] - Reset Button image is missing in GUI for parameter management
[JS-93] - Wrong message in scheduler log for error state of orders
[JS-96] - Job Scheduler log does not show XML answers when displayed by the built-in HTML interface
[JS-97] - Messages on removal of temporary files are spamming the Job Scheduler log
[JS-98] - Scheduler does not show log from order history by built-in HTML interface
[JS-99] - Scheduler does not create required database indices for existing tables

Improvement

[JS-31] - Providing the assignment of a job to a job chain etc. by an 'Open Dialog'
[JS-34] - Uniformly layout (CSS)
[JS-39] - Zipping of scheduler.log on startup
[JS-41] - Create links from URLs in log files
[JS-42] - Add stdout to status display, create links from URLs in status display
[JS-44] - Update Managed Documentation
[JS-65] - Replacements with ${paramName} don't work in JobSchedulerManagedExecutableJob if the job is run outside the Managed Jobs environment
[JS-71] - ftpSend and ftpReceive with ftp_file_path as parameter
[JS-87] - Show order log of a running distributed order from any Job Scheduler cluster member
[JS-88] - new attribute max_order_history for <show_job_chain>
[JS-89] - look for a log in SCHEDULER_ORDERS first before looking in SCHEDULER_ORDER_HISTORY when serving http://host:port/show_log?job_chain=jobkette&order=order_id
[JS-92] - Change the default job termination behaviour to idle_timeout=0
[JS-103] - HTTP authentication for built-in HTML pages
[JS-104] - Java Job Editor supports XML configuration for HTTP authentication
[JS-106] - Add confirmation request when removing orders by the built-in HTML interface
[JS-107] - Include Job Chain in subject of warning/error mails from order jobs

New Feature

[JS-29] - Adding a pulldown menu besides the history back and forward buttons
[JS-30] - Current folder items are sortable
[JS-36] - Script for migration of the older Managed Jobs version to the current version
[JS-62] - Commands Editor
[JS-108] - Adding the function Operations->Remove in the context menu for removing objects in the Job Scheduler